For customers using Icinga for infrastructure monitoring: Icinga GmbH has reshaped its business model so that the rpm packages for RHEL 8+, Amazon Linux and SUSE Linux based operating systems sit behind a paywall.
Here you can get an Icinga Subscription.
Access to the update repositories is only available with an Icinga Repository Subscription. A paid Repository Subscription is required from 21 hosts onwards; up to that point, a free Developer Subscription is sufficient.
Q: Is the Icinga project moving away from Open Source?
A: Not directly, at least not for the Icinga core, IcingaWeb and most modules. Icinga in its current form is still Open Source: it just no longer builds and offers free installation packages for every operating system. This is how the project tries to fund itself. As an Open Source company, we intervened with the argument "What if I run a RHEL environment based on the RHEL Developer Subscription?" which led to the introduction of the Icinga Developer Subscription. However, the Icinga project also builds software whose source code is not available in the public GitHub repositories.
Q: What are the differences between support from Linuxfabrik and from Icinga itself?
A: You have to differentiate:
When running Icinga we recommend a service contract with us and an Icinga Repository Subscription, plus an Icinga Support Subscription for critical infrastructures.
Q: Does this also apply to Debian/Ubuntu/Windows?
A: No. A subscription is only required once at least one of the hosts monitored by Icinga runs on RHEL 8+, Amazon Linux or SUSE (e.g. the Icinga server itself). Up to 20 hosts a Developer Subscription is sufficient, from 21 hosts onwards a paid one is required. An Icinga Support Subscription can be purchased at any time for any operating system.
Need advice on the right Icinga subscription? Have a look at our Icinga Subscriptions page and get in touch.
