host.create fails

[hfk]

I am trying to create a new host using the API. I am able to get information about an existing host, about maintenance groups, periods and more, but I get an error when I try to create the host.



$API_Host_Create = @{

jsonrpc = "2.0"

method = "host.create"

params = @{

host = "presaprsa2002v"

interfaces = @{

type = "1"

main = "1"

useip = "1"

ip = "10.163.121.92"

dns = "presaprsa2002v.xyz.com"

port = "10050"

}

groups = @{

groupid = "1085"

}

templates = @{

templateid = "24774"

}

}

auth = "$($auth_session)"

id = 1

}

function ESA_ZBX_HostCreate($hg_id, [boolean]$action, $ZAPI_Site)

{
$auth = zabbix_api($API_Login)
$auth_session = ($auth.result)
$API_Host_Create.auth = $auth_session

if ($auth.result)

{

#$($API_Host_Create | ConvertTo-Json) | out-file hanscreate.json
$zhostcreate = zabbix_api($API_Host_Create)
$hostcreate_error = $zhostcreate.error
$hostcreate_result = $zhostcreate.result


return $hostcreate_result.result

}

}

$Test = ESA_ZBX_HostCreate $DCE_SVS_id $true $DCE_A

NB! The parameters are not used at this moment.

Create result: @{code=-32500; message=Application error.; data=No permissions to referred object or it does not exist!}

I would very much appreciate suggestions on how to solve the problem. I am using Zabbix 4.4.

Thank you very much

[LenR]

Maybe the account used to login to the API doesn't have enough permission to create a host.

[hfk]

If I use my "admin-account" I can create a host from the normal Zabbix-GUI. If I use the "admin-account" in the script it fails. My "Zabbix-Admin" tells me I have the necessary rights, but I agree with you that it sure looks "fishy".

[LenR]

I use https://github.com/lukecyca/pyzabbix so I don't have to mess with the lower level API stuff, but since we auto register hosts, I have never scripted a host.create. Our network team does, they used Perl in the past, not sure what they use not, but I don't ever see their code.

[hfk]

Problem solved. I use PowerShell and the json-object had to be rewritten in a way PowerShell could understand.
eg.
groups = @(@{

groupid = "1085"

})

When I corrected this in the definition of the object everything began working.

In the function Zabbix_api($body) I put in a line "write-host $bodyJson" to see what the object transferred really looked like. This gave a good clue.

Thank you for answering and helping me here.