Today we are very happy to announce the first beta release of Icinga for Windows with with version 1.13.0.0! This new release provides a huge number of improvements and changes to the Framework as well as the default Windows Plugins, which we will talk about later on.

When enterprises transition to a microservices model, they often need to migrate their legacy applications to the new infrastructure. One popular framework used for these traditional applications is.Net. Due to migration, enterprises require the ability to run Windows containers in their Kubernetes infrastructure.

Finding the right automation tool for Windows environments can be frustrating. Legacy systems, a GUI-centric design, and proprietary tooling are a few of the reasons automating Windows infrastructure can be challenging – especially in environments where Windows isn’t the only OS. Many organizations struggle to choose tools that will let them automate Windows infrastructure without contributing to tool sprawl.

Server monitoring involves continuously observing and tracking the performance, availability, and health of servers within an IT infrastructure and is a vital process for organizations aiming to enhance their servers. By conducting server monitoring, with the assistance of server monitoring tools, your organization can detect issues such as hardware failures or software glitches promptly allowing for quick resolutions as server monitoring tools continuously track server health and performance metrics.

I’ve already dropped a hint at this topic in a previous post of mine which reflected the history of Icinga on Windows: And this time I’m going to prove this concept, since both required components have been released by now: Icinga 2.14 and IfW 1.11. Precisely speaking, an existing Icinga master will run checks remotely on Windows, directly via the IfW REST API – without an intermediate agent.

Windows Instrument Management (WMI) Provider Host — or WmiPrvSE.exe — is a legitimate and essential component for keeping your computer’s various applications and systems running effectively. This process is part of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Microsoft built WMI management tools into each Windows version starting with NT 3.1.

It’s 2 AM, and your phone buzzes with an urgent alert—your primary server application is down, and users are flooding the support channels with complaints. As you dive into the logs, the cause is elusive, buried somewhere in the sea of system events. Is it a rogue service eating up memory? A failing disk? Or a network bottleneck? Without powerful Windows monitoring tools, you’re left troubleshooting in the dark.

‍This is a follow-up to two previously published posts on Pietrasanta Traceroute, Catchpoint’s traceroute alternative. Check out the first for technical details about how it works and the second to understand how it solves firewall and path challenges inherent in existing traceroutes. We’re continually looking for ways to respond to the evolving demands of the Internet to create the most useful network (& general IPM) monitoring capabilities.