Create Sites on Icingaweb2

Icinga Web 2
1

Hello everyone

I’m wondering if it’s any possible to create an own created section/site on Icingaweb2. I already got somewhere by playing around with the specific files. For example, I modified the following file:

/usr/share/php/Icinga/Web/Menu.php

and modified:

    public function init()
{
    $this->addItem('dashboard', [
        'label'     => t('Dashboard'),
        'url'       => 'dashboard',
        'icon'      => 'dashboard',
        'priority'  => 10
    ]);
    $this->addItem('testsite', [
        'label'     => t('Test'),
        'url'       => 'about',
        'icon'      => 'dashboard',
        'priority'  => 10
    ]);

This gets me

about
about1559×563 42 KB

which links to the about page

The about page can be modified in:

/usr/share/icingaweb2/application/views/scripts/about/index.phtml

If I modify that index.phtml and delete the full content (just for testing) and change the content to:

<h1>This is a title</h1>

I get:

title

Now, let’s say I want to create a completely different page. How can I do that? I tried to create a new folder in:

/usr/share/icingaweb2/application/views/scripts/

and I named it “test” and created an “index.phtml” in that folder. If I change the ‘url’ at the Menu.php to “test” I only get “Site not found”

I’m a bit stuck here and I’m hoping someone is able to help me

Thanks in advance.

Greetings
DaVu

2

I guess I might have answered my own question :wink:

I found the “controllers” and I copied the AboutController.php and changed it’s content to:

<?php
/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */

namespace Icinga\Controllers;

use Icinga\Application\Icinga;
use Icinga\Application\Version;
use Icinga\Web\Controller;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->view->version = Version::get();
        $this->view->modules = Icinga::app()->getModuleManager()->getLoadedModules();
        $this->view->tabs = $this->getTabs()->add(
            'test',
            array(
                'label' => $this->translate('Test'),
                'title' => $this->translate('Test Page'),
                'url'   => 'test'
            )
        )->activate('test');
    }
}

This, in combination with the changes mentioned above, gets me the new page

If that’s not the correct way, I’m open for any other suggestion

3

You should create your own module rather than modifying the existing code - I would look at the ‘doc’ module - https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/tree/master/modules/doc - this will give you a good example of how to structure your own module.

Then you can create your own menu items, pages, etc.

4

Thanks much. I will have a look.