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Icinga 2 CLI Commands

Icinga 2 comes with a number of CLI commands which support bash autocompletion.

These CLI commands will allow you to use certain functionality provided by and around the Icinga 2 daemon.

Each CLI command provides its own help and usage information, so please make sure to always run them with the --help parameter.

Run icinga2 without any arguments to get a list of all available global options.

# icinga2
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * console (Icinga console)
  * daemon (starts Icinga 2)
  * feature disable (disables specified feature)
  * feature enable (enables specified feature)
  * feature list (lists all enabled features)
  * node add (add node)
  * node blacklist add (adds a new blacklist filter)
  * node blacklist list (lists all blacklist filters)
  * node blacklist remove (removes a blacklist filter)
  * node list (lists all nodes)
  * node remove (removes node)
  * node set (set node attributes)
  * node setup (set up node)
  * node update-config (update node config)
  * node whitelist add (adds a new whitelist filter)
  * node whitelist list (lists all whitelist filters)
  * node whitelist remove (removes a whitelist filter)
  * node wizard (wizard for node setup)
  * object list (lists all objects)
  * pki new-ca (sets up a new CA)
  * pki new-cert (creates a new CSR)
  * pki request (requests a certificate)
  * pki save-cert (saves another Icinga 2 instance's certificate)
  * pki sign-csr (signs a CSR)
  * pki ticket (generates a ticket)
  * repository clear-changes (clear uncommitted repository changes)
  * repository commit (commit repository changes)
  * repository endpoint add (adds a new Endpoint object)
  * repository endpoint list (lists all Endpoint objects)
  * repository endpoint remove (removes a Endpoint object)
  * repository host add (adds a new Host object)
  * repository host list (lists all Host objects)
  * repository host remove (removes a Host object)
  * repository service add (adds a new Service object)
  * repository service list (lists all Service objects)
  * repository service remove (removes a Service object)
  * repository zone add (adds a new Zone object)
  * repository zone list (lists all Zone objects)
  * repository zone remove (removes a Zone object)
  * troubleshoot (collect information for troubleshooting)
  * variable get (gets a variable)
  * variable list (lists all variables)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

Icinga 2 CLI Bash Autocompletion

Bash Auto-Completion (pressing <TAB>) is provided only for the corresponding context.

While --config will suggest and auto-complete files and directories on disk, feature enable will only suggest disabled features. repository will know about object specific attributes, and so on. Try it yourself.

RPM and Debian packages install the bash completion files into /etc/bash_completion.d/icinga2.

You will need to install the bash-completion package if not already installed.

RHEL/CentOS/Fedora:

# yum install bash-completion

SUSE:

# zypper install bash-completion

Debian/Ubuntu:

# apt-get install bash-completion

Icinga 2 CLI Global Options

Application Type

By default the icinga2 binary loads the icinga library. A different application type can be specified with the --app command-line option.

Libraries

Instead of loading libraries using the library config directive you can also use the --library command-line option.

Constants

Global constants can be set using the --define command-line option.

Config Include Path

When including files you can specify that the include search path should be checked. You can do this by putting your configuration file name in angle brackets like this:

include <test.conf>

This would cause Icinga 2 to search its include path for the configuration file test.conf. By default the installation path for the Icinga Template Library is the only search directory.

Using the --include command-line option additional search directories can be added.

CLI command: Console

The CLI command console can be used to evaluate Icinga config expressions, e.g. to test functions.

$ icinga2 console
Icinga 2 (version: v2.4.0)
<1> => function test(name) {
<1> ..   log("Hello " + name)
<1> .. }
null
<2> => test("World")
information/config: Hello World
null
<3> =>

On operating systems without the libedit library installed there is no support for line-editing or a command history. However you can use the rlwrap program if you require those features:

$ rlwrap icinga2 console

The console can be used to connect to a running Icinga 2 instance using the REST API. API permissions are required for executing config expressions and auto-completion.

Note The console does not currently support SSL certificate verification.

You can specify the API URL using the --connect parameter.

Although the password can be specified there process arguments on UNIX platforms are usually visible to other users (e.g. through ps). In order to securely specify the user credentials the console supports two environment variables:

Environment variable	Description
ICINGA2_API_USERNAME	The API username.
ICINGA2_API_PASSWORD	The API password.

Here's an example:

$ ICINGA2_API_PASSWORD=icinga icinga2 console --connect 'https://root@localhost:5665/'
Icinga 2 (version: v2.4.0)
<1> =>

Once connected you can inspect variables and execute other expressions by entering them at the prompt:

<1> => var h = get_host("example.localdomain")
null
<2> => h.last_check_result
{
        active = true
        check_source = "example.localdomain"
        command = [ "/usr/local/sbin/check_ping", "-H", "127.0.0.1", "-c", "5000,100%", "-w", "3000,80%" ]
        execution_end = 1446653527.174983
        execution_start = 1446653523.152673
        exit_status = 0.000000
        output = "PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.11 ms"
        performance_data = [ "rta=0.114000ms;3000.000000;5000.000000;0.000000", "pl=0%;80;100;0" ]
        schedule_end = 1446653527.175133
        schedule_start = 1446653583.150000
        state = 0.000000
        type = "CheckResult"
        vars_after = {
                attempt = 1.000000
                reachable = true
                state = 0.000000
                state_type = 1.000000
        }
        vars_before = {
                attempt = 1.000000
                reachable = true
                state = 0.000000
                state_type = 1.000000
        }
}
<3> =>

You can use the --eval parameter to evaluate a single expression in batch mode. The output format for batch mode is JSON.

Here's an example that retrieves the command that was used by Icinga to check the example.localdomain host:

$ ICINGA2_API_PASSWORD=icinga icinga2 console --connect 'https://root@localhost:5665/' --eval 'get_host("example.localdomain").last_check_result.command' | python -m json.tool
[
    "/usr/local/sbin/check_ping",
    "-H",
    "127.0.0.1",
    "-c",
    "5000,100%",
    "-w",
    "3000,80%"
]

CLI command: Daemon

The CLI command daemon provides the functionality to start/stop Icinga 2. Furthermore it provides the configuration validation.

# icinga2 daemon --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 daemon [<arguments>]

Starts Icinga 2.

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:
  -c [ --config ] arg   parse a configuration file
  -z [ --no-config ]    start without a configuration file
  -C [ --validate ]     exit after validating the configuration
  -e [ --errorlog ] arg log fatal errors to the specified log file (only works
                        in combination with --daemonize)
  -d [ --daemonize ]    detach from the controlling terminal

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

Config Files

Using the --config option you can specify one or more configuration files. Config files are processed in the order they're specified on the command-line.

When no configuration file is specified and the --no-config is not used Icinga 2 automatically falls back to using the configuration file SysconfDir + "/icinga2/icinga2.conf" (where SysconfDir is usually /etc).

Config Validation

The --validate option can be used to check if your configuration files contain errors. If any errors are found the exit status is 1, otherwise 0 is returned. More details in the configuration validation chapter.

CLI command: Feature

The feature enable and feature disable commands can be used to enable and disable features:

# icinga2 feature disable <tab>
checker       --color       --define      --help        --include     --library     --log-level   mainlog       notification  --version

# icinga2 feature enable <tab>
api           command       debuglog      graphite      icingastatus  ido-pgsql     --library     --log-level   statusdata    --version
--color       compatlog     --define      --help        ido-mysql     --include     livestatus    perfdata      syslog

The feature list command shows which features are currently enabled:

# icinga2 feature list
Disabled features: agent command compatlog debuglog gelf graphite icingastatus notification perfdata statusdata syslog
Enabled features: api checker livestatus mainlog

CLI command: Node

Provides the functionality to install and manage master and client nodes in a remote monitoring or distributed cluster scenario.

# icinga2 node --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * node add (add node)
  * node blacklist add (adds a new blacklist filter)
  * node blacklist list (lists all blacklist filters)
  * node blacklist remove (removes a blacklist filter)
  * node list (lists all nodes)
  * node remove (removes node)
  * node set (set node attributes)
  * node setup (set up node)
  * node update-config (update node config)
  * node whitelist add (adds a new whitelist filter)
  * node whitelist list (lists all whitelist filters)
  * node whitelist remove (removes a whitelist filter)
  * node wizard (wizard for node setup)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

CLI command: Object

The object CLI command can be used to list all configuration objects and their attributes. The command also shows where each of the attributes was modified. That way you can also identify which objects have been created from your apply rules.

More information can be found in the troubleshooting section.

# icinga2 object --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * object list (lists all objects)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

CLI command: Pki

Provides the CLI commands to

generate a new local CA
generate a new CSR or self-signed certificate
sign a CSR and return a certificate
save a master certificate manually
request a signed certificate from the master
generate a new ticket for the client setup

This functionality is used by the node setup/wizard CLI commands too.

# icinga2 pki --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * pki new-ca (sets up a new CA)
  * pki new-cert (creates a new CSR)
  * pki request (requests a certificate)
  * pki save-cert (saves another Icinga 2 instance's certificate)
  * pki sign-csr (signs a CSR)
  * pki ticket (generates a ticket)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

CLI command: Repository

Provides the functionality to manage the Icinga 2 configuration repository in /etc/icinga2/repository.d. All changes are logged and must be committed or cleared after review.

Note

The CLI command repository only supports basic configuration manipulation (add, remove) and a limited set of objects required for the [remote client] integration. Future versions will support more options (set, etc.).

Please check the Icinga 2 development roadmap for updates.

# icinga2 repository --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * repository clear-changes (clear uncommitted repository changes)
  * repository commit (commit repository changes)
  * repository endpoint add (adds a new Endpoint object)
  * repository endpoint list (lists all Endpoint objects)
  * repository endpoint remove (removes a Endpoint object)
  * repository host add (adds a new Host object)
  * repository host list (lists all Host objects)
  * repository host remove (removes a Host object)
  * repository service add (adds a new Service object)
  * repository service list (lists all Service objects)
  * repository service remove (removes a Service object)
  * repository zone add (adds a new Zone object)
  * repository zone list (lists all Zone objects)
  * repository zone remove (removes a Zone object)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

CLI command: Troubleshoot

Collects basic information like version, paths, log files and crash reports for troubleshooting purposes and prints them to a file or the console. See troubleshooting.

Its output defaults to a file named troubleshooting-[TIMESTAMP].log so it won't overwrite older troubleshooting files.

Note Keep in mind that this tool can not collect information from other icinga2 nodes, you will have to run it on each of one of you instances. This is only a tool to collect information to help others help you, it will not attempt to fix anything.

# icinga2 troubleshoot --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.2.0-551-g1d0f6ed)

Usage:
  icinga2 troubleshoot [<arguments>]

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]	     show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not aterminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:
  -c [ --console ]       print to console instead of file
  -o [ --output ] arg    path to output file
  --include-vars         print variables to separate file
  --inluce-objects       print object to separate file

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

CLI command: Variable

Lists all configured variables (constants) in a similar fasion like object list.

# icinga2 variable --help
icinga2 - The Icinga 2 network monitoring daemon (version: v2.1.1-299-gf695275)

Usage:
  icinga2 <command> [<arguments>]

Supported commands:
  * variable get (gets a variable)
  * variable list (lists all variables)

Global options:
  -h [ --help ]          show this help message
  -V [ --version ]       show version information
  --color                use VT100 color codes even when stdout is not a
                         terminal
  -D [ --define ] arg    define a constant
  -a [ --app ] arg       application library name (default: icinga)
  -l [ --library ] arg   load a library
  -I [ --include ] arg   add include search directory
  -x [ --log-level ] arg specify the log level for the console log

Command options:

Report bugs at <https://dev.icinga.org/>
Icinga home page: <https://www.icinga.org/>

Enabling/Disabling Features

Icinga 2 provides configuration files for some commonly used features. These are installed in the /etc/icinga2/features-available directory and can be enabled and disabled using the icinga2 feature enable and icinga2 feature disable CLI commands, respectively.

The icinga2 feature enable CLI command creates symlinks in the /etc/icinga2/features-enabled directory which is included by default in the example configuration file.

You can view a list of enabled and disabled features:

# icinga2 feature list
Disabled features: api command compatlog debuglog graphite icingastatus ido-mysql ido-pgsql livestatus notification perfdata statusdata syslog
Enabled features: checker mainlog notification

Using the icinga2 feature enable command you can enable features:

# icinga2 feature enable graphite
Enabling feature graphite. Make sure to restart Icinga 2 for these changes to take effect.

You can disable features using the icinga2 feature disable command:

# icinga2 feature disable ido-mysql livestatus
Disabling feature ido-mysql. Make sure to restart Icinga 2 for these changes to take effect.
Disabling feature livestatus. Make sure to restart Icinga 2 for these changes to take effect.

The icinga2 feature enable and icinga2 feature disable commands do not restart Icinga 2. You will need to restart Icinga 2 using the init script after enabling or disabling features.

Configuration Validation

Once you've edited the configuration files make sure to tell Icinga 2 to validate the configuration changes. Icinga 2 will log any configuration error including a hint on the file, the line number and the affected configuration line itself.

The following example creates an apply rule without any assign condition.

apply Service "5872-ping4" {
  import "generic-service"
  check_command = "ping4"
  //assign where match("5872-*", host.name)
}

Validate the configuration with the init script option checkconfig:

# /etc/init.d/icinga2 checkconfig

Note

Using systemd you need to manually validate the configuration using the CLI command below.

Or manually passing the -C argument:

# /usr/sbin/icinga2 daemon -c /etc/icinga2/icinga2.conf -C

[2014-05-22 17:07:25 +0200] critical/ConfigItem: Location:
/etc/icinga2/conf.d/tests/5872.conf(5): }
/etc/icinga2/conf.d/tests/5872.conf(6):
/etc/icinga2/conf.d/tests/5872.conf(7): apply Service "5872-ping4" {
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/etc/icinga2/conf.d/tests/5872.conf(8):   import "test-generic-service"
/etc/icinga2/conf.d/tests/5872.conf(9):   check_command = "ping4"

Config error: 'apply' is missing 'assign'
[2014-05-22 17:07:25 +0200] critical/ConfigItem: 1 errors, 0 warnings.
Icinga 2 detected configuration errors.

Tip

Icinga 2 will automatically detect the default path for icinga2.conf in SysconfDir + /icinga2/icinga2.conf and you can safely omit this parameter.

# icinga2 daemon -C

If you encounter errors during configuration validation, please make sure to read the troubleshooting chapter.

You can also use the CLI command icinga2 object list after validation passes to analyze object attributes, inheritance or created objects by apply rules. Find more on troubleshooting with object list in this chapter.

Example filtered by Service objects with the name ping*:

# icinga2 object list --type Service --name *ping*
Object 'icinga.org!ping4' of type 'Service':
  * __name = 'icinga.org!ping4'
  * check_command = 'ping4'
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 17:3-17:25
  * check_interval = 60
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf', lines 28:3-28:21
  * host_name = 'icinga.org'
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 14:1-14:21
  * max_check_attempts = 3
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf', lines 27:3-27:24
  * name = 'ping4'
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 14:1-14:21
  * retry_interval = 30
    % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf', lines 29:3-29:22
  * templates = [ 'ping4', 'generic-service' ]
    % += modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 14:1-14:21
    % += modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf', lines 26:1-30:1
  * type = 'Service'
  * vars
    % += modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 18:3-18:19
    * sla = '24x7'
      % = modified in '/etc/icinga2/conf.d/services.conf', lines 18:3-18:19

Reload on Configuration Changes

Everytime you have changed your configuration you should first tell Icinga 2 to validate. If there are no validation errors you can safely reload the Icinga 2 daemon.

# /etc/init.d/icinga2 reload

Note

The reload action will send the SIGHUP signal to the Icinga 2 daemon which will validate the configuration in a separate process and not stop the other events like check execution, notifications, etc.

Details can be found here.

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