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
groups	object/array	Host groups that will undergo maintenance. The host groups must have only the `groupid` property defined. Parameter behavior: - required if `hosts` is not set
hosts	object/array	Hosts that will undergo maintenance. The hosts must have only the `hostid` property defined. Parameter behavior: - required if `groups` is not set
timeperiods	object/array	Maintenance time periods. Parameter behavior: - required
tags	object/array	Problem tags. Define what problems must be suppressed. If no tags are given, all active maintenance host problems will be suppressed. Parameter behavior: - supported if `maintenance_type` of Maintenance object is set to "with data collection"
groupids (deprecated)	array	This parameter is deprecated, please use `groups` instead. IDs of the host groups that will undergo maintenance.
hostids (deprecated)	array	This parameter is deprecated, please use `hosts` instead. IDs of the hosts that will undergo 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 with ID "2" and 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,
               "groups": [
                   {"groupid": "2"}
               ],
               "timeperiods": [
                   {
                       "period": 3600,
                       "timeperiod_type": 3,
                       "start_time": 64800,
                       "every": 1,
                       "dayofweek": 64
                   }
               ],
               "tags": [
                   {
                       "tag": "service",
                       "operator": "0",
                       "value": "mysqld"
                   },
                   {
                       "tag": "error",
                       "operator": "2",
                       "value": ""
                   }
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "maintenanceids": [
                   "3"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CMaintenance::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CMaintenance.php.

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