Icinga API

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Hi

I’m trying to use icinga API to add some host with python script.
If I try to do it manually no problem, but with some script it doesn’t work…

My part of script with problem:

request_url = “https://localhost:5665/v1/objects/hosts/hostname”

headers = {
‘Accept’: ‘application/json’,
‘X-HTTP-Method-Override’: ‘PUT’
}

data = {
“templates”: [“generic-host”],
“attrs”: {
“address”:ip,
“vars”: {
“zone”:“zone1”,
},
}

r = requests.post(request_url, …

My result return is:
Result: {“results”: [{“code”: 500.0, “errors”: ["Error: Validation failed for object ‘hostname’ of type ‘Host’; Attribute ‘check_command’: Attribute must not be empty.

I tried to add a command_check but it doesnt work anymore. (same error)
“check_command”: “hostalive”,

And if I try to curl command directly on my master.icinga it works…
I’m looking on API doc but for the moment no idea…
If someone has, it should be great.
Thanks

Alex

2

How and where in your request?

Cheers,
Michael

3

Example here:

                    data = {
                        "templates": ["generic-host"],
                        "attrs": {
                                 "address":ip,
                                 "check_command": "hostalive",
                                 "vars": {
                                         "zone":"zone1",
                                 },
                        }
                    }

And result:
Error: Validation failed for object ‘hostname’ of type ‘Host’; Attribute ‘check_command’: Attribute must not be empty.

4

And you’re really using hostalive which exists at /v1/objects/checkcommands/hostalive? Please also share the output of icinga2 --version on that host.

Cheers,
Michael

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5

curl -k -s -u XXX:XXX -H ‘Accept: application/json’ -H ‘X-HTTP-Method-Override: GET’ ‘https://localhost:5665/v1/objects/checkcommands’ | json_pp | grep hostalive
“name” : “hostalive”

so seems yes.

To me more precise:
GET https://localhost:5665/v1/objects/checkcommands/hostalive
returns me all information about hostalive checkcommand

icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: r2.11.2-1)
System information:
Platform: Debian GNU/Linux
Platform version: 10 (buster)
…
General paths:
Config directory: /etc/icinga2
Data directory: /var/lib/icinga2
Log directory: /var/log/icinga2
Cache directory: /var/cache/icinga2
Spool directory: /var/spool/icinga2
Run directory: /run/icinga2
…
Thanks for help

7

And what is really strange for me is that if I curl directly a cul command it works fine (without to precise a checkcommand)

Example:
curl -vv -k -X PUT -u “admin:${XXXXXXX}” -H ‘Accept: application/json’ -H ‘Content-Type: application/json’ -L “https://localhost:5665/v1/objects/hosts/myhostnameToAdd” -d “{“templates”:
[“generic-host”],
“attrs”: {
“address”: “IPToAdd”, “zone”: “zonre1”
}
}”

  • Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
    {“results”:[{“code”:200.0,“status”:“Object was created”}]}
8

Sorry I’m dumb… I forget to pass data=json.dumps(data)) on my request.post script …
Now it works!
Thanks for help!

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