Icinga for Windows on ARM

Icinga 2
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I recently found out that more and more windows laptops are shipped with arm processors.
So I did a little bit of digging and there is a windows 11 iso for arm so I was wondering can I run it on my Mac?

so I created a VM using UTM and installed Windows 11 on my Macbook M4.

Windows 11 for arm comes with an x86_64 emulator and I was wondering, can it run icinga?
The answer is yes.
Icinga2 x86_64 run on Windows 11 Arm, installed as usual using the powershell framework, with the powershell service and the ifw-api feature.

It works very smooth for the dummy checks, but my question is:

Will there be any official ARM binaries for windows in the future?

Best Regards
Nicolas

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I dont think it will happen anytime soon, as the icinga clients have always been aiming for servers. Looking at the Support Matrix, icinga2 is supported only on Windows Server 2016-2025 - but not Windows 11 (on which it does run anyways).

So, i guess there might be official ARM binaries once microsoft decides to release Windows Server ARM.

But as you know, i am not working for icinga, so thats all pure speculatius.

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there is an windows server insider preview iso for arm …

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Hey there!
We just had a chat internally and I want to thank you for pointing that out.
It’s something we’re evaluating - Christian just added this to his slides for his OSMC talk :wink:
You’ll be there too, right?

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Of course…

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Haha, yes, I saw your talks’ page a few weeks ago.
If I provide you with a kitchen, will you give a Schitzel making live demo too? :thinking:

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Not in the 5-minute Ignite talk :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: But let’s be spontaneous about that!