Setting the REST API Key

[grenley]

Hi.
I want to use the REST api to get and delete objects.
It works great in my testing.
At buildout, we will have hundreds of XI servers so keeping track of the individual api keys is prohibitive.
Is there a way to set the key on each XI?
Thanks,
Rick

[mcapra]

Not via the GUI directly, though you can do it in the database directly on a per-user basis:

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echo "UPDATE nagiosxi.xi_users SET api_key='mycoolkey' WHERE  username='nagiosadmin';" | mysql -uroot -pnagiosxi

In action:

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[root@xi-stable ~]# curl -XGET "http://192.168.67.1/nagiosxi/api/v1/objects/host?apikey=mycoolkey&pretty=1&host_name=localhost"
{
    "hostlist": {
        "recordcount": "1",
        "host": {
            "@attributes": {
                "id": "143"
            },
            "instance_id": "1",
            "host_name": "localhost",
            "is_active": "1",
            "config_type": "1",
            "alias": "localhost",
            "display_name": "localhost",
            "address": "127.0.0.1",
            "check_interval": "5",
            "retry_interval": "1",
            "max_check_attempts": "10",
            "first_notification_delay": "0",
            "notification_interval": "120",
            "passive_checks_enabled": "1",
            "active_checks_enabled": "1",
            "notifications_enabled": "1",
            "notes": "",
            "notes_url": "",
            "action_url": "",
            "icon_image": "",
            "icon_image_alt": "",
            "statusmap_image": ""
        }
    }
}

[grenley]

That worked great!
Thanks very much!
Rick

[rkennedy]

Awesome! Would you mind if we marked this thread resolved?

[tmcdonald]

Closing.