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for: ‘September, 2011’

How To: Set Up Active Directory Authentication for Icinga New Web

Icinga New Web was always designed with the larger organisation in mind. Often in such networks, Active Directory is used to manage the authentication and authorization of many users. So it makes sense to integrate the monitoring interface into this existing infrastructure. Luckily, it is very easy to set up Active Directory authentication in Icinga …

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Team Icinga to Speak at OSMC 2011

For the 3rd time, Icinga will present at the Open Source Monitoring Conference on 29 – 30 November. Held in Nuremberg, Germany, the event is in its 6th year and packs a good monitoring-focused program.

We’re excited to be on the same speaker roll as some other big names in the open source monitoring scene, …

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Apple Again Tops ACSI Customer Satisfaction Survey

Apple has topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) in the personal computer category for an eighth consecutive year, achieving a score of 87 points. This is Apple’s highest score ever on the index and nine points ahead of second place H…

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Icinga Web 1.5.2 released

Just last week the core team released 1.5.1, and now as promised here is Icinga Web 1.5.2, ready for download. This version was mainly to resolve bugs, but we did manage to slip a couple new features in too:

Fixes – IE Java script fixes – Re-added info icons (Lazy loading, Active, Passive, Notifications …

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Many U.S. Schools Adding iPad, Trimming Textbooks

Stephanie Reitz of Associated Press reports on the growing use of
iPad in public secondary school classrooms this fall, noting a “move away from textbooks in favor of the lightweight tablet computers.” Educator benefits range from using iPad for i…

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Icinga 1.5.1 released

As you may have noticed, the web developers already released a bugfixed 1.5.1 Icinga Web version (and 1.5.2 is to be announced soon). Now it’s time to fix some Core, Classic UI and IDOUtils related issues – so the core team is releasing 1.5.1 too :-)

Changelog

* core: free memory allocated notification macros right …

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Icinga on Android Thanks to aNag

A while ago, we introduced IcingaDroid as an Icinga app for Android devices. Most recently our attention has been brought to another cool Icinga compatible app – aNag.

Essentially a monitor that keeps an eye on your servers and notifies you of important changes, aNag stands out for its ability to handle multiple instances. It …

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NEW: Icinga Reporting Cronk

Just last week we released version 1.5 with a standout new feature: Icinga Reporting in the New Web. Now you can view your SLA reports, host and service statuses all in the same place.

Essentially a Cronk pre-installed in the new web interface, Icinga Reporting consists of two tabs – ‘(On The Fly) Reporting’ and …

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