Zabbix Documentation 1.8

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
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
}

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