Add a new Host and Services to be Monitored by Icinga 2 | Linux Today

Add a new Host and Services to be Monitored by Icinga 2

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Matt Vas
Nov 18, 2017

In this tutorial, I will show you how to add a new host to be monitored by Icinga 2 and how the host’s services, such as a web HTTP server, can be monitored by Icinga. I will also show you how to create your own custom Icinga plugin command in order to monitor UDP services in your network infrastructure.

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Matt Vas

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