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icinga create-check-command

Creates a new check command object

Description

Creates a new check command object

Synopsis

icinga create-check-command
    [--site <site>]
    [--cluster <cluster>]
    --name <name>
    [--templates <templates>]
    [--ignore_on_err]
    --commands <commands>
    [--arguments <arguments>]
    [--vars <vars>]

Arguments

site - (string)

     Site where this command will be executed
     Example: --site "site-1"
     Default: input.site      Attributes: optional

cluster - (string)

     Name of Icinga cluster
     Example: --cluster "icinga-default"
     Default: icinga-default      Attributes: optional

name - (string)

     Name of the check command object. Must be unique on a per-host basis
     Example: --name "checkcommand1"
     Default: _None_      Attributes: required

templates - (string)

     Import existing configuration templates for this object type. These templates must either be statically configured or provided in config packages
     Example: --templates "plugin-check-command"
     Default: _None_      Attributes: optional, multiple allowed

ignore_on_err - (bool)

     If set, Ignore object creation errors and return an HTTP 200 status instead.
     Example: --ignore_on_err
     Default: _None_      Attributes: optional

commands - (string)

     The command. This can either be an array of individual command arguments. Alternatively a string can be specified in which case the shell interpreter (usually /bin/sh) takes care of parsing the command.
     Example: --commands "/usr/local/sbin/check_http"
     Default: _None_      Attributes: required, multiple allowed

arguments - (string)

     A dictionary of command arguments
     Example: --arguments "{ "-I": "$mytest_iparam$" }"
     Default: _None_      Attributes: optional

vars - (string)

     A dictionary containing custom variables that are specific to this command.
     Example: --vars "{http_ssl: false, http_sni: false}"
     Default: _None_      Attributes: optional

Examples

Input:

! icinga create-check-command --name "ccmd1" --commands "/usr/local/sbin/check_http"
Output:
{
  "results": [
    {
      "code": 200,
      "status": "Object was created"
    }
  ]
}

Access Control

To use this command, you need access to the following:

Field Value
Action "create"
Service Type "icinga"
Service Instance cluster
Namespace
Object Type "check_command"
Object ID name

Please see Access Control for details.