How to add a Service to a HostGroup using NagiosXI rest-API

[imadc]

Hello Team

With Nagios XI 5.4.7

I would like to add Services to host-groups using rest API of NagiosXI

Is there a way to do that?

I was able to import services and add service templates but didnt see an option for host groups

Thanks

[lmiltchev]

You can run something like this:

curl -XPOST "http://x.x.x.x/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/s ... 7&pretty=1" -d "host_name=localhost&service_description=PING&hostgroup_name=myhostgroup&check_command=check_ping\!3000,80%\!5000,100%&check_interval=5&retry_interval=5&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7&contacts=nagiosadmin&notification_interval=5&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1"

where you substitute "myhostgroup" with the actual name of your hostgroup.

[krutaw]

NICE! And for anyone who runs a Nagios server that doesn't link services directly to hosts but instead links to hostgroups, you can use the &force=1 command to force a service check to link directly to the hostgroup without defining a host.
Example:

curl -XPOST "https://YOURNAGIOSSERVERHERE/nagiosxi/a ... E&pretty=1" -d "hostgroup_name=test&service_description=PING
&check_command=check_ping\!3000,80%\!5000,100%
&check_interval=5&retry_interval=5
&max_check_attempts=2&check_period=24x7
&contacts=nagiosadmin&notification_interval=5
&notification_period=24x7&applyconfig=1&force=1"

Note: the config name in core config will be listed as the hostgroup name.

Sorry, had to break apart the command in order to make it all show up.

[lmiltchev]

@imadc Do you have any more questions or it is ok to lock this topic?