Delete HostGroups via API

[nagwindmon]

Nagios team,
I'm inheriting NagiosXI environment where I found there are quite a few orphans HostGroup I would like to get rid of.


Please advise!

[avandemore]

The easiest way to handle is to delete it via the CCM:
XI > Configure > CCM > Host Groups

You can view the relationships to see if some dependencies are blocking the deleting.

[nagwindmon]

I would not say easiest... there are over 100s and not listed in any order so I need search for each one and delete individually??
I have pulled a list of those from DB into csv file and was hoping I could loop thru utilizing API...

[avandemore]

You can select more than one to delete.

[nagwindmon]

so there is no API call exist I can use to delete HostGroups??

[avandemore]

The existing API calls for your installed version can be found at XI > Help > REST API Docs. In some cases the API is unreliable.

[nagwindmon]

ok, let me ask you this: is there an API to delete a hostgoups and if yes in which XI version its available from?

[dwhitfield]

Currently, you cannot delete host groups via the API. You could delete things directly from the database, but we generally discourage this.

The Bulk Modifications Tool is technically part of the CCM, but it is only available to Enterprise customers. See http://YOURSERVER/nagiosxi/includes/com ... /index.php

[nagwindmon]

yes, we're Enterprise customers, so let me check that option out
Thanks!

[dwhitfield]

OK, let us know!