Registering an agent based host via Rest API

[moreamazingnick]

you need to generate a ticket:

here it is done by the icinga2 api (5665)

Add linux hosts (agents) via script into director

Hey lovely icinga2-community, I have a easy question: It is possible to install and configure a new and fresh linux system (based on ubuntu/debian) via script to get monitored by icinga? My windows-systems gets imported and created in the icinga2-director automatically via api key (of a host-template) and the “IcingaForWindows.ps1” powershellscript with a big line of arguments in the parameter “Install-Command”. Thats works perfect! Just execute the powershell script on all servers that I wan…

but there is also a selfservice api endpoint for the ticket:
/icingaweb2/director/self-service/register-host returns the HOSTKEY if successfully registered

you can use this key to ask icinga director selfservice api for the ticket

https://youricinga/icingaweb2/director/self-service/ticket?key=HOSTKEY

and the ticket can be used in the node wizard