1 # <a id="about-icinga2"></a> About Icinga 2
3 ## <a id="what-is-icinga2"></a> What is Icinga 2?
5 Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of your
6 network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting.
8 Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
11 ## <a id="licensing"></a> Licensing
13 Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
14 General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
15 LICENSE file included in the source package.
17 ## <a id="support"></a> Support
19 Support for Icinga 2 is available in a number of ways. Please have a look at
20 the [support overview page](https://support.icinga.org).
22 ## <a id="contribute"></a> Contribute
24 There are many ways to contribute to Icinga - whether it be sending patches, testing,
25 reporting bugs, or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every contribution
28 Please get in touch with the Icinga team at https://www.icinga.org/community/.
30 ### <a id="development"></a> Icinga 2 Development
32 You can follow Icinga 2's development closely by checking
35 * [Development Bug Tracker](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2): [How to report a bug?](https://www.icinga.org/icinga/faq/)
36 * Git Repositories: [main mirror on icinga.org](https://git.icinga.org/?p=icinga2.git;a=summary) [release mirror at github.com](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2)
37 * [Git Checkins Mailinglist](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-checkins)
38 * [Development](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-devel) and [Users](https://lists.icinga.org/mailman/listinfo/icinga-users) Mailinglists
39 * [#icinga-devel on irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=icinga-devel) including a Git Commit Bot
41 For general support questions, please refer to the [community support channels](https://support.icinga.org).
43 ### <a id="how-to-report-bug-feature-requests"></a> How to Report a Bug or Feature Request
45 More details in the [Icinga FAQ](https://www.icinga.org/icinga/faq/).
47 * [Register](https://exchange.icinga.org/authentication/register) an Icinga account.
48 * Create a new issue at the [Icinga 2 Development Tracker](https://dev.icinga.org/projects/i2).
49 * When reporting a bug, please include the details described in the [Troubleshooting](8-troubleshooting.md#troubleshooting-information-required) chapter (version, configs, logs, etc).
51 ## <a id="whats-new"></a> What's new
53 ### What's New in Version 2.3