## What is Icinga 2? <a id="what-is-icinga2"></a>
-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.
-## Licensing <a id="licensing"></a>
+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.
-## Support <a id="support"></a>
+
+
+## Start with Icinga <a id="start-icinga"></a>
+
+* [Installation](02-installation.md#installation)
+* [Monitoring Basics](03-monitoring-basics.md#monitoring-basics)
+* [Configuration](04-configuration.md#configuration)
+* [Distributed Monitoring](06-distributed-monitoring.md#distributed-monitoring)
+* [Addons, Integrations and Features](13-addons.md#addons)
+* [Troubleshooting](15-troubleshooting.md#troubleshooting)
+* [Upgrading](16-upgrading-icinga-2.md#upgrading-icinga-2)
+
+Once Icinga Core and Web are running in your distributed environment,
+make sure to check out the many [Icinga modules](https://icinga.com/docs/)
+for even better monitoring.
+
+## What's New <a id="whats-new"></a>
+
+You can follow the development and release milestones on [GitHub](https://github.com/icinga/icinga2/issues).
+Please follow our release announcements on [icinga.com](https://icinga.com/blog/) too.
+
+## Support <a id="support"></a>
Check the project website at [icinga.com](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/services/support/).
+or get in touch for [professional support](https://icinga.com/subscription/).
## Contribute <a id="contribute"></a>
Icinga 2 is written in C++ and can be built on Linux/Unix and Windows.
Read more about development builds in the [development chapter](21-development.md#development).
-## What's New <a id="whats-new"></a>
-The Icinga 2 Changelog is located [here](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
-Please follow our release announcements on [icinga.com](https://icinga.com/blog/) too.
+## License <a id="license"></a>
+
+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.
+