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Admin Backup REST API
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:17 pm
by smalone
I would like to know if there is a REST API to allow changes to the method of backup used for the nagios system.
This would be under: /nagiosxi/admin/
I need to change the password that is used for backup across multiple instances and would like to script it.
Thanks,
Scott
Re: Admin Backup REST API
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 1:10 pm
by lgute
Hi
@smalone,
Thanks for reaching out. I'll have to do some checking for this one.
Re: Admin Backup REST API
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:53 pm
by cdietsch
Hi Scott,
There is not currently a way to use the REST API to configure the Admin Backup. However, you might be able to accomplish this by writing a custom endpoint for the REST API or using a tool like Ansible.
The documentation for writing custom API endpoints is not publicly available, but can be found in your Nagios XI web interface along the following path: http://<XI.Server.IP>/nagiosxi/help/ under Developer Docs -> Custom API Endpoints.
I will also include a link to a guide that shows some examples of what the REST API can do.
https://library.nagios.com/techtips/har ... -rest-api/