| Initial release | May 2009 |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.6.1 / December 2, 2011 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | mixed |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Network monitoring |
| License | GPL version 2 |
| Website | www.icinga.org |
Icinga is an open source network and computer system monitoring application. It was originally created as a fork of the Nagios system monitoring application in 2009[1].
Icinga is attempting to get past perceived short-comings in Nagios' development process[2], as well as adding new features [3] [4] such as a modern Web 2.0 based user interface, additional database connectors (for MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL), and an API that lets administrators integrate numerous extensions without complicated modification of the Icinga core.
The Icinga developers also seek to reflect community needs more closely and to integrate patches more quickly. The first stable version, 1.0, was released in December 2009, and the version counter has risen every couple of months ever since.[5]