Config endpoints examples

Updating multiple Service Checks Copied

The restapi can be used to update multiple servicechecks in one go:

  1. Obtain the list of check to be modified and store in a file, i.e. all service checks with ‘foo’ in the name.

    opsview_rest --username=USER --password=PASS --pretty --data-format=json GET 'config/servicecheck?json_filter={"name":{"-like":"%25foo%25"}}' > checks.json

  2. Edit the checks.json file as necessary.

  3. Import the contents of the file back into Opsview.

    opsview_rest --username=USER --password=PASS --pretty --data-format=json --content-file=checks.json --pretty PUT config/servicecheck

Note

The ID’s within the checks.json file must be left unchanged else new checks will be created, not current checks updated. Amending service check names could lose historical (graphing) information.

Determining if a Host exists Copied

To see if the host foo already exists:

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial GET 'config/host/exists?name=foo'

This will return ”{’exists’ ⇒ ‘0’}” if the host does not exist, ”{’exists’ ⇒ ‘1’}” if it does.

Fetching information for a specific contact Copied

To fetch contact information without fetching the ID first

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial GET 'config/contact?s.name=admin'

Create a new user Copied

This shows creating a new user with the minimum fields specified while the changelog is enabled:

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial put 'config/contact' --data='{"name":"newname","fullname":"New Name","changelog":"New user"}'

Amend a users role Copied 

opsview_rest --username=admin --password=initial put 'config/contact' --data='{"name":"newname","role": { "name":"Administrator"}}'
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