+[](https://travis-ci.org/Icinga/icinga2)
+[](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2)
+
# Icinga 2
-
+
#### Table of Contents
1. [About][About]
-2. [License][License]
-3. [Installation][Installation]
-4. [Documentation][Documentation]
-5. [Support][Support]
-6. [Development and Contributions][Development]
+2. [Installation][Installation]
+3. [Documentation][Documentation]
+4. [Support][Support]
+5. [License][License]
+6. [Contributing][Contributing]
## About
-Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of your
-network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting.
+[Icinga 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-2/) is a monitoring system which checks
+the availability of your network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates
+performance data for reporting.
Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
multiple locations.
-Icinga 2 as monitoring core works best with [Icinga Web 2](https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
-as web interface.
-
-More information can be found at [www.icinga.com](https://www.icinga.com/products/icinga-2/)
-and inside the [documentation](doc/1-about.md).
-
-## License
+Icinga 2 as core requires [Icinga Web 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
+on top in your Icinga Stack.
-Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
-General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
-LICENSE file included in the source package.
+
## Installation
-Read the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file for more information about how to install it.
+For installing Icinga please check the [installation chapter](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/02-getting-started/)
+in the documentation.
+
+If you are a packager, please read the [development chapter](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/21-development/)
+for more details.
## Documentation
-The documentation is located in the [doc/](doc/) directory. The latest documentation
-is also available on https://docs.icinga.com
+The documentation is available on [icinga.com/docs](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
## Support
-Check the project website at https://www.icinga.com for status updates. Join the
-[community channels](https://www.icinga.com/community/get-involved/) for questions
-or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://www.icinga.com/services/support/).
+Check the [project website](https://icinga.com) for status updates. Join the
+[community channels](https://icinga.com/community/) for questions
+or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://icinga.com/support/).
-## Development
+## License
-The Git repository is located on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2).
+Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
+General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
+COPYING file included in the source package.
-Icinga 2 is written in C++ and can be built on Linux/Unix and Windows.
-Read more about development builds in the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file.
+In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+permission to link the code of portions of this program with the
+OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
+individual source file, and distribute linked combinations including
+the two.
-### Contributing
+You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all
+of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the
+file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do
+so, delete this exception statement from your version. If you delete
+this exception statement from all source files in the program, then
+also delete it here.
+
+## Contributing
There are many ways to contribute to Icinga -- whether it be sending patches,
testing, reporting bugs, or reviewing and updating the documentation. Every
contribution is appreciated!
-Read the [contributing section](https://www.icinga.com/community/get-involved/) and
-get familiar with the code.
-
-Pull requests on [GitHub](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2) are preferred.
-
-### Testing
-
-Basic unit test coverage is provided by running `make test` during package builds.
-Read the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file for more information about development builds.
-
-Snapshot packages from the laster development branch are available inside the
-[package repository](http://packages.icinga.org).
+Please continue reading in the [contributing chapter](CONTRIBUTING.md).
-You can help test-drive the latest Icinga 2 snapshot packages inside the
-[Icinga 2 Vagrant boxes](https://github.com/icinga/icinga-vagrant).
+### Security Issues
+For reporting security issues please visit [this page](https://icinga.com/contact/security/).
+<!-- TOC URLs -->
[About]: #about
[License]: #license
[Installation]: #installation
[Documentation]: #documentation
[Support]: #support
-[Development]: #development
+[Contributing]: #contributing
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