Maintenance mode from CLI

[dpbaker57]

We are monitoring many websites and their servers. During a software release we also include windows patching. Our software releases are almost completely scripted, in Windows batch files most of the time. Our Zabbix server runs Linux. I figure I can use the Cygwin ssh client with keys to be able to run a shell script on the Zabbix host to disable the monitors affected by the software release.

What I need is help on how to build the shell script to disable, or preferably place in maintenance mode, the monitors while the release is happening. Of course I will need a script to undo this at the end of the release.

[ghoz]

you are looking for for zabcon, it's a command line addon that uses the zabbix API.
however, I'm not sure it handles maintenance mode...

[nelsonab]

In zabcon you will need to use the raw.api call:

raw.api maintenance.create hostids=1234,5678 name="Weekly Maintenance" maintenance_type=1 timeperiods={timeperiod_type=3 start_time=82800 period=7200 every=1 dayofweek=6}

I haven't tested the above, but I adapted the example. That should create a maintenance window which runs every Saturday at 2300 for two hours. Unfortunately the documentation is a little light in this area.

[nicolassd]

Hi Nelson

I test with this:
raw api maintenance.create hostids=10176 name="Test Maintenance" maintenance_type=1 timeperiods={timeperiod_type=0 start_time=82800 period=7200}

Result:
Unexpected parameter "="

please you would have some other example?


Thank you.

Nicolas.