API or CLI host list

[dariusz.nalazek]

Hello.

How to list servers or even better server’s group (host lists) using API?
Or save https://nagios_logsever_server/nagioslogserver/reports/hosts to csv report file from CLI (bash script)…

I can't find it in online documentation

DarekN.

[benjaminsmith]

HI DarekN,

That's a good question, and I can double-check this as well, but the best option is to use hosts report as CSV to retrieve this information.

Benjamin

As a future reference and to supplement what's in the gui documentation, the following page as some handy API examples for Log Server.
https://support.nagios.com/kb/article/n ... s-596.html

[dariusz.nalazek]

Yes please, check it out.
I wish to get some automation to receive these data.
Manual download is good only from time to time, not for daily monitoring of amount of hosts registered or/and sending data.

DarekN.

[benjaminsmith]

Hi DarekN,

I looked into this and right now it's possible to pull reports from the API.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[dariusz.nalazek]

Great,

but where I can find full API command references for Nagios LS? …or at last the part with listing servers (or pulling report, as u mentioned).
On the examples web page there is no info about listing servers... and I can’t find API documentation on website.

DarekN.

[benjaminsmith]

Hi DarekN,

You'll find the API reference in the user interface, just go to Help > References > API Reference.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Benjamin

[dariusz.nalazek]

I was hoping more straightforward answer then riddles ..since you checked it out and posted it's there.

Help > References > API Reference, It's usefull information, there is description how to access alarm history, logstash log, dashboards, ...but I can't see any clue how to get host raport or json dictionary with host list.

[benjaminsmith]

HI,

Apologies for any confusion. As mentioned, it's not possible to generate that type of report from the API. The best workaround would be to download the unique hosts report as a CSV file.

[dariusz.nalazek]

(...)
I looked into this and right now it's possible to pull reports from the API.
(...)

OK, I see, so it's not possible after all.

It would be nice feature for monitoring purposes, maybe you could post it to LS road map as customer request/idea/vote.

Thank you for help, and information.

[benjaminsmith]

Hi,

No problem. I put in an internal feature request on your behalf for this capability.