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11 2. [Installation][Installation]
12 3. [Documentation][Documentation]
15 6. [Contributing][Contributing]
19 [Icinga 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-2/) is a monitoring system which checks
20 the availability of your network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates
21 performance data for reporting.
23 Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
26 Icinga 2 as core requires [Icinga Web 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
27 on top in your Icinga Stack.
29 ![Icinga Dashboard](https://icinga.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/icingaweb2-2.5.0-dashboard.png)
33 For installing Icinga please check the [installation chapter](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/02-getting-started/)
36 If you are a packager, please read the [development chapter](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/21-development/)
41 The documentation is available on [icinga.com/docs](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
45 Check the [project website](https://icinga.com) for status updates. Join the
46 [community channels](https://icinga.com/community/) for questions
47 or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://icinga.com/support/).
51 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
52 General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
53 COPYING file included in the source package.
55 In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
56 permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
57 OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
58 individual source file, and distribute linked combinations including
61 You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all
62 of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
63 exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
64 file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do
65 so, delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete
66 this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
71 There are many ways to contribute to Icinga -- whether it be sending patches,
72 testing, reporting bugs, or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every
73 contribution is appreciated!
75 Please continue reading in the [contributing chapter](CONTRIBUTING.md).
80 [Installation]: #installation
81 [Documentation]: #documentation
83 [Contributing]: #contributing