Opsview 6.9.x End of Support

Opsview versions 6.9.x reached their End of Support (EOS) status at the end of January 2026, in accordance with our Support policy. As of this date, these versions no longer receive code fixes, security updates, maintenance releases, or backported changes.

The documentation for version 6.9.7 and earlier releases will remain accessible for reference, but it will no longer be updated or maintained. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest supported 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:

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"}'
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