Icinga in Your Observability Stack: Metrics via OpenTelemetry Webinar
We walk you through the OTLPMetricsWriter, the new feature in Icinga 2 v2.16 that exports check plugin performance data as OpenTelemetry-compliant metrics via the OTLP HTTP protocol straight into Prometheus, Grafana Mimir, VictoriaMetrics and any OTLP-compatible backend.
You will see how to enable the writer, point it at an OpenTelemetry Collector or directly at a backend that accepts OTLP, and pipe Icinga metrics into platforms like Prometheus, Grafana Mimir, VictoriaMetrics, Datadog, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Splunk, New Relic, and Dynatrace – using a single configuration object and no intermediate translation layer.
Recorded live on June 30, 2026.
We cover what changes for existing setups: how the OTLPMetricsWriter runs alongside Graphite, InfluxDB, and Icinga DB, and how high availability is handled inside Icinga 2 cluster zones.
This session is for engineers running Icinga 2 alongside Prometheus, Grafana, or any other OTLP-compatible backend. We focus on configuration, integration paths, and how the OTLPMetricsWriter fits into an existing Icinga setup.
In this session, we cover:
- Turning Icinga performance data into OpenTelemetry Gauge metrics
- Configuring the OTLPMetricsWriter for the Collector, Prometheus, and VictoriaMetrics
- Exporting warning, critical, min, and max thresholds as metrics
- Enriching metrics with host and service resource attributes
- Running the OTLPMetricsWriter in HA cluster zones
- Interactive Q&A session
📌 Resources:
- The webinars overview page: https://icinga.com/webinars/
- Live Demo: https://demo.icinga.com/
- Learn more about Icinga: https://icinga.com/
- Get started with Icinga: https://icinga.com/get-started/
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