An API or send_ncsa might work.  Do you have an example?

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Zweimueller Wolfgang <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Peter Eckel <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Would it be an option to use the API to disable monitoring when a
> Test/Dev host is taken down (e.g. using a shutdown script) and re-enable it
> when it is brought up again?
>
> We were in a similar situation and have implemented this via the
> send_ncsa command. Works reliable.
>
> Rgeards,
> Wolfagng
>
>
> > This would still provide full monitoring and alerting as long as the
> host is running, and if a machine crashes or otherwise becomes unavailable,
> but not during planned downtime indicated by server shutdown.
> >
> >> On 16 Jun 2016, at 01:11, Felix Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> No expert here, but if they can power off at anytime, then how would
> >> Icinga distinguish a power off from a host down? You'd have to be
> >> able to monitor for power status directly at the power socket. Even
> >> then, how would you know if the power off status was intentional or
> >> not?
> >>
> >> Tel them if they want monitoring it stays on, or as the previous person
> said, why bother monitoring?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Jun 15, 2016, at 7:34 AM, Pascal Larivee <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> My question would be then, why monitor them at all? Or you could set
> then in a "qa" group that sends no alert at all, only viewable on the web
> interface
> >>> --
> >>> Pascal Larivée
> >>> Senior IT Architecture & Cloud Ops Engineer
> >>> Internap
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately interval time may not be the best method since dev/qa
> >>> people can power their servers on and off when they want. So they
> >>> could power them on for the weekend if they're working, or they may
> >>> power them off during a workday if they have the day off.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Gunnar Beutner <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> There are two things you could do about that:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Set the check_period attribute for those Host and Service objects –
> this way Icinga will only run checks during whatever interval you specify
> in that TimePeriod object.
> >>> 2. Set the period attribute for whatever Notification objects you
> >>> have for those hosts and services – that way Icinga will still
> >>> check those hosts and services, however it will only send
> >>> notifications according to the intervals in the TimePeriod object.
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>> Gunnar
> >>>
> >>> On 15/06/16 13:16, "icinga-users on behalf of Matt Shields" <
> [email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have Icinga setup to monitor our production instances in AWS, but
> >>> we also have dev/qa resources that get shut off every night. I
> >>> haven't been monitoring them because as soon as they power off I
> >>> get flooded with alerts.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to monitor servers only when they are powered on?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Matt
> >
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