Icinga Other Advice

Harrison Bulley - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Net Consulting

I would give the solution an overall score of seven out of ten. You should take your time to set it up perfectly because once it is set up initially, it is scalable and can be transferred to any environment.

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Lasse Wackers - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Integration Engineer at SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH

I rate Icinga seven out of 10. It's hard to monitor containers using Icinga, but the company will soon release a new version that can monitor containers. 

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Claudio Kuenzler - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Infiniroot

I am using the latest version of the product. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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Aynalem Yehualaw - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Jimma University

We're not a partner. We are just a customer and end-user. 

We use the desktop version of the solution. 

Overall, it is a good product. I would rate it nine out of ten overall. 

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RO
CEO at Orbitron, s. r. o.

I would rate this solution as seven out of ten.

I would like to see documentation written in English. There are some books that are written in German, but I don't read German. I would advise people to be prepared to allocate a lot of time for research during the initial configuration. Once they've managed to configure everything, then the day-to-day operations are pretty easy. The initial installation and configuration are pretty complex and difficult.

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Aditi Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Monitoring Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Using Icinga depends on the types of servers you are using. If you have a mix of VMs, Linux, RHEL, and Windows, I would say you can confidently proceed with Icinga. However, if your setup is specifically focused on Microsoft technologies, there might be other tools that could be more suitable. For complex environments with different data sources and the need for centralized monitoring and alerting, Icinga would be a strong recommendation.

I would rate Icinga an eight out of ten. It excels in its vast scope and ability to cater to diverse teams and complex environments while still being useful in simpler setups. The flexibility to integrate various components and extend its capabilities is a major advantage. However, there is room for improvement in terms of support response time and certain features, such as dashboards, which could make it even better.

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YI
Team lead at NTG

I recommend Icinga to those who plan to use it. To be honest, till now, I haven't found any issues with Icinga. In my company, we consider Icinga to be a tool that will be used for a long time as it is a fine product. In the IT field, if a product functions and runs fine for a long time, you pay for it and continue to use it until you face big problems with the solution and you have no way to fix them.

I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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MW
DevOps Engineer at National Bank of Egypt (NBE)

 I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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TM
Principal Service Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Using Icinga doesn't require a financial investment, but it does require an investment in people and time to support it. You'll need technical staff and some time to get it up and running. However, once established, Icinga can easily detect and deploy issues quickly. In a couple of days, you can establish a certain base before moving on to fine-tuning. If you don't have a budget for a monitoring tool, Icinga can be a good option, but it will require some time and effort to set up and maintain.

Icinga does the job and is fairly stable. We didn't have any issues with it. However, it requires human resources for maintenance and upkeep, which is a drawback compared to using SaaS solutions.

Overall, I rate Icinga a six out of ten.

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FC
Vice President Cloud Operations at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend this product. 

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it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Icinga 2 is so flexible that it makes sense to either have some people read the docs and carefully evaluate all configuration possibilities; or, if possible, it makes sense to get someone on board and receive help in designing your monitoring platform.

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HS
System and Network Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

If you have a small infrastructure or a small number of devices that you want to monitor, then I think it's a good solution. If you have a lot of devices or an enterprise level installation that you want to monitor, I don't think that this solution can be entertained. 

I've been in IT infrastructure support for the last 15 years and I have not seen such a solution which has this very basic level of monitoring.

I would rate it a four out of ten.

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IR
Senior Consultant at SkySparc

I would recommend Icinga. It's an open-source solution. It's quite easy, it's simple to use. Checks can be run with Python code, and Shell Script code. 

Overall, we like it.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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AS
Information Security Officer with 1,001-5,000 employees

People should know that it is simple and advanced. It is simple to install yet provides advanced monitoring capabilities and features.

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it_user375258 - PeerSpot reviewer
system engineer with 11-50 employees

When selecting a product, the most important criterion is functionality.

If you have a static environment, you can use Icinga because it's very good. But if your environment is growing fast, think about Icinga but also consider Zabbix.

I think Icinga is a seven out of 10, because it's good and fast. It's not a 10 because of poor support for SNMP traps.

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