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11 3. [Installation][Installation]
12 4. [Documentation][Documentation]
14 6. [Contributing][Contributing]
18 Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of your
19 network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting.
21 Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
24 Icinga 2 as monitoring core works best with [Icinga Web 2](https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
27 More information can be found at [www.icinga.com](https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-2/)
28 and inside the [documentation](https://www.icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
32 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
33 General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
34 COPYING file included in the source package.
36 In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
37 permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
38 OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
39 individual source file, and distribute linked combinations including
42 You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all
43 of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
44 exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
45 file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do
46 so, delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete
47 this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
52 Read the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file for more information about how to install it.
56 The documentation is located in the [doc/](doc/) directory. The latest documentation
57 is also available on https://docs.icinga.com
61 Check the project website at https://www.icinga.com for status updates. Join the
62 [community channels](https://www.icinga.com/community) for questions
63 or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://www.icinga.com/services/support/).
67 There are many ways to contribute to Icinga -- whether it be sending patches,
68 testing, reporting bugs, or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every
69 contribution is appreciated!
71 Please continue reading in the [contributing chapter](CONTRIBUTING.md).
76 [Installation]: #installation
77 [Documentation]: #documentation
79 [Contributing]: #contributing