Zabbix Documentation 3.2

hostprototype.create

Description

object hostprototype.create(object/array hostPrototypes)

This method allows to create new host prototypes.

Parameters

(object/array) Host prototypes to create.

Additionally to the standard host prototype properties, the method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
groupLinks (required)	array	Group links to be created for the host prototype.
ruleid (required)	string	ID of the LLD rule that the host prototype belongs to.
groupPrototypes	array	Group prototypes to be created for the host prototype.
inventory	object	Host prototype inventory properties.
templates	object/array	Templates to be linked to the host prototype. The templates must have the `templateid` property defined.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created host prototypes under the hostids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed host prototypes.

Examples

Creating a host prototype

Create a host prototype “{#VM.NAME}” on LLD rule “23542” with a group prototype “{#HV.NAME}”. Link it to host group “2”.

Request:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "hostprototype.create",
    "params": {
        "host": "{#VM.NAME}",
        "ruleid": "23542",
        "groupLinks": [
            {
                "groupid": "2"
            }
        ],
        "groupPrototypes": [
            {
                "name": "{#HV.NAME}"
            }
        ]
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}

Response:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "hostids": [
            "10103"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}

Source

CHostPrototype::create() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CHostPrototype.php.