Contact Groups

Overview

Object name: CG

Show

In order to list available contact groups, use the SHOW action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a show
id;name;alias;members
Guest;Guests Group;guest-user1,guest-user2
Supervisors;Centreon supervisors;Admin

Columns are the following:

Column

Description

Name

Alias

Members

List of contacts that are in the contact group

Add

In order to add a contact group, use the ADD action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a ADD -v "Windows;Windows admins"

Required fields are the following:

Column

Description

Name

Name

Alias

Alias

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Del

In order to delete one contact group, use the DEL action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a DEL -v "Windows"

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Setparam

In order to change the name or the alias of a contactgroup, use the SETPARAM action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a setparam -v "Windows;name;Windows-2K"
[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a setparam -v "Cisco;alias;Cisco-Routers"

Parameters that you can change are the following:

Parameter

Description

name

Name

alias

Alias

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Enable

In order to enable a contact group, use the ENABLE action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a enable -v "Guest"

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Disable

In order to disable a contact group, use the DISABLE action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a disable -v "Guest"

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Getcontact

In order to view the contact list of a contact group, use the GETCONTACT action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a getcontact -v "Guest"
id;name
1;User1
2;User2

Columns are the following:

Column

Description

ID

Id of contact

Name

Name of contact

Addcontact and Setcontact

In order to add a contact to a contact group, use the ADDCONTACT or SETCONTACT action where ‘add’ will append and ‘set’ will overwrite previous definitions:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a addcontact -v "Guest;User1"
[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a setcontact -v "Guest;User1|User2"

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.

Delcontact

In order to remove a contact from a contact group, use the DELCONTACT action:

[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a delcontact -v "Guest;User1"
[root@centreon core]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o CG -a delcontact -v "Guest;User2"

Note

You need to generate your configuration file and restart monitoring engine in order to apply changes.