9.1. Integration Overview
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## 9.1. Integration Overview

### 9.1.1. Introduction

Icinga can be easily integrated in your existing infrastructure. There are several methods of integrating Icinga with the management software you're already using and you can monitor almost any type of new or custom hardware, service, or application that you might have.

### 9.1.2. Integration Points

To monitor new hardware, services, or applications, check out the docs on:

- Plugins

- Plugin API

- Passive Checks

- Event Handlers

To get data into Icinga from external applications, check out the docs on:

- Passive Checks

- External Commands

To send status, performance, or notification information from Icinga to external applications, check out the docs on:

- Event Handlers

- OCSP and OCHP Commands

- Performance Data

- Notifications

### 9.1.3. Integration Examples

The following documents show some examples on how to integrate Icinga with external applications:

- TCP Wrappers (security alerts)

- SNMP Traps (Arcserve backup job status)

- mklivestatus (interface from Icinga to several addons like NagVis and Thruk)

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