Integrate > Icinga > Configure > Additional Configurations > Managing the Integration Service

Managing the Integration Service

OpsCx for Icinga enables you to manage its integration service. OpsCx for Icinga provides the following integrations services:

  1. icingae - Icinga event integration service
  2. icingat - Icinga topology integration service

You can start, stop and restart these services from the OMi console. See the following section for the steps to start, stop, restart the services.

Starting, Stopping or Restarting the Service

While you do not need to manually start or stop the integration service of OpsCx for Icinga in normal circumstances, there may be cases when this action is necessary. To start or stop the integration service, perform these steps:

On the OMi console:

  1. Log on to the OMi web interface.
  2. Click Administration > Monitoring > Assignments & Tuning.
  3. From Select a view drop-down box, click Operations Connectors. The left pane with the list of Operations Connector installed systems appears.
  4. Expand and right-click on the Operations Connector (<host name>).

    On mouse over, Operations Connector (<host name>) [RunningSoftware] is displayed.

  5. Click Launch Tool. The Select Tool window appears as follows:

  6. The tool provides the following options:

    1. Restart All Icinga Services - Click this option to restart all the Icinga services.
    2. Start All Icinga Services - Click this option to start all the Icinga services.
    3. Start Icinga Event Service - Click this option to start the Icinga Event service.

    4. Start Icinga Topology Service - Click this option to start the Icinga Topology service.
    5. Stop Icinga Event Service - Click this option to stop the Icinga Event service.

    6. Stop Icinga Topology Service - Click this option to stop the Icinga Topology service.
  7. Click Next. The Preview window appears with the task details.
  8. Click Run.
  9. The Execution result displays the icon on successful execution of the service.
  10. Click Close.

On the OpsCx system (additional option to manage the services):

  1. Open a command prompt window.

  2. If OpsCx for Icinga is hosted on a Linux system, change current directory:

    cd /opt/OV/bin

  3. To start, stop or restart the integration service, run the appropriate command:

    To Start the service:

    ovc -start icingae

    ovc -start icingat

    ovc -start ICINGA

    To Stop the service:

    ovc -stop icingae

    ovc -stop icingat

    ovc -stop ICINGA

    To Restart the service:

    ovc -restart icingae

    ovc -restart icingat

    ovc -restart ICINGA

Checking the Service States

Using the command-line interface, you can check whether the integration service is running. Perform these steps:

On the OpsCx system:

  1. Open a command prompt window.

  2. If OpsCx for Icinga is hosted on a Linux system, change current directory:

    cd /opt/OV/bin

  3. To check the state of the integration service, run the following command:

    ovc -status icingae

    ovc -status icingat

    ovc -status ICINGA