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We're in the process of updating all of our nagios core servers and part of that process changed the usernames for nagios core to match our current standards. This of course broke all of our basic auth fused servers. Is there any way to bulk update the username for all of these? is there a config file?
The only thing I was able to find on my own is to use the API but that seems to require that I fully delete and rebuild all the servers via the API....

nevermind...I was able to accomplish this with a database change

Hello @NeoMatrixJR,

Thank you for reaching out!


I am glad to hear you got it all sorted out!

You are correct in coming to the conclusion that there is currently no way to do it outside of leveraging the API. This is something that is on my radar and would like to implement in the future.

Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions, comments, or concerns!

If you're taking any suggestions, the API should have a verb to update items not just add/delete

Hey @NeoMatrixJR,

I appreciate the feedback and will note this, thank you!

Hi everyone,

This is an interesting discussion. I think adding an 'update' option in the API would be really useful for bulk updates. Changing things directly in the database works, but having it in the API would make it so much easier. Hope to see this feature added soon.

Hello @bugmenot,

Thank you for reaching out!

This is a great suggestion and I will make sure to include it in the feature request.


If you have any other questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to reach out anytime!

Thanks for considering it.
Can’t wait to see this feature added. I’ll share more ideas or questions if I have any.

Hello @bugmenot,

Glad to hear!

Feedback from users can be very helpful when it comes to improving any product!