How To Install icingadb on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icingadb on Debian 12.
What is icingadb
icingadb is:
Icinga DB is a set of components for publishing, synchronizing and visualizing monitoring data in the Icinga ecosystem, consisting of:
- The Icinga DB daemon, which synchronizes monitoring data between a Redis server and a database.
- 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.
- 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.
There are three methods to install icingadb on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install icingadb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icingadb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icingadb
Install icingadb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icingadb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icingadb
Install icingadb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install icingadb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icingadb
How To Uninstall icingadb on Debian 12
To uninstall only the icingadb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icingadb
Uninstall icingadb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icingadb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icingadb
Remove icingadb Configurations and Data
To remove icingadb configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icingadb
Remove icingadb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icingadb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icingadb
Dependencies
icingadb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icingadb package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
