The preferred way of installing Icinga Web 2 is to use the official package repositories depending on which operating system and distribution you are running.
In case you are upgrading from an older version of Icinga Web 2 please make sure to read the upgrading section thoroughly.
Source and automated setups are described inside the advanced topics chapter.
- Icinga 2 with the IDO database backend (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
- A web server, e.g. Apache or Nginx
- PHP version >= 5.6.0
- The following PHP modules must be installed: cURL, gettext, intl, mbstring, OpenSSL and xml
- LDAP PHP library when using Active Directory or LDAP for authentication
- MySQL or PostgreSQL PHP libraries
Below is a list of official package repositories for installing Icinga Web 2 for various operating systems.
| Distribution | Repository |
|---|---|
| Debian | Icinga Repository |
| Ubuntu | Icinga Repository |
| RHEL/CentOS | Icinga Repository |
| openSUSE | Icinga Repository |
| SLES | Icinga Repository |
| Gentoo | Upstream |
| FreeBSD | Upstream |
| ArchLinux | Upstream |
| Alpine Linux | Upstream |
Packages for distributions other than the ones listed above may also be available. Please contact your distribution packagers.
You need to add the Icinga repository to your package management configuration for installing Icinga Web 2. If you've already configured your OS to use the Icinga repository for installing Icinga 2, you may skip this step. Below is a list with examples for various distributions.
Debian Stretch:
wget -O - https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key | apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://packages.icinga.com/debian icinga-stretch main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/icinga.list
apt-get update
INFO
For other Debian versions just replace
stretchwith your distribution's code name.
Ubuntu Xenial:
wget -O - https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key | apt-key add -
add-apt-repository 'deb http://packages.icinga.com/ubuntu icinga-xenial main'
apt-get update
INFO
For other Ubuntu versions just replace xenial with your distribution's code name.
RHEL and CentOS 7:
yum install https://packages.icinga.com/epel/icinga-rpm-release-7-latest.noarch.rpm
Fedora 26:
dnf install https://packages.icinga.com/fedora/icinga-rpm-release-26-latest.noarch.rpm
SLES 12:
zypper ar http://packages.icinga.com/SUSE/ICINGA-release.repo
zypper ref
openSUSE:
zypper ar http://packages.icinga.com/openSUSE/ICINGA-release.repo
zypper ref
Alpine Linux:
echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" >> /etc/apk/repos
apk update
INFO
Latest version of Icinga Web 2 is in the edge repository, which is the -dev branch.
Our packages are build on and with packages from the EPEL repository. Please enable it prior installing the Icinga packages.
CentOS 7/6:
yum install epel-release
RedHat 7:
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
If you are using RHEL you need enable the optional repository in order to use some contents of EPEL.
RedHat:
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
# or
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
Since version 2.5.0 we also require a newer PHP version than what is available in RedHat itself. You need to enable the SCL repository, so that the dependencies can pull in the newer PHP.
CentOS:
yum install centos-release-scl
RedHat:
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
# or
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-server-rhscl-6-rpms
Make sure to also read the chapter on Setting up FPM.
The example provided suppose that you are running Alpine edge, which is the -dev branch and is a rolling release. If you are using a stable version, in order to use the latest Icinga Web 2 version you should "pin" the edge repository. In order to correctly manage your repository, please follow these instructions.
You can install Icinga Web 2 by using your distribution's package manager to install the icingaweb2 package.
Below is a list with examples for various distributions. The additional package icingacli is necessary to follow further steps in this guide.
The additional package libapache2-mod-php is necessary on Ubuntu to make
Icinga Web 2 working out-of-the-box if you aren't sure or don't care about PHP
FPM.
Debian:
apt-get install icingaweb2 icingacli
Ubuntu:
apt-get install icingaweb2 libapache2-mod-php icingacli
RHEL, CentOS and Fedora:
yum install icingaweb2 icingacli
If you have SELinux enabled, the package icingaweb2-selinux is also required.
For RHEL/CentOS please read the package repositories notes.
SLES and openSUSE:
zypper install icingaweb2 icingacli
Alpine Linux:
apk add icingaweb2
For Alpine Linux please read the package repositories notes.
Depending on your OS you might have to install, and or configure the web server. We usually only require PHP as hard dependency.
We usually build on Apache httpd as the default web server, but you also can use nginx.
RedHat / CentOS / Fedora
Make sure to install httpd, start and enable it on boot.
yum install httpd
systemctl start httpd.service
systemctl enable httpd.service
Note for EPEL 6 and 7: See "Setting up FPM" below!
Note for Fedora >= 27:
You need to choose which httpd PHP mode you want to use!
- Enable mod_php:
Edit/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-mpm.confand enablepreforkinstead ofevent - or start php-fpm:
systemctl start php-fpm.service
systemctl enable
SUSE SLE / openSUSE
Make sure that web server is installed, and the required modules are loaded.
zypper install apache2
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod php7
systemctl start apache2.service
systemctl enable apache2.service
Debian / Ubuntu
Your web server should be up and running after the installation of Icinga Web 2.
If you are on CentOS / RedHat 6 or 7, or just want to run Icinga Web 2 with PHP-FPM instead of the Apache module.
| Operating System | FPM configuration path |
|---|---|
| RedHat 7 (with SCL) | /etc/opt/rh/rh-php71/php-fpm.d/ |
| RedHat 6 (with SCL) | /etc/opt/rh/rh-php70/php-fpm.d/ |
| Fedora | /etc/php-fpm.d/ |
| Debian/Ubuntu | /etc/php*/*/fpm/pool.d/ |
The default pool www should be sufficient for Icinga Web 2.
On RedHat you need to start and enable the FPM service.
RedHat / CentOS 7 (SCL package):
systemctl start rh-php71-php-fpm.service
systemctl enable rh-php71-php-fpm.service
RedHat / CentOS 6 (SCL package):
service rh-php70-php-fpm start
chkconfig rh-php70-php-fpm on
Fedora:
systemctl start php-fpm.service
systemctl enable php-fpm.service
All module packages for PHP have this SCL prefix, so you can install a database module like this:
yum install rh-php71-php-mysqlnd
# or
yum install rh-php71-php-pgsql
# on el6
yum install rh-php70-php-mysqlnd
# or
yum install rh-php70-php-pgsql
On RedHat / CentOS 6 you also need to install mod_proxy_fcgi for httpd:
yum install mod_proxy_fcgi
Depending on your web server installation, we might have installed or updated the config file for icingaweb2 with defaults for FPM.
Check /etc/httpd/conf.d/icingaweb2.conf or /etc/apache2/conf.d/icingaweb2.conf.
And *.rpm* *.dpkg* files there with updates.
Make sure that the FilesMatch part is included for Apache >= 2.4. For Apache < 2.4 you have to include the
LocationMatch block.
Also see the example from icingacli:
icingacli setup config webserver apache
Valid for:
- RedHat / CentOS 6
- RedHat / CentOS 7
Other distributions are also possible if preferred, but not included here.
Some upgrading work needs to be done manually, while we install PHP FPM as dependency, you need to start the service, and configure some things.
Please read Setting up FPM first.
php.ini settings you have tuned in the past needs to be migrated to a SCL installation of PHP.
Check these directories:
/etc/php.ini/etc/php.d/*.ini
PHP settings should be stored to:
- RedHat / CentOS 7:
/etc/opt/rh/rh-php71/php.d/ - RedHat / CentOS 6:
/etc/opt/rh/rh-php70/php.d/
Make sure to install the required database modules
RedHat / CentOS 7:
yum install rh-php71-php-mysqlnd
# or
yum install rh-php71-php-pgsql
RedHat / CentOS 6:
yum install rh-php70-php-mysqlnd
# or
yum install rh-php70-php-pgsql
After any PHP related change you now need to restart FPM:
RedHat / CentOS 7:
systemctl restart rh-php71-php-fpm.service
RedHat / CentOS 6:
service rh-php70-php-fpm restart
If you don't need mod_php for other apps on the server, you should disable it in Apache.
Disable PHP in Apache httpd:
cd /etc/httpd
cp conf.d/php.conf{,.bak}
: >conf.d/php.conf
# ONLY on el7!
cp conf.modules.d/10-php.conf{,.bak}
: >conf.modules.d/10-php.conf
systemctl restart httpd.service
# or on el6
service httpd restart
You can also uninstall the mod_php package, or all non-SCL PHP related packages.
yum remove php
# or
yum remove php-common
You can set up Icinga Web 2 quickly and easily with the Icinga Web 2 setup wizard which is available the first time
you visit Icinga Web 2 in your browser. When using the web setup you are required to authenticate using a token.
In order to generate a token use the icingacli:
icingacli setup token create
In case you do not remember the token you can show it using the icingacli:
icingacli setup token show
On Debian, you need to manually create a database and a database user prior to starting the web wizard. This is due to local security restrictions whereas the web wizard cannot create a database/user through a local unix domain socket.
MariaDB [mysql]> CREATE DATABASE icingaweb2;
MariaDB [mysql]> GRANT ALL ON icingaweb2.* TO icingaweb2@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'CHANGEME';
You may also create a separate administrative account with all privileges instead.
Note: This is only required if you are using a local database as authentication type.
Finally visit Icinga Web 2 in your browser to access the setup wizard and complete the installation:
/icingaweb2/setup.
Note for Debian
Use the same database, user and password details created above when asked.
The setup wizard automatically detects the required packages. In case one of them is missing, e.g. a PHP module, please install the package, restart your webserver and reload the setup page.
If you have SELinux enabled, please ensure to either have the selinux package for Icinga Web 2 installed, or disable it.