Project: Icinga (Observability and Analysis / Observability)
File: CONTRIBUTING.md

Icinga is an open source project and lives from your ideas and contributions. There are many ways to contribute, from improving the documentation, submitting bug reports and features requests or writing code to add enhancements or fix bugs. Please consider our and when you start contributing to the project. Issues labeled with or will help you get started more easily. Before starting your work on Icinga 2, you should to your GitHub account. This allows you to freely experiment with your changes. When your changes are complete, submit a . All pull requests will be reviewed and merged if they suit some general guidelines: Changes are located in a topic branch For new functionality, proper tests are written Changes should follow the existing coding style and standards Please continue reading in the following sections for a step by step guide. to your GitHub account and clone the repository: ```bash git clone git@github.com:dnsmichi/icinga2.git cd icinga2 ``` Add a new remote `upstream` with this repository as value. ```bash git remote add upstream https://github.com/icinga/icinga2.git ``` You can pull updates to your fork's master branch: ```bash git fetch --all git pull upstream HEAD ``` Please continue to learn about . Choosing a proper name for a branch helps us identify its purpose and possibly find an associated bug or feature. Generally a branch name should include a topic such as `bugfix` or `feature` followed by a description and an issue number if applicable. Branches should have only changes relevant to a specific issue. ```bash git checkout -b bugfix/service-template-typo-1234 git checkout -b feature/config-handling-1235 ``` Continue to apply your changes and test them. More details on specific changes: Once you've finished your work in a branch, please ensure to commit your changes. A good commit message includes a short topic, additional body and a reference to the issue you wish to solve (if existing). Fixes: ``` Fix problem with notifications in HA cluster There was a race condition when restarting. refs #4567 ``` Features: ``` Add ITL CheckCommand printer Requires the check_printer plugin. refs #1234 ``` You can add multiple commits during your journey to finish your patch. Don't worry, you can squash those changes into a single commit later on. Ensure your name and email address in the commit metadata are correct. In your first contribution (PR) also add them to . If those metadata changed since your last successful contribution, you should update and . For the latter see . Once you've commited your changes, please update your local master branch and rebase your bugfix/feature branch against it before submitting a PR. ```bash git checkout master git pull upstream HEAD git checkout bugfix/notifications git rebase master ``` Once you've resolved any conflicts, push the branch to your remote

It might be necessary to force push after rebasing - use with care! New branch: ```bash git push --set-upstream origin bugfix/notifications ``` Existing branch: ```bash git push -f origin bugfix/notifications ``` You can now either use the CLI tool to create a PR, or nagivate to your GitHub repository and create a PR there. The pull request should again contain a telling subject and a reference with `fixes` to an existing issue id if any. That allows developers to automatically resolve the issues once your PR gets merged. ``` hub pull-request <a telling subject> fixes #1234 ``` Thanks a lot for your contribution! If you accidentally sent in a PR which was not rebased against the upstream master, developers might ask you to rebase your PR. First off, fetch and pull `upstream` master. ```bash git checkout master git fetch --all git pull upstream HEAD ``` Then change to your working branch and start rebasing it against master: ```bash git checkout bugfix/notifications git rebase master ``` If you are running into a conflict, rebase will stop and ask you to fix the problems. ``` git status both modified: path/to/conflict.cpp ``` Edit the file and search for `>>>`. Fix, build, test and save as needed. Add the modified file(s) and continue rebasing. ```bash git add path/to/conflict.cpp git rebase --continue ``` Once succeeded ensure to push your changed history remotely. ```bash git push -f origin bugfix/notifications ``` If you fear to break things, do the rebase in a backup branch first and later replace your current branch. ```bash git checkout bugfix/notifications git checkout -b bugfix/notifications-rebase git rebase master git branch -D bugfix/notifications git checkout -b bugfix/notifications git push -f origin bugfix/notifications ``` Note: Be careful with squashing. This might lead to non-recoverable mistakes. This is for advanced Git users. Say you want to squash the last 3 commits in your branch into a single one. Start an interactive (`-i`) rebase from current HEAD minus three commits (`HEAD~3`). ```bash git rebase -i HEAD~3 ``` Git opens your preferred editor. `pick` the commit in the first line, change `pick` to `squash` on the other lines. ``` pick e4bf04e47 Fix notifications squash d7b939d99 Tests squash b37fd5377 Doc updates ``` Save and let rebase to its job. Then force push the changes to the remote origin. ```bash git push -f origin bugfix/notifications ``` Please follow the for build and test instructions. You can help test-drive the latest Icinga 2 snapshot packages inside the . Icinga 2 can be built on Linux/Unix nodes and Windows clients. In order to develop patches for Icinga 2, you should prepare your own local build environment and know how to work with C++. Please follow the for development environments, the style guide and more advanced insights. The documentation is written in GitHub flavored

It is located in the `doc/` directory and can be edited with your preferred editor. You can also edit it online on GitHub. ```bash vim doc/2-getting-started.md ``` In order to review and test changes, you can install the Python library. ```bash pip install mkdocs ``` This allows you to start a local mkdocs viewer instance on http://localhost:8000 ```bash mkdocs serve ``` Changes on the chapter layout can be done inside the `mkdocs.yml` file in the main tree. There also is a script to ensure that relative URLs to other sections are updated. This script also checks for broken URLs. ```bash ./doc/update-links.py doc/*.md ``` The Icinga Template Library (ITL) and its plugin check commands provide a variety of CheckCommand object definitions which can be included on-demand. Advantages of sending them upstream: Everyone can use and update/fix them. One single place for configuration and documentation. Developers may suggest updates and help with best practices. You don't need to care about copying the command definitions to your satellites and clients. Get to know the check plugin and its options. Read the general documentation on how to integrate your check plugins and how to create a good CheckCommand definition. A good command definition uses: Command arguments including `value`, `description`, optional: `set_if`, `required`, etc. Comments `/ ... */` to describe difficult parts. Command name as prefix for the custom attributes referenced (e.g. `disk_`) Default values If `host.address` is involved, set a custom attribute (e.g. `ping_address`) to the default `$address$`. This allows users to override the host's address later on by setting the custom attribute inside the service apply definitions. If the plugin is also capable to use ipv6, import the `ipv4-or-ipv6` template and use `$check_address$` instead of `$address$`. This allows to fall back to ipv6 if only this address is set. If `set_if` is involved, ensure to specify a sane default value if required. Templates if there are multiple plugins with the same basic behaviour (e.g. ping4 and ping6). Your love and enthusiasm in making it the perfect CheckCommand. Icinga 2 developers love documentation. This isn't just because we want to annoy anyone sending a patch, it's a matter of making your contribution visible to the community. Your patch should consist of 2 parts: The CheckCommand definition. The documentation bits. and ensure that the master branch is up-to-date. Create a new fix or feature branch and start your work. ```bash git checkout -b feature/itl-check-printer ``` There already exists a defined structure for contributed plugins. Navigate to `itl/plugins-contrib.d` and verify where your command definitions fits into. ```bash cd itl/plugins-contrib.d/ ls ``` If you want to add or modify an existing Monitoring Plugin please use `itl/command-plugins.conf` instead. ```bash vim itl/command-plugins-conf ``` Just edit it, and add your CheckCommand definition. ```bash vim operating-system.conf ``` Proceed to the documentation. Create a new file with .conf suffix. ```bash vim printer.conf ``` Add the file to

in the FILES line in alpha-numeric order. This ensures that the installation and packages properly include your newly created file. ``` vim CMakeLists.txt -FILES ipmi.conf network-components.conf operating-system.conf virtualization.conf vmware.conf +FILES ipmi.conf network-components.conf operating-system.conf printer.conf virtualization.conf vmware.conf ``` Add the newly created file to your git commit. ```bash git add printer.conf ``` Do not commit it yet but finish with the documentation. Edit the documentation file in the `doc/` directory. More details on documentation updates can be found . ```bash vim doc/10-icinga-template-library.md ``` The CheckCommand documentation should be located in the same chapter similar to the configuration file you have just added/modified. Create a section for your plugin, add a description and a table of parameters. Each parameter should have at least: optional or required description of its purpose the default value, if any Look at the existing documentation and "copy" the same style and layout. Commit your changes which includes a descriptive commit message. ``` git commit -av Add printer CheckCommand definition Explain its purpose and possible enhancements/shortcomings. refs #existingticketnumberifany ``` Push the branch to the remote origin and create a . ```bash git push --set-upstream origin feature/itl-check-printer hub pull-request ``` In case developers ask for changes during review, please add them to the branch and push those changes. This is only important for developers who will review pull requests. If you want to join the development team, kindly contact us. Ensure that the style guide applies. Verify that the patch fixes a problem or linked issue, if any. Discuss new features with team members. Test the patch in your local dev environment. If there are changes required, kindly ask for an updated patch. Once the review is completed, merge the PR via GitHub. In order to amend the commit message, fix conflicts or add missing changes, you can add your changes to the PR. A PR is just a pointer to a different Git repository and branch. By default, pull requests allow to push into the repository of the PR creator. Example for : At the bottom it says "Add more commits by pushing to the bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent branch on TheFlyingCorpse/icinga2." First off, add the remote repository as additional origin and fetch its content: ```bash git remote add theflyingcorpse https://github.com/TheFlyingCorpse/icinga2 git fetch --all ``` Checkout the mentioned remote branch into a local branch (Note: `theflyingcorpse` is the name of the remote): ```bash git checkout theflyingcorpse/bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent -b bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent ``` Rebase, amend, squash or add your own commits on top. Once you are satisfied, push the changes to the remote `theflyingcorpse` and its branch `bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent`. The syntax here is `git push <remote> <localbranch>:<remotebranch>`. ```bash git push theflyingcorpse bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent:bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent ``` In case you've changed the commit history (rebase, amend, squash), you'll need to force push. Be careful, this can't be reverted! ```bash git push -f theflyingcorpse bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent:bugfix/persistent-comments-are-not-persistent ```