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+# Advanced Topics <a id="advanced-topics"></a>
+
+This chapter provides details for advanced Icinga Web 2 topics.
+
+* [Global URL parameters](20-Advanced-Topics.md#global-url-parameters)
+* [VirtualHost configuration](20-Advanced-Topics.md#virtualhost-configuration)
+* [Advanced Authentication Tips](20-Advanced-Topics.md#advanced-topics-authentication-tips)
+* [Source installation](20-Advanced-Topics.md#installing-from-source)
+* [Automated setup](20-Advanced-Topics.md#web-setup-automation)
+* [Kiosk Mode Configuration](20-Advanced-Topics.md#kiosk-mode)
+
+## Global URL Parameters <a id="global-url-parameters"></a>
+
+Parameters starting with `_` are for development purposes only.
+
+Parameter | Value | Description
+------------------|---------------|--------------------------------
+showFullscreen | - | Hides the left menu and optimizes the layout for full screen resolution.
+showCompact | - | Provides a compact view. Hides the title and upper menu. This is helpful to embed a dashboard item into an external iframe.
+format | json/csv/sql | Selected views can be exported as JSON or CSV. This also is available in the upper menu. You can also export the SQL queries for manual analysis.
+\_dev | 0/1 | Whether the server should return compressed or full JS/CSS files. This helps debugging browser console errors.
+
+
+
+Examples for `showFullscreen`:
+
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/dashboard?showFullscreen
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/monitoring/list/services?service_problem=1&sort=service_severity&showFullscreen
+
+Examples for `showCompact`:
+
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/dashboard?showCompact&showFullscreen
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/monitoring/list/services?service_problem=1&sort=service_severity&showCompact
+
+Examples for `format`:
+
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/monitoring/list/services?format=json
+http://localhost/icingaweb2/monitoring/list/services?service_problem=1&sort=service_severity&dir=desc&format=csv
+
+
+## VirtualHost Configuration <a id="virtualhost-configuration"></a>
+
+This describes how to run Icinga Web 2 on your FQDN's `/` entry point without
+any redirect to `/icingaweb2`.
+
+### VirtualHost Configuration for Apache <a id="virtualhost-configuration-apache"></a>
+
+Use the setup CLI commands to generate the default Apache configuration which serves
+Icinga Web 2 underneath `/icingaweb2`.
+
+The next steps are to create the VirtualHost configuration:
+
+* Copy the `<Directory "/usr/share/icingaweb2/public">` into the main VHost configuration. Don't forget to correct the indent.
+* Set the `DocumentRoot` variable to look into `/usr/share/icingaweb2/public`
+* Modify the `RewriteBase` variable to use `/` instead of `/icingaweb2`
+
+Example on RHEL/CentOS:
+
+```
+vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/web.icinga.com.conf
+
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+ ServerName web.icinga.com
+
+ ## Vhost docroot
+ # modified for Icinga Web 2
+ DocumentRoot "/usr/share/icingaweb2/public"
+
+ ## Rewrite rules
+ RewriteEngine On
+
+ <Directory "/usr/share/icingaweb2/public">
+ Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
+ AllowOverride None
+
+ <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+ # Apache 2.4
+ <RequireAll>
+ Require all granted
+ </RequireAll>
+ </IfModule>
+
+ <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+ # Apache 2.2
+ Order allow,deny
+ Allow from all
+ </IfModule>
+
+ SetEnv ICINGAWEB_CONFIGDIR "/etc/icingaweb2"
+
+ EnableSendfile Off
+
+ <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+ RewriteEngine on
+ # modified base
+ RewriteBase /
+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
+ RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
+ RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
+ </IfModule>
+
+ <IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
+ DirectoryIndex error_norewrite.html
+ ErrorDocument 404 /error_norewrite.html
+ </IfModule>
+ </Directory>
+</VirtualHost>
+```
+
+Reload Apache and open the FQDN in your web browser.
+
+```
+systemctl reload httpd
+```
+
+## Advanced Authentication Tips <a id="advanced-topics-authentication-tips"></a>
+
+### Manual User Creation for Database Authentication Backend <a id="advanced-topics-authentication-tips-manual-user-database-auth"></a>
+
+Icinga Web 2 v2.5+ uses the [native password hash algorithm](https://php.net/manual/en/faq.passwords.php)
+provided by PHP 5.6+.
+
+In order to generate a password, run the following command with the PHP CLI >= 5.6:
+
+```
+php -r 'echo password_hash("yourtopsecretpassword", PASSWORD_DEFAULT);'
+```
+
+Please note that the hashed output changes each time. This is expected.
+
+Insert the user into the database using the generated password hash.
+
+```
+INSERT INTO icingaweb_user (name, active, password_hash) VALUES ('icingaadmin', 1, '$2y$10$bEKU6.1bRYjE7wxktqfeO.IGV9pYAkDBeXEbjMFSNs26lKTI0JQ1q');
+```
+
+#### Puppet <a id="advanced-topics-authentication-tips-manual-user-database-auth-puppet"></a>
+
+Please do note that the `$` character needs to be escaped with a leading backslash in your
+Puppet manifests.
+
+Example from [puppet-icingaweb2](https://github.com/Icinga/puppet-icingaweb2):
+
+```
+ exec { 'create default user':
+ command => "mysql -h '${db_host}' -P '${db_port}' -u '${db_username}' -p'${db_password}' '${db_name}' -Ns -e 'INSERT INTO icingaweb_user (name, active, password_hash) VALUES (\"icingaadmin\", 1, \"\$2y\$10\$QnXfBjl1RE6TqJcY85ZKJuP9AvAV3ont9QihMTFQ/D/vHmAWaz.lG\")'",
+ refreshonly => true,
+ }
+```
+
+
+## Icinga Web 2 Manual Setup <a id="web-setup-manual-from-source"></a>
+
+If you have chosen not to run the setup wizard, you will need further knowledge
+about
+
+* manual creation of the Icinga Web 2 database `icingaweb2` including a default user (optional as authentication and session backend)
+* additional configuration for the application
+* additional configuration for the monitoring module (e.g. the IDO database and external command pipe from Icinga 2)
+
+This comes in handy if you are planning to deploy Icinga Web 2 automatically using
+Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc.
+
+> **Warning**
+>
+> Read the documentation on the respective linked configuration sections before
+> deploying the configuration manually.
+>
+> If you are unsure about certain settings, use the setup wizard as described in the
+> [installation instructions](02-Installation.md) once and then collect the generated
+> configuration as well as sql dumps.
+
+### Icinga Web 2 Manual Database Setup <a id="web-setup-manual-from-source-database"></a>
+
+Create the database and add a new user as shown below for MySQL/MariaDB:
+
+```
+sudo mysql -p
+
+CREATE DATABASE icingaweb2;
+GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, CREATE VIEW, INDEX, EXECUTE ON icingaweb2.* TO 'icingaweb2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'icingaweb2';
+quit
+
+mysql -p icingaweb2 < /usr/share/icingaweb2/schema/mysql.schema.sql
+```
+
+
+Then generate a new password hash as described in the [authentication docs](05-Authentication.md#authentication-configuration-db-setup)
+and use it to insert a new user called `icingaadmin` into the database.
+
+```
+mysql -p icingaweb2
+
+INSERT INTO icingaweb_user (name, active, password_hash) VALUES ('icingaadmin', 1, '$1$EzxLOFDr$giVx3bGhVm4lDUAw6srGX1');
+quit
+```
+
+### Icinga Web 2 Manual Configuration <a id="web-setup-manual-from-source-config"></a>
+
+
+[resources.ini](04-Resources.md#resources) providing the details for the Icinga Web 2 and
+Icinga 2 IDO database configuration. Example for MySQL:
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/resources.ini
+
+[icingaweb2]
+type = "db"
+db = "mysql"
+host = "localhost"
+port = "3306"
+dbname = "icingaweb2"
+username = "icingaweb2"
+password = "icingaweb2"
+
+
+[icinga2]
+type = "db"
+db = "mysql"
+host = "localhost"
+port = "3306"
+dbname = "icinga"
+username = "icinga"
+password = "icinga"
+```
+
+[config.ini](03-Configuration.md#configuration) defining general application settings.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/config.ini
+
+[logging]
+log = "syslog"
+level = "ERROR"
+application = "icingaweb2"
+
+
+[preferences]
+type = "db"
+resource = "icingaweb2"
+```
+
+[authentication.ini](05-Authentication.md#authentication) for e.g. using the previously created database.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/authentication.ini
+
+[icingaweb2]
+backend = "db"
+resource = "icingaweb2"
+```
+
+
+[roles.ini](06-Security.md#security) granting the previously added `icingaadmin` user all permissions.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/roles.ini
+
+[admins]
+users = "icingaadmin"
+permissions = "*"
+```
+
+### Icinga Web 2 Manual Configuration Monitoring Module <a id="web-setup-manual-from-source-config-monitoring-module"></a>
+
+
+**config.ini** defining additional security settings.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/config.ini
+
+[security]
+protected_customvars = "*pw*,*pass*,community"
+```
+
+**backends.ini** referencing the Icinga 2 DB IDO resource.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/backends.ini
+
+[icinga2]
+type = "ido"
+resource = "icinga2"
+```
+
+**commandtransports.ini** defining the Icinga 2 API command transport.
+
+```
+vim /etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/commandtransports.ini
+
+[icinga2]
+transport = "api"
+host = "localhost"
+port = "5665"
+username = "api"
+password = "api"
+```
+
+### Icinga Web 2 Manual Setup Login <a id="web-setup-manual-from-source-login"></a>
+
+Finally visit Icinga Web 2 in your browser to login as `icingaadmin` user: `/icingaweb2`.
+
+## Automating the Installation of Icinga Web 2 <a id="web-setup-automation"></a>
+
+Prior to creating your own script, please look into the official resources
+which may help you already:
+
+* [Puppet module](https://icinga.com/products/integrations/puppet/)
+* [Chef cookbook](https://icinga.com/products/integrations/chef/)
+
+If you are automating the installation of Icinga Web 2, you may want to skip the wizard and do things yourself.
+These are the steps you'd need to take assuming you are using MySQL/MariaDB. If you are using PostgreSQL please adapt
+accordingly. Note you need to have successfully completed the Icinga 2 installation, installed the Icinga Web 2 packages
+and all the other steps described above first.
+
+1. Install PHP dependencies: `php`, `php-intl`, `php-imagick`, `php-gd`, `php-mysql`, `php-curl`, `php-mbstring` used
+by Icinga Web 2.
+2. Create a database for Icinga Web 2, i.e. `icingaweb2`.
+3. Import the database schema: `mysql -D icingaweb2 < /usr/share/icingaweb2/schema/mysql.schema.sql`.
+4. Insert administrator user in the `icingaweb2` database:
+`INSERT INTO icingaweb_user (name, active, password_hash) VALUES ('admin', 1, '<hash>')`, where `<hash>` is the output
+of `php -r 'echo password_hash("yourtopsecretpassword", PASSWORD_DEFAULT);'`.
+5. Make sure the `ido-mysql` and `api` features are enabled in Icinga 2: `icinga2 feature enable ido-mysql` and
+`icinga2 feature enable api`.
+6. Generate Apache/nginx config. This command will print an apache config for you on stdout:
+`icingacli setup config webserver apache`. Similarly for nginx. You need to place that configuration in the right place,
+for example `/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/icingaweb2.conf`.
+7. Add `www-data` user to `icingaweb2` group if not done already (`usermod -a -G icingaweb2 www-data`).
+8. Create the Icinga Web 2 configuration in `/etc/icingaweb2`. The directory can be easily created with:
+`icingacli setup config directory`. This command ensures that the directory has the appropriate ownership and
+permissions. If you want to create the directory manually, make sure to chown the group to `icingaweb2` and set the
+access mode to `2770`.
+
+The structure of the configurations looks like the following:
+
+```
+/etc/icingaweb2/
+/etc/icingaweb2/authentication.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/modules
+/etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring
+/etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/config.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/instances.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/backends.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/roles.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/config.ini
+/etc/icingaweb2/enabledModules
+/etc/icingaweb2/enabledModules/monitoring
+/etc/icingaweb2/enabledModules/doc
+/etc/icingaweb2/resources.ini
+```
+
+Have a look [here](20-Advanced-Topics.md#web-setup-manual-from-source-config) for the contents of the files.
+
+## Kiosk Mode Configuration <a id="kiosk-mode"></a>
+
+Be aware that when you create a kiosk user every person who has access to the kiosk is able to perform tasks on it.
+Therefore you would need to create a user in the `roles.ini` in `/etc/icingaweb2/roles.ini`.
+
+ [kioskusers]
+ users = "kiosk"
+
+If you need special permissions you should add those permissions to the user via the admin account in icingaweb2 to the role of the kiosk user.
+
+For the Dashboard system where you want to display the kiosk you can add also the following part into the `icingaweb2.conf`.
+So it starts directly into the kiosk mode.
+If you want to show a specific Dashboard you can enforce this onto the kiosk user via the [enforceddashboard](https://github.com/Thomas-Gelf/icingaweb2-module-enforceddashboard) module.
+
+```
+<ifmodule mod_authz_core.c>
+ # Apache 2.4
+ SetEnvIf Remote_Addr "X.X.X.X" REMOTE_USER=kiosk
+ <requireall>
+ Require all granted
+ </requireall>
+</ifmodule>
+```
+
+Replace Remote_Addr with the IP where the kiosk user is accessing the Web to restrict further usage from other IPs.