icingadb(8)

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version 1.5.1 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 icingadb — the manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so you've found your way to icingadb(8) and honestly? iconic. this is the database connector for Icinga 2, and by the end of this page you're gonna know it like the back of your hand. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

icingadb — Database connector for Icinga 2

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

icingadb [-h] [--version] [-c PATH]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. three little things and you're off. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so icingadb is a database connector for Icinga 2. yes, that's the whole job description. but bestie, it's part of something so much bigger.

it belongs to a whole set of components that publish, synchronize and visualize monitoring data in the Icinga ecosystem, and the squad consists of:

  • The Icinga DB daemon, which synchronizes monitoring data between a Redis server and a database. that's the one doing the actual heavy lifting, main character energy fr. 🔥
  • Icinga 2 with its Icinga DB feature enabled, responsible for publishing the data to the Redis server — i.e. configuration and its runtime updates, check results, state changes, downtimes, acknowledgements, notifications, and other events such as flapping. like, it's the one that's always yapping (affectionately) to Redis. 🗣️
  • And Icinga Web with the Icinga DB Web module enabled, which connects to both Redis and the database to display and work with the most up-to-date data. the glow-up at the end of the pipeline, obsessed. 👑

three components, one ecosystem, everyone playing their part. it's giving ✨teamwork✨.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

Application Options:

  • --version — Print version and exit. cute, quick, one and done. 🌸
  • -c=PATH, --config=PATH — Path to config file (default: /etc/icingadb/config.yml). note that default path, bestie — that's where it's looking unless you tell it otherwise. 🎀

Help Options:

  • -h, --help — Show usage information and exit. your girl -h is always there when you need her. 🙈
reminder bestie: keep the option names and paths exactly as written. -c=PATH is not the same as -c PATH in this synopsis, and /etc/icingadb/config.yml is the default default. no renaming, no improvising. periodt. 💜

that's the whole page, and honestly? we ate. this one's from the icingadb(8) manual, dated 16 December 2025 — so if future-you is reading this, hi, hope the config file was where you left it. mwah. 💖🎀🦋

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