CENGINE CFG

Overview

Object name: ENGINECFG

Show

In order to list available Centreon Engine conf, use the SHOW action:

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a show
id;name;instance;comment
1;Centreon Engine CFG 1;Central;Default CentreonEngine.cfg
[...]

Columns are the following :

Order	Description
1	Centreon Engine ID
2	Centreon Engine configuration name
3	Instance that is linked to centreon-engine.cfg
4	Comments regarding the configuration file

Add

In order to add a Centreon Engine conf, use the ADD action:

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a add -v "Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;Poller-NY;Just a small comment"

Required fields are:

Order	Description
1	Centreon Engine configuration name
2	Instance that is linked to centreon-engine.cfg
3	Comment regarding the configuration file

Del

If you want to remove a Centreon Engine conf, use the DEL action. The name is used for identifying the configuration to delete:

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a del -v "Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY"

Setparam

If you want to change a specific parameter of a Centreon Engine conf, use the SETPARAM action. The name is used for identifying the configuration to update:

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a setparam -v "Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;cfg_dir;/usr/local/nagios/etc"

Arguments are composed of the following columns:

Order	Column description
1	Name of Centreon Engine configuration
2	Parameter name
3	Parameter value

Parameters that you may change are:

Column	Description
nagios_name	Name
instance	Instance that is linked to centreon-engine.cfg
broker_module	example: […] -v “Engine CFG NY;broker_module;/usr/lib64/nagios/cbmod.so /etc/centreon-broker/central-module.xml”, you can use a | delimiter for defining multiple broker modules
nagios_activate	1 if activated, 0 otherwise
	Centreon CLAPI handles pretty much all the options available in a centreon-engine configuration file. Because the list is quite long, it is best to refer to the official documentation of Centreon Engine

Addbrokermodule

If you want to add new broker module without removing existing modules, use the ADDBROKERMODULE::

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a addbrokermodule -v “Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;/usr/lib64/centreon-engine/externalcmd.so”

Arguments are composed of the following columns:

Order	Column description
1	Name of Centreon Engine configuration
2	Module name

To add multiple modules in one line, it will put the separator “|” between the name of the modules::

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a addbrokermodule -v “Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;/usr/lib64/centreon-engine/externalcmd.so|/etc/centreon-broker/central-module.xml”

Delbrokermodule

If you want to delete broker module, use the DELBROKERMODULE::

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a delbrokermodule -v “Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;/usr/lib64/centreon-engine/externalcmd.so”

Arguments are composed of the following columns:

Order	Column description
1	Name of Centreon Engine configuration
2	Module name

To delete multiple modules in one line, it will put the separator “|” between the name of the modules::

[root@centreon ~]# ./centreon -u admin -p centreon -o ENGINECFG -a delbrokermodule -v “Centreon Engine cfg for poller NY;/usr/lib64/centreon-engine/externalcmd.so|/etc/centreon-broker/central-module.xml”