Zabbix Documentation 3.4

service.adddependencies

Description

object service.adddependencies(object/array serviceDependencies)

This method allows to create dependencies between services.

Parameters

(object/array) Service dependencies to create.

Each service dependency has the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
serviceid	string	ID of the service that depends on a service, that is, the parent service.
dependsOnServiceid	string	ID of the service that a service depends on, that is, the child service.
soft	string	Type of dependency. Refer to the service dependency object page for more information on dependency types.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the affected parent services under the serviceids property.

Examples

Creating a hard dependency

Make service “2” a hard-dependent child of service “3”.

Request:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "service.adddependencies",
    "params": {
        "serviceid": "3",
        "dependsOnServiceid": "2",
        "soft": 0
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}

Response:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "serviceids": [
            "3"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}

Source

CService::addDependencies() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CService.php.