After the last paparazzi shots, we thought we’d seen it all. But no, Icinga now has a Facebook fan page so get on board quick with a few pompoms.
Well ok, it was us.:-)
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
Some Paparazzi shots have been discovered, of something that might or might not be Icinga’s next web interface. Though we cannot confirm their authenticity, we are restrained from withholding them.
Let us know what you make of it in the comments.
As promised, version 0.8.2 is out and ready for download. Aside from fixing a few bugs in ido2db and the function “make fullinstall” the current IDOUtils now also supports long_output. Additionally, for accelerated development, we’ve also had a go at some of the pending Nagios patches, so this version should be up to speed.
Since supporting the hot wanted other databases is a harder nut we thought it would be, we weren’t able to support PostgreSQL in this release as we hoped to but Michael is on a very good way to handle the database dependent SQL queries. May be we are able to give you an interim release before the next big 0.8.3.
As a consolation gift we have integrated the Icinga PHP API for the first time. The PHP API should be installed with a normal ‘make install’.
Feel free to test the search bar and give us feedback about that.
The next release is planned for 2 September, but in the meantime we look forward to the feedback!
Not too long ago, Team Icinga was at the Nagios Workshop in Kassel presenting to a sizeable crowd. In October we plan to do it again at the OSMC (Open Source Monitoring Conference), which is also heavily focused on Nagios. Nonetheless, it should be a great opportunity to introduce Icinga to the Nagios experts that will be there and hear some constructive feedback.
By then Icinga should have optimized IDOUtils, API, interface and documentation, as we plan (drum roll) to unveil version 1 Alpha there. Icinga will then be about 6 months old, so we will be able to speak more in depth on the core projects and IDOUTils, such as the new PHP based web interface and give some examples on the application of the API. Our entire Icinga team plans to be there for the formal introduction, so we hope to see some familiar faces once again.
