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schedule a service check

HOST_NAME=www.example.com
SERVICE_NAME=APT
/usr/bin/printf "[%lu] SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;%s;%s;%s\n" $(date +%s) "${HOST_NAME}" "${SERVICE_NAME}" $(date +%s) | tee -a "${NAGIOS_CMD_SOCKET}"

schedule a host check

NAGIOS_CMD_SOCKET=/var/lib/icinga/rw/icinga.cmd
/usr/bin/printf "[%lu] SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK;%s;%s\n" \
                 $(date +%s) \
                 "host_name" \
                 $(date +%s) | tee -a $NAGIOS_CMD_SOCKET
curl -d "cmd_typ=7&host=www.example.com&service=APT&force_check&btnSubmit=Commit" "http://monitoring.example.com/cgi-bin/icinga/cmd.cgi" -u 'foo:bar'

Schedule downtime
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagioscore/docs/externalcmds/cmdinfo.php?command_id=118

HOST=www.example.com
STARTDATE=$(date +%s)
ENDDATE=$(($(date +%s) + 7200))
printf "[%lu] SCHEDULE_HOST_DOWNTIME;${HOST};${STARTDATE};${ENDDATE};0;0;7200;rundeck;Deployment" ${STARTDATE} > /data/icinga/var/rw/icinga.cmd

Schedule downtime for specific services

IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
STARTDATE=$(date +%s)
ENDDATE=$(date +%s -d "next monday 12:00:00")
DURATION=$((${ENDDATE} - ${STARTDATE}))

KNOWN_ISSUES="
srv1-dev,Swap Usage
srv3-prod,Hardware
"

for ISSUE in ${KNOWN_ISSUES}; do
    HOST=$(echo ${ISSUE} | cut -d"," -f1)
    SERVICE="$(echo ${ISSUE} | cut -d"," -f2)"
    echo "HOST: ${HOST}"
    echo "SERVICE: ${SERVICE}"

    printf "[%lu] SCHEDULE_SVC_DOWNTIME;${HOST};${SERVICE};${STARTDATE};${ENDDATE};0;0;${DURATION};SysAdmin1;FixMe" ${STARTDATE} > /data/icinga/var/rw/icinga.cmd
    sleep 1
done

Links
http://www.box293.com/guides/tricks/nagios-command-pipe-and-cgis
https://icinga.com/docs/icinga1/latest/en/cgiparams.html
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6842683/how-to-set-downtime-for-any-specific-nagios-host-for-certain-time-from-commandli

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