The configuration file resources.ini
contains
information about data sources that can be referenced in other
configuration files. This allows you to manage all data sources at one
central place, avoiding the need to edit several different files when
the information about a data source changes.
Each section in resources.ini
represents a data source
with the section name being the identifier used to reference this
specific data source. Depending on the data source type, the sections
define different directives. The available data source types are
db
, ldap
and ssh
which will
described in detail in the following paragraphs.
Type | Description |
---|---|
db | A database resource (e.g. Icinga 2 DB IDO or Icinga Web 2 user preferences) |
ldap | An LDAP resource for authentication. |
ssh | Manage SSH keys for remote access (e.g. command transport). |
A Database resource defines a connection to a SQL database which can contain users and groups to handle authentication and authorization, monitoring data or user preferences.
Option | Description |
---|---|
type | Required. Specifies the resource type. Must be set
to db . |
db | Required. Database type. In most cases
mysql or pgsql . |
host | Required. Connect to the database server on the
given host. For using unix domain sockets, specify
localhost for MySQL and the path to the unix domain socket
directory for PostgreSQL. |
port | Required. Port number to use. MySQL defaults to
3306 , PostgreSQL defaults to 5432 . Mandatory
for connections to a PostgreSQL database. |
username | Required. The database username. |
password | Required. The database password. |
dbname | Required. The database name. |
charset | Optional. The character set for the database connection. |
use_ssl | Optional. Use SSL. Enables the following SSL options. |
ssl_do_not_verify_server_cert | Optional. Disable validation of the server
certificate. Only available for the mysql database and on
PHP versions > 5.6. |
ssl_cert | Optional. The file path to the SSL certificate.
Only available for the mysql database. |
ssl_key | Optional. The file path to the SSL key. Only
available for the mysql database. |
ssl_ca | Optional. The file path to the SSL certificate
authority. Only available for the mysql database. |
ssl_capath | Optional. The file path to the directory that
contains the trusted SSL CA certificates, which are stored in PEM
format.Only available for the mysql database. |
ssl_cipher | Optional. A list of one or more permissible ciphers
to use for SSL encryption, in a format understood by OpenSSL. For
example: DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-SHA . Only available for
the mysql database. |
The name in brackets defines the resource name.
[icingaweb-mysql-tcp]
type = db
db = mysql
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 3306
username = icingaweb
password = icingaweb
dbname = icingaweb
[icingaweb-mysql-socket]
type = db
db = mysql
host = localhost
username = icingaweb
password = icingaweb
dbname = icingaweb
[icingaweb-pgsql-socket]
type = db
db = pgsql
host = /var/run/postgresql
port = 5432
username = icingaweb
password = icingaweb
dbname = icingaweb
A LDAP resource represents a tree in a LDAP directory. LDAP is usually used for authentication and authorization.
Option | Description |
---|---|
type | Required. Specifies the resource type. Must be set
to ldap . |
hostname | Required. Connect to the LDAP server on the given host. You can also provide multiple hosts separated by a space. |
port | Required. Port number to use for the connection. |
root_dn | Required. Root object of the tree, e.g.
ou=people,dc=icinga,dc=org . |
bind_dn | Required. The user to use when connecting to the server. |
bind_pw | Required. The password to use when connecting to the server. |
encryption | Optional. Type of encryption to use:
none (default), starttls ,
ldaps . |
timeout | Optional. Connection timeout for every LDAP
connection. Defaults to 5 . |
disable_server_side_sort | Optional. Disable server side sorting. Defaults to automatic detection whether the server supports this. |
Icinga Web automatically detects whether the LDAP server supports
server side sorting. If that is not the case, results get sorted on the
client side. There are LDAP servers though which report that they
support this feature in general but have it disabled for certain fields.
This may lead to failures. With disable_server_side_sort
it
is possible to disable server side sorting and it has precedence over
the automatic detection.
The name in brackets defines the resource name.
[ad]
type = ldap
hostname = localhost
port = 389
root_dn = "ou=people,dc=icinga,dc=org"
bind_dn = "cn=admin,ou=people,dc=icinga,dc=org"
bind_pw = admin
A SSH resource contains the information about the user and the private key location, which can be used for the key-based ssh authentication.
Option | Description |
---|---|
type | Required. Specifies the resource type. Must be set
to ssh . |
user | Required. The username to use when connecting to the server. |
private_key | Required. The path to the private key of the user. |
The name in brackets defines the resource name.
[ssh]
type = "ssh"
user = "ssh-user"
private_key = "/etc/icingaweb2/ssh/ssh-user"