Missing 2.15 packages for Ubuntu Focal

Icinga 2
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I tried to update my Icinga Servers to Icinga Version 2.15.
I noticed that there are no packages available for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal.

Apt shows (apt list | grep icinga2 ):

icinga2-bin/icinga-focal,now 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed]
icinga2-classicui/now 2.8.4-1.xenial all [residual-config]
icinga2-common/icinga-focal,icinga-focal,now 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,automatic]
icinga2-dbg/icinga-focal 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
icinga2-doc/icinga-focal,icinga-focal,now 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 all [installed,automatic]
icinga2-ido-mysql/icinga-focal,now 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed]
icinga2-ido-pgsql/icinga-focal 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64
icinga2/icinga-focal,now 2.14.6-1+ubuntu20.04 amd64 [installed]

So there are packages missing. Or am I missing something?

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I can only imagine that since ubuntu 20.04 reached eol in may 2025, icinga will no longer provides updates as well.

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If this is the case this needs to be communicated clearly.
End of life is April 2032.

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Ubuntu long-term support releases (LTS) are released every 2 years by Canonical. Canonical provides patching and maintenance for Ubuntu LTS releases for 5 years for all packages in the main repository. For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, this support lasted until 31 May 2025. Now, you have two options.

The first is to upgrade to the latest LTS release, Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat), which will be supported until 2029.

The second is to obtain Expanded Security Maintenance and extend the support period for 20.04 LTS until May 2030 with an Ubuntu Pro subscription. An additional 2 years can be purchased with the Legacy Support add-on, extending the total security maintenance period until May 2032. This helps you ensure your systems remain operational and compliant, with minimal impact to business continuity.

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The EOL of Ubuntu Focal for everyone that is not using any kind of paid subscription was on May 2025.

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If this is the reason im totally fine with it an will look for other ways of keeping my poor old system up and running.
But again, this needs to be communicated clearly. I couldnā€™t find any kind Matrix which Operating Systems are supported, and packages are provided for.
Maybe an EOL statement in the release notes.

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@GalipoliX I think you are searching for this: Icinga Ā» Subscriptions Ā» Support Matrix

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the problem with this support matrix is, that ubuntu 20.04 should be supported

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Yes, its a bad moment to link that matrix:D
I think outdated atm due to the recent release of 2.15, but i think it will be fixed soonish!

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I think it is a good idea to state on the support matrix page something like:

as long as there is ā€œstandard-supportā€ there will be packages available.

release infos about dropped support would be nice but it is not a must, if your system is unsupported by the vendor your problem is bigger than not having icinga2 updates.

But since for all these distributions the EOL is clear from the beginning, the support matrix could indeed contain the dates:

This is NOT something official, just an example with the EOL / Maintenance support ends -dates

Debian 11 LTS Debian 12 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 24.04
Server 08/2026 06/2028 05/2025 04/2027 04/2029
Agent 08/2026 06/2028 05/2025 04/2027 04/2029
REHL 7 * REHL 8 * REHL 9 * REHL 10 *
Server 06/2024 05/2029 05/2032 05/2035
Agent 06/2024 05/2029 05/2032 05/2035
AL2 * AL 2023 * SLES 15.5 * SLES 15.6 *
Server 05/2026 06/2027 12/2024 07/2031
Agent 05/2026 06/2027 12/2024 07/2031
Fedora 39 Fedora 40 Fedora 41 OpenSuse 15.5 OpenSuse 15.6
Server / / / / /
Agent 11/2024 05/2025 11/2025 12/2024 07/2031
Windows 2016 Windows 2019 Windows 2022 Windows 2025
Server / / / /
Agent 01/2027 01/2029 10/2031 2034

* via repository subscription

From the supportmatrix on the icinga.com site, fedora is not supported as ā€œicinga serverā€, but the packages are there and it works fine for fedora 41

Fedora 39 and Fedora 40 reached EOL but there are packages for icinga 2.15.0

here is an evaluation of the packages.icinga.com data:

repo icinga2 icingaweb2
amazon-al2023 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
amazon-al2 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
debian-bookworm 2.15.0 2.12.4
debian-bullseye 2.15.0 2.12.4
debian-buster 2.14.3 2.12.1
el-10 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
el-7 * 2.14.6 2.12.1
el-8 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
el-9 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
fedora-39 2.15.0 2.12.4
fedora-40 2.15.0 2.12.4
fedora-41 2.15.0 2.12.4
opensuse-15.5 2.14.5 2.12.4
opensuse-15.6 2.15.0 2.12.4
sles-15.5 * 2.14.5 2.12.4
sles-15.6 * 2.15.0 2.12.4
ubuntu-focal 2.14.6 2.12.4
ubuntu-jammy 2.15.0 2.12.4
ubuntu-noble 2.15.0 2.12.4
windows 2.15.0 not set

* via repository subscription
bold= not the latest

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is used here, and the deadline for us is the ā€œEnd of Maintenanceā€ rather than the ā€œEnd of Lifeā€, cf. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle | Red Hat Customer Portal

Meaning, we expect Icinga releases for RHEL until at least the date of End of Maintenance:

  • 8: May 31st, 2029
  • 9: May 31st, 2032
  • 10: May 31st, 2035

Which, by the way, has never been questioned by Icinga :slight_smile:

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I tell the Icinga GmbH, since years, that they could work together with companies like TuxCare and milk slow customers with a lot of money and policy requirements by selling extended life support subscriptions.

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thanks, I updated the table.
but once again, this is just an example how this could look like, with dates that can make sence.

@theFeu

  • with such a table everyone can easily detect when distros will no longer get ā€œstandardā€ support by icinga.
  • you can detect that a distro can be used as a icinga-master.
  • you for example can stop making packages for icingaweb2 but still provide packages for an agent.
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So its official? There will be no new packages for focal in the packages.icinga repository?

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usually means it is not something official.

but whatā€™s official is that Ubuntu 20.04 stopped getting updates without ubuntu pro subscription.

ā€œUbuntu 20.04 ā€˜Focal Fossaā€™ has reached the end of standard support, so it wonā€™t receive security patches and other updates unless you set up Ubuntu Pro. The end of support applies to desktops, servers, and many Linux distributions based on Ubuntu 20.04.ā€

Ubuntu Linux 20.04 'Focal Fossa' Is No Longer Getting Updates.

which can mean that icinga stops providing updates too.

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It is. There has been this PR for Icinga2.

cc @moreamazingnick

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well, that is something official :slight_smile:

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Hard to find :laughing: but ok!
Thankā€™s for all your help!
Anny suggestions how to eaysily get 2.15 running on focal?
Need to keep it up for a few more month till i get my new Servers ā€¦ :head_shaking_vertically:

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donā€™t updateā€¦

and here the not recommended unsupported harakiri method for your test environment:

  • update to the latest ubuntu packages !
  • remove icinga2
  • remove libboost
  • install libboost via debian bullseye repositories since the version in ubuntu does not match
  • change to the icinga debian 11 repo / Index of /debian
  • install icinga2
  • remove the debian bullseye repositories
  • check if all works as expected
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Well really dirty and harakiri :laughing:
Thank you for this!