Nagios XI - API Issues Creating Hosts

[chicjo01]

I have 2 issues going on with the NagiosXI API.

Issue 1:
Attempting to add a new host through the API. The response says successful, but the host is not created in the DB or the config files. I think it is due to the remote DB we have setup and the API is trying to use the local DB and not the remote DB. Does the API use the /usr/local/nagiosxi/html/config.inc.php or some other configuration file? If I use the same exact curl command against a NagiosXI server which has a local DB, it works correctly.

- Nagios Version: 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 (Mixed Environment. All servers will be on 5.2.3, in a few weeks)
- Using admin API key

Command Used:
curl -XPOST "http://<Nagios Server>/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=<API Key>&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&check_command=check_ping\!3000,80%\!5000,100%&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&contacts=nagiosadmin&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"

{
"success": "Successfully added testapihostapply to the system. Config applied, Nagios Core was restarted."
}

Issue 2:
Using the create a new host API command, it requires a number of fields. I want to use the template instead of forcing the values on each host. Is there a way to do that?

- Nagios Version: 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 (Mixed Environment. All servers will be on 5.2.3, in a few weeks)
- Using admin API key

curl -XPOST "http://<Nagios Server>/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=<API Key>&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&use=testhosttemplate&applyconfig=1"

{
"error": "Missing required variables",
"missing": [
"max_check_attempts",
"check_period",
"notification_interval",
"notification_period",
"contacts OR contact_groups"
]
}

Host Template:
define host {
name testhosttemplate
alias testhosttemplate
check_command check-host-alive!!!!!!!!
initial_state u
max_check_attempts 5
check_interval 4
retry_interval 5
active_checks_enabled 1
check_period 24x7_with_sunday_maintenance
flap_detection_options u,
process_perf_data 1
contact_groups nocontact
notification_interval 0
notification_period 24x7_with_sunday_maintenance
notification_options d,u,r,f,s,
register 0
}

[lmiltchev]

Issue 1:
I am not able to recreate this issue. I have a test Nagios XI box with offloaded MySQL db. I ran the same command, and the host was added just fine.

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curl -k -XPOST "https://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=l3i0i3np&pretty=1" -d "host_name=testapihostapply&address=127.0.0.1&check_command=check_ping\!3000,80%\!5000,100%&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&contacts=nagiosadmin&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"
{
    "success": "Successfully added testapihostapply to the system. Config applied, Nagios Core was restarted."
}

Note: The only difference is that I passed "-k" flag as I am using SSL, and curl was not "happy". This is a development revision of XI. I don't have a "vanilla" 5.2.3 with offloaded db to test it. So, if this is not working for you, it *should* work in the next release of XI as it is working for me now (on the dev revision).

example01.PNG

Issue 2:

There was a bug I filed in October last year - "Nagios XI Bug Report: Nagios XI - REST API can't use templates" (TASK ID 6782), which is fixed. However, I believe that you will need to pass "&force=1" to your command in order to use a template. Here's a command I used:

curl -k -XPOST "https://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/ ... p&pretty=1" -d "host_name=APITESTHOST&address=127.0.0.1&use=xiwizard_generic_host&contacts=nagiosadmin&force=1&applyconfig=1"

example02.PNG

Hope this helps.

[lmiltchev]

Forgot to mention - mysqld is not even running on this box, as it's offloaded.

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service mysqld status
mysqld is stopped

[chicjo01]

Thank you for the information. Do you know how close the next patch is?

[lmiltchev]

It should be fairly soon. We are doing some testing now. When all of the tests are done, we will release the next version of XI. I don't have an ETA but don't think it will take more than 2 weeks.

[chicjo01]

It should be fairly soon. We are doing some testing now. When all of the tests are done, we will release the next version of XI. I don't have an ETA but don't think it will take more than 2 weeks.

Thank you for the information. Will let you know the results after the next patch.

[bwallace]

Thanks for that update, did you have any other questions or may we lock this thread?

[chicjo01]

Thanks for that update, did you have any other questions or may we lock this thread?

Go head. Thank you all.

[bwallace]

Glad we were able to help. We'll lock this thread now and feel free to open another should you require assistance with anything else.