On 15.07.2013 21:41, Joseph Spenner wrote: > I'm curious if there's a simple way to disable / re-enable > notifications for a specific host via command line. I wish to make > some backups which will take the host down for a period of time. I > can cron the backups, and was hoping to issue a command prior to the > backup so we don't get notified during the downtime. > > I found various posts about this with nagios, such as: > > http://rayber.blogspot.com/2011/09/disable-notifications-during.html > > But wasn't sure of the syntax, since I couldn't find the URL to the > cmd.cgi used. > I found it on the filesystem at: > /usr/local/icinga/sbin/cmd.cgi > > Also, what if the system doesn't actually have any services? Some > systems are simply getting a ping. > > Any help would be great.
http://docs.icinga.org/latest/en/extcommands.html external commands can be invoked on the shell too. check the eventhandler submit_check_result for a sample if the "echo $cmd >> $cmdpipe" remains unclear. look for DISABLE_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS DISABLE_HOST_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS DISABLE_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS within http://docs.icinga.org/latest/en/extcommands2.html -- DI (FH) Michael Friedrich mail: michael.friedr...@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/dnsmichi jabber: dnsmi...@jabber.ccc.de irc: irc.freenode.net/icinga dnsmichi icinga open source monitoring position: lead core developer url: https://www.icinga.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ icinga-users mailing list icinga-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/icinga-users