> Service object

The following objects are directly related to the service API.

Service

The service object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
serviceid string (readonly) ID of the service.
algorithm
(required)
integer Status calculation rule. Only applicable if child services exist.

Possible values:
0 - set status to OK;
1 - most critical if all children have problems;
2 - most critical of child services.
name
(required)
string Name of the service.
sortorder
(required)
integer Position of the service used for sorting.

Possible values: 0-999.
weight integer Service weight.

Possible values: 0-1000000.

Default: 0.
propagation_rule integer Status propagation rule. Must be set together with propagation_value.

Possible values:
0 - (default) propagate service status as is - without any changes;
1 - increase the propagated status by a given propagation_value (by 1 to 5 severities);
2 - decrease the propagated status by a given propagation_value (by 1 to 5 severities);
3 - ignore this service - the status is not propagated to the parent service at all;
4 - set fixed service status using a given propagation_value.
propagation_value integer Status propagation value. Must be set together with propagation_rule.

Possible values for propagation_rule with values 0 and 3: 0.

Possible values for propagation_rule with values 1 and 2: 1-5.

Possible values for propagation_rule with value 4:
-1 - OK;
0 - Not classified;
1 - Information;
2 - Warning;
3 - Average;
4 - High;
5 - Disaster.
status integer (readonly) Whether the service is in OK or problem state.

If the service is in problem state, status is equal either to:
- the severity of the most critical problem;
- the highest status of a child service in problem state.

If the service is in OK state, status is equal to -1.
description string Description of the service.
uuid string Universal unique identifier. For update operations this field is readonly.
created_at integer Unix timestamp when service was created.
readonly boolean (readonly) Access to the service.

Possible values:
0 - Read-write;
1 - Read-only.

Note that for some methods (update, delete) the required/optional parameter combination is different.

Status rule

The status rule object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
type
(required)
integer Condition for setting (New status) status.

Possible values:
0 - if at least (N) child services have (Status) status or above;
1 - if at least (N%) of child services have (Status) status or above;
2 - if less than (N) child services have (Status) status or below;
3 - if less than (N%) of child services have (Status) status or below;
4 - if weight of child services with (Status) status or above is at least (W);
5 - if weight of child services with (Status) status or above is at least (N%);
6 - if weight of child services with (Status) status or below is less than (W);
7 - if weight of child services with (Status) status or below is less than (N%).

Where:
- N (W) is limit_value;
- (Status) is limit_status;
- (New status) is new_status.
limit_value
(required)
integer Limit value.

Possible values:
- for N and W: 1-100000;
- for N%: 1-100.
limit_status
(required)
integer Limit status.

Possible values:
-1 - OK;
0 - Not classified;
1 - Information;
2 - Warning;
3 - Average;
4 - High;
5 - Disaster.
new_status
(required)
integer New status value.

Possible values:
0 - Not classified;
1 - Information;
2 - Warning;
3 - Average;
4 - High;
5 - Disaster.

Service tag

The service tag object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
tag
(required)
string Service tag name.
value string Service tag value.

Service alarm

Service alarms cannot be directly created, updated or deleted via the Zabbix API.

The service alarm objects represent a service's state change. It has the following properties.

Property Type Description
clock timestamp Time when the service state change has happened.
value integer Status of the service.

Refer to the service status property for a list of possible values.

Problem tag

Problem tags allow linking services with problem events. The problem tag object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
tag
(required)
string Problem tag name.
operator integer Mapping condition operator.

Possible values:
0 - (default) equals;
2 - like.
value string Problem tag value.