Use Nagios XI API to acknowledge problem

[welldynesystems]

Do any of the included API's in Nagios XI provide a way to acknowledge problems? I'd like to use the API to get open problems, and then acknowledge the problem with a ticket number?

[Box293]

I don't think the XI API does however you can use the command pipe (or curl request) to acknowledge a problem.

Here is the command syntax:
https://old.nagios.org/developerinfo/ex ... mand_id=40

Here are some examples of using the command pipe with curl:
http://sites.box293.com/nagios/guides/t ... e-and-cgis

However while writing this I think that a simpler, more secure method is to use NRDP:
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nrd ... erview.pdf
It's still done with a curl command but does not require a username or password, it uses the API key.

I should write something up for that ...

[welldynesystems]

Thank you. I will review these links. I am already using the CGI method to acknowledge alarms, but it requires username/password authentication. I'd like to stick with a single method (the XI API) to query for problems and also to acknowledge. Maybe this could be a future feature.

[ssax]

I've requested that a feature request be added for this:

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XI - FR - API - Add the ability to acknowledge through the API

Thank you