restapi 5.2.0 post/user and post/service

[doneil326]

is there a way to pass a query string parameter to assign a users authentication method to an ldap provider that has been setup? so the auth type, ad server, ad username fields?

also, in the post/service is there a way to specify a hostgroup instead of just a host?

[tmcdonald]

The developers have clarified that everything that's in the API Help page is what's currently available, and I don't see anything about the AD settings. I also only see a single host in the options, so it looks like at this time a hostgroup is not available either.

[Box293]

I have recently discovered the &force=1 argument that allows you bypass the required options:

For example this command will create the service which uses a template AND it also uses a hostgroup_name instead of a host_name.

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curl -XPOST "http://xitest/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/service?apikey=5doa2g8s&pretty=1" -d "hostgroup_name=test_hostgroup&service_description=PINGjjj&use=template_ping_service&force=1&applyconfig=1"

I did notice that the "Config Name" in CCM becomes the name of the hostgroup.

NOTE: I've used a template in this example which has all the required directives like check_interval etc. Make sure you are creating valid service definitions otherwise nagios core will fail the verify.