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NAME
icli - Icinga Command Line Interface
SYNOPSIS
icli [-v|-vv|-vvv] [-z filter] [-h hosts] [-g hostgroups] [-s services] [-c config] [-C] [-f status-file]
[-F rw-file] [-lh|-ls|-lq|-ld] [-a action[:args]] [host/service ...]
VERSION
version 0.48
DESCRIPTION
icli is a command line interface to Icinga. By default it lists all services and their states.
Note that when supplying custom config and status file paths, icli also works with Nagios. 100%
compatibility is not guaranteed, however.
icli only works when executed on the host running the Icinga daemon. To use it on another host, shell
aliases (like "alias icli='ssh $icingahost icli'") or similar are recommended.
You can narrow down the list of services you want displayed either using filters (like "icli -z!o"), the
-h/-s arguments ("icli -h aneurysm -s Libraries,Websites") or commandline args ("icli
aneurysm/{Libraries,Websites}" with shell expansion).
OPTIONS
-a|--action action[:args]
Run action on all matching hosts or services. args is a comma-separated list of action arguments and
depends on the action in question. action may also be a one or two letter shortcut.
The following actions are supported:
a|acknowledge comment
Acknowledge service problems with string comment. This creates a sticky acknwoledgment with
notification and no expire time. The comment will not be persistent.
Note: Acknowledgement of host problems is not yet supported.
d|downtime start,stop,duration,comment[,opts]
Schedule a non-triggered host or service (depending on the filter arguments) downtime. start and
stop are timestamps and must be formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS, where the "T" is literal. The
timestamp is assumed to be in the same time zone as the system running icli.
If duration is 0 (zero), a fixed downtime between start and stop is scheduled. Otherwise, a
flexible downtime which will start between start and stop and last duration is scheduled. In this
case, duration must be a real number appended with an optional unit (s for seconds, m for
minutes, h for hours, d for days, w for weeks). If no unit is specified, seconds are used.
If a host is selected and opts contains "children", a downtime for all of its children will be
scheduled with the same parameters as the host's. Likewise, if opts contains "trigger_children",
a triggered downtime for all of the host's children will be scheduled.
comment refers to the downtime's comment field and must not contain the "," (comma) character.
r|recheck
Schedule an immediate recheck
R|force_recheck
Schedule a forced, immediate recheck
-c|--config config
Read config from file
-C|--no-colours
Disable colours in output
-f|--status-file file
Read the status from file
-F|--rw-file file
Use file as external commands file.
-g|--hostgroup hostgroup
Limit selection to hosts in hostgroup (comma separated list)
-h|--host hosts
Limit selection to hosts (comma separated list)
-l|--list downtimes|hosts|services|queue
List either services (the default) or hosts. Note that only the first character of the argument is
checked, so "icli -lh", "icli -ls" etc. are also fine.
-m|--match regex
Limit selection to hosts/services whose plugin output matches regex (perl regular expression, case
insensitive. see perlre).
-o|--overview
Display "tactical overview"-style overview. By default (or when used with "-ls") the number of all
hosts and services (both total and divided by their state) is shown.
When used with "-lh", lists all hosts with the number of ok / warning / ... checks on each host.
-U|--as-contact name
Only operate on service visible to name. Doesn't work for -lh yet, most useful for -ls.
NOTE: This is meant to help find out which services a user has access to. It is NOT intended as a way
to restrict access and should never be used that way.
-s|--service services
Limit selection to services (comma separated lists). Can be combined with -h/-g to further narrow
down the selection, but may also be used stand-alone.
-v|--verbose
Increase output verbosity. Can be combined up to -vvv
-V|--version
Show version information
-x|--cut-mode mode
What to do with lines which are too long for the terminal: nothing, cut off, line break (with proper
indentation). The default is line breaks
-z|--filter expression
Limit selection to hosts/services passing the filter. expression is a comma separated list of
filters, only hosts/services to which all filters apply are selected. See also "FILTER EXPRESSIONS"
OUTPUT
SERVICE LISTING
This is the standard output method. It contains the following:
• Service description
• -v: Service Flags (Acknowledged, Flapping, Passive, !no checks)
• Service state (ok / warning / critical / unknown)
• -v: Current attempt / Max attempts
• Plugin output
HOST LISTING
Enabled with -ld
• Host name
• Host state (ok / down / unreachable)
• -v: Current attempt / Max attempts
• Plugin output
QUEUE LISTING
Enabled with -lq
• Host name
• Service name
• Last check
• Next check
FILTER EXPRESSIONS
Each expression can be negated with an exclamation mark, e.g. "!A" for all non-acknowledged services.
A Check state has been acknowledged
D The host this service belongs to is Down or Unreachable
F Service is flapping between states
N Notifications for this service are disabled
P Only passive checks are enabled. Note that !P simply means that active checks are enabled, no matter
the status of passive checks
S Check state is soft. For instance, it used to be OK and is now critical, but has not reached its
maximum number and caused a notification yet. Good to find (or ignore) service problems which might
just be temporary, non-critical glitches.
o Host/Service state is OK
w Service state is Warning
c Service state is Critical
u Service state is Unknown
p Host or service state is Pending
d Host state is Down
x Host state is Unreachable
EXIT STATUS
Zero, unless errors occured.
CONFIGURATION
None.
DEPENDENCIES
• autodie (included with perl >= 5.10.1)
• DateTime
• DateTime::Format::Strptime
• DateTime::TimeZone
• Term::Size
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
It is probably not clear from the documentation when an action will operate on hosts and when on
services.
Note that this software is not yet stable. Command line options may be changed / removed and thus break
backwards compatibility at any time.
REPORTING BUGS
Either via mail to <derf@finalrewind.org> or on <http://github.com/derf/icinga-cli/issues>.
EXAMPLES
"icli -r -s 'APT Updates'"
Schedule a check of the "APT Updates" service on all hosts having it
"icli -lq -h aneurysm -g chaosdorf-hosts"
List check queue for all hosts in the hostgroup "chaosdorf-hosts", plus the host aneurysm
"icli -z!o,!A,!S,!D"
Show all service problems which are already hard states and have not yet been acknowledged. Also
weed out problem services on hosts which are down anyways
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2010 by Daniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>
LICENSE
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.