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update()

Available since version: 1.8
The method is used to control all host attributes including host template linkage, macros and host group membership. The method is a wrapper for host.massUpdate function.

Parameters

Parameter Type Optional Description Details
hostid string Host ID.
host string Yes Host name.
status int Yes Host Status.
dns string Yes Host DNS.
ip string Yes Host IP.
useip int Yes Use IP.
port int Yes Host Port.
proxy_hostid int Yes Proxy id.
useipmi int Yes Use IPMI.
ipmi_ip string Yes IPMI IP.
ipmi_port int Yes IPMI port.
ipmi_authtype int Yes IPMI authentication type.
ipmi_privilege int Yes IPMI privilege.
ipmi_username string Yes IPMI username.
ipmi_password string Yes IPMI password.
groups array Yes Host groups.
templates array Yes Update host templates linkage. Missing templates will be linked, existed stay, others unlinked
templates_clear array Yes Templates to unlink and clear.
macros array Yes Update host macros. Missing macros will be added, existed updated, others deleted.

Returns

Parameter Description
result Operation successful. Result will contain array of updated Host IDs.
error In case of any errors

Example 1

Enable host, .i.e set its status to '0':

  {
          "jsonrpc": "2.0",
          "method": "host.update",
          "params": {
             "hostid": "10092",
             "status": 0
          },
          "auth": "700ca65537074ec963db7efabda78259",
          "id": 2
         }

Retrieved updated host IDs:

  {
          "jsonrpc": "2.0",
          "result": {
              "hostids": ["10092"]
          },
          "id": 2
         }

Example 2

Unlink and clear templates on host:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "host.update",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "10126",
               "templates_clear": [{
                   "templateid": "10124"
                },{
                   "templateid": "10125"
                }]
           },
           "auth": "700ca65537074ec963db7efabda78259",
           "id": 2
       }

Retrieved updated host IDs:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "hostids": ["10126"]
           },
           "id": 2
       }

Example 3

Update macros on host:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "host.update",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "10126",
               "macros":[{
                   "macro":"{$PASS}",
                   "value":"password"
               },{
                   "macro":"{$DISC}",
                   "value":"sda"
               }]
           },
           "auth": "700ca65537074ec963db7efabda78259",
           "id": 2
       }

Retrieved updated host IDs:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "hostids": ["10126"]
           },
           "id": 2
       }