Host Objects

Host

class Host(name, alias, address, activate, id_unique)

This class represents a host object

Parameters

• name (str) – Name of the host

• alias (str) – Alias of the host

• address (str) – Address of the host

• activate (bool) – Is the host activated?

• id_unique (int) – Id of the host

HostParam

class HostParam

This class represents a parameter of a host

ACTION_URL = 'action_url'

Action URL. (str)

ACTIVATE = 'activate'

Is the Host activated? (bool)

ACTIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED = 'active_checks_enabled'

Are active checks enabled? (ThreeWayOption)

ADDRESS = 'address'

Address of the host. Can be domain or IP. (str)

ALIAS = 'alias'

Alias of the host. (str)

CHECK_COMMAND = 'check_command'

Check command the host shoud use. (str)

CHECK_COMMAND_ARGUMENTS = 'check_command_arguments'

Check command arguments. (list of str)

CHECK_FRESHNESS = 'check_freshness'

Determines whether or not freshness checks are enabled. When enabled the monitoring engine will trigger an active check when the last passive result is older than the value defined in the threshold. (ThreeWayOption)

CHECK_INTERVAL = 'check_interval'

Interval between the check execution. (int)

CHECK_PERIOD = 'check_period'

Check period in which the host should be checked (str)

CONTACT_ADDITIVE_INHERITANCE = 'contact_additive_inheritance'

Enables or disables contact additive inheritance. (bool)

CONTACT_GROUP_ADDITIVE_INHERITANCE = 'cg_additive_inheritance'

Enables or disables contact group additive inheritance. (bool)

COORDS_2D = '2d_coords'

2d coordinates of the host. Format: (0.0, 0.0) (str)

COORDS_3D = '3d_coords'

3d coordinates of the host. Format: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) (str)

EVENT_HANDLER = 'event_handler'

Event handler command. (str)

EVENT_HANDLER_ARGUMENTS = 'event_handler_arguments'

Event handler arguments. (list of str)

EVENT_HANDLER_ENABLED = 'event_handler_enabled'

Is the event handler enabled? (ThreeWayOption)

FIRST_NOTIFICATION_DELAY = 'first_notification_delay'

Notification delay for the first notification, in minutes (int)

FLAP_DETECTION_ENABLED = 'flap_detection_enabled'

Whether or not flap detection should be enabled. (ThreeWayOption)

FLAP_DETECTION_OPTIONS = 'flap_detection_options'

HOST_NOTIFICATION_OPTIONS = 'host_notification_options'

Notification option for a host. (HostNotificationOption)

ICON_IMAGE = 'icon_image'

Icon of the host. (str)

MAX_CHECK_ATTEMPTS = 'max_check_attempts'

Maximum check attempts. (int)

NAME = 'name'

Name of the host (str)

NOTES = 'notes'

Notes regarding the host (str)

NOTIFICATION_ENABLED = 'notifications_enabled'

Are notification enabled? (ThreeWayOption)

NOTIFICATION_INTERVAL = 'notification_interval'

Sets the time between notification should be sent, in minutes. (int)

NOTIFICATION_OPTIONS = 'notification_options'

Options, when notification should be triggered. (list of HostNotificationOption)

NOTIFICATION_PERIOD = 'notification_period'

Notification period for the host. (str)

OBSESS_OVER_HOST = 'obsess_over_host'

Determines whether or not the obsess over host is enabled. (ThreeWayOption)

PASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED = 'passive_checks_enabled'

Are passive checks enabled? (ThreeWayOption)

PROCESS_PERF_DATA = 'process_perf_data'

RETAIN_NONSTATUS_INFORMATION = 'retain_nonstatus_information'

Determines if non-status information about the host should be retained after a restart. Only useful if you have enabled to global retain_state_information option

RETAIN_STATUS_INFORMATION = 'retain_status_information'

Determines if status information about the host should be retained after a restart. Only useful if you have enabled to global retain_state_information option

RETRY_CHECK_INTERVAL = 'retry_check_interval'

Interval on which the checks should be retried, in minutes (int)

SNMP_COMMUNITY = 'snmp_community'

SNMP community string, used for SNMP versions 1 and 2. (str)

SNMP_VERSION = 'snmp_version'

SNMP version which should be used. Choose one of “1”, “2c”, “3”. (str)

STALKING_OPTIONS = 'stalking_options'

Determines which host states stalking should be enabled. (list of HostStalkingOption)

STATUSMAP_IMAGE = 'statusmap_image'

Statusmap image, used by statusmap (str)

TIMEZONE = 'timezone'

Timezone in which the host is located. Example: “Europe/Berlin” (str)

URL = 'notes_url'

URL (str)

HostNotificationOption

class HostNotificationOption

This class represents a notification option for a host.

Note

Option NONE can’t be used with other options

DOWN = 'd'

DOWNTIME_SCHEDULED = 's'

FLAPPING = 'f'

NONE = 'n'

RECOVERY = 'r'

UNREACHABLE = 'u'

HostStalkingOption

class HostStalkingOption

This class represents a stalking option of a host

DOWN = 'd'

UNREACHABLE = 'u'

UP = 'u'