On Mon, 02 Jan 2017, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Package: icinga2 > Version: 2.6.0-2 > Severity: wishlist > > Now that nagios3 is being removed[1] from the next stable Debian > release, more people will potentially try to migrate to icinga2 or other > solutions. > > Could you provide any tips in the README.Debian file specifically for > people in that situation, e.g. a nagios3 user on Debian wheezy or jessie > who is migrating to icinga2 (either from backports or after upgrade to > stretch)? > > I notice this file in the package already: > > /usr/share/doc/icinga2/markdown/22-migrating-from-icinga-1x.md.gz > > and as Icinga1 was a Nagios fork, it appears most of it is also useful > to a Nagios user. > > To make the experience for package users easier, it might be useful to > provide some or all of the following: > > - comments about the way the nagios3 and icinga2 packages exist on a > Debian system, for example, the config file locations, related packages > like nagios-nrpe-server and their equivalents in the icinga2 world Icinga2 has not much in common with Nagios, it is a complete rewrite and you can't compare them.
> > - a list of the pages/sections of documentation that are essential > reading for somebody who already has basic Nagios knowledge > > - if possible, a quickstart procedure for running the migration, with > command line examples specific to a Debian system and file locations. > Even if there is not really a "quick" way to upgrade, a step by step > procedure that would help users who used the original Debian nagios > package files without too many changes. > > - should people migrate their config directly from nagios3 to icinga2, > or should they migrate their config to a database and then use some tool > to automatically generate icinga2 config files from the database? Are > such tools already in Debian or are there RFP/ITP bugs for them? You can't migrate. It is not the same software and configurations can't get converted. So, beside of upstreams "migration" hints, I don't see anything I can do. But you are of course free to write something. Alex
