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maintenance.create
Description
object maintenance.create(object/array maintenances)
This method allows to create new maintenances.
This method is only available to Admin and Super admin user types. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.
Parameters
(object/array) Maintenances to create.
Additionally to the standard maintenance properties, the method accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| groupids (required) |
array | IDs of the host groups that will undergo maintenance. |
| hostids (required) |
array | IDs of the hosts that will undergo maintenance. |
| timeperiods (required) |
array | Maintenance time periods. |
| tags | array | Problem tags. Define what problems must be suppressed. If no tags are given, all active maintenance host problems will be suppressed. |
At least one host or host group must be defined for each maintenance.
Return values
(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created maintenances under the maintenanceids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed maintenances.
Examples
Creating a maintenance
Create a maintenance with data collection for host group "2" with problem tags service:mysqld and error. It must be active from 22.01.2013 till 22.01.2014, come in effect each Sunday at 18:00 and last for one hour.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "maintenance.create",
"params": {
"name": "Sunday maintenance",
"active_since": 1358844540,
"active_till": 1390466940,
"tags_evaltype": 0,
"groupids": [
"2"
],
"timeperiods": [
{
"timeperiod_type": 3,
"every": 1,
"dayofweek": 64,
"start_time": 64800,
"period": 3600
}
],
"tags": [
{
"tag": "service",
"operator": "0",
"value": "mysqld",
},
{
"tag": "error",
"operator": "2",
"value": ""
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
See also
Source
CMaintenance::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CMaintenance.php.