Opsview 6.8.x End of Support
With the release of Opsview 6.11.0 on February 2025, versions 6.8.x have reached their End of Support (EOS) status, according to our Support policy. This means that versions 6.8.x will no longer receive code fixes or security updates.
The documentation for version 6.8.9 and earlier versions will remain accessible for the time being, but it will no longer be updated or receive backports. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version of Opsview to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security enhancements.
Config - Contacts
Object type: contact
Request URL: /rest/config/contact
Methods:
GET — List users.
POST — Create users.
PUT — Update users.
DELETE — Unimplemented.
Listing Contacts Copied
Example GET and response Copied
$ opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial --pretty GET 'config/contact?s.name=admin'
{
list => [
{
description => "System Administrator",
enable_tips => 0,
fullname => "Administrator",
homepage_id => 2,
id => 1,
language => "",
mylinks => [ ],
name => "admin",
notificationprofiles => [ ],
realm => "local",
ref => "/rest/config/contact/1",
role => { name => "Administrator", ref => "/rest/config/role/10" },
sharednotificationprofiles => [ ],
uncommitted => 0,
variables => [
{ name => "RSS_COLLAPSED", value => 1 },
{ name => "RSS_MAXIMUM_AGE", value => 1440 },
{ name => "RSS_MAXIMUM_ITEMS", value => 30 },
],
},
],
summary => { allrows => 4, page => 1, rows => 1, totalpages => 1, totalrows => 1 },
}
Creating Contacts Copied
Example POST Copied
$ opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial --content-file=newcontact.json POST 'config/contact
Contents of file newcontact.json:
{
"language": "",
"homepage_id": null,
"name": "newuser",
"variables": [],
"description": "",
"sharednotificationprofiles": [],
"notificationprofiles": [],
"mylinks": [],
"fullname": "New User",
"realm": "local",
"role": {
"ref": "/rest/config/role/10",
"name": "Administrator"
},
"enable_tips": "1",
"uncommitted": "0"
}
Updating Contacts Copied
Example PUT Copied
$ opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial PUT 'config/contact '{"name":"newuser", "fullname":"John Smith"}'