icingaweb2/modules/monitoring/doc/06-Security.md

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# Security <a id="monitoring-module-security"></a>
The monitoring module provides an additional set of restrictions and permissions
that can be used for access control. The following sections will list those
restrictions and permissions in detail:
## Permissions <a id="monitoring-module-security-permissions"></a>
The monitoring module allows to send commands to an Icinga 2 instance.
A user needs specific permissions to be able to send those commands
when using the monitoring module.
Name | Permits
--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
monitoring/command/\* | Allow all commands.
monitoring/command/schedule-check | Allow scheduling host and service checks.
monitoring/command/acknowledge-problem | Allow acknowledging host and service problems.
monitoring/command/remove-acknowledgement | Allow removing problem acknowledgements.
monitoring/command/comment/\* | Allow adding and deleting host and service comments.
monitoring/command/comment/add | Allow commenting on hosts and services.
monitoring/command/downtime/delete | Allow deleting host and service downtimes.
monitoring/command/process-check-result | Allow processing host and service check results.
monitoring/command/feature/instance | Allow processing commands for toggling features on an instance-wide basis.
monitoring/command/feature/object | Allow processing commands for toggling features on host and service objects.
monitoring/command/send-custom-notification | Allow sending custom notifications for hosts and services.
## Restrictions <a id="monitoring-module-security-restrictions"></a>
The monitoring module allows filtering objects:
Keys | Restricts
--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
monitoring/filter/objects | Applies a filter to all hosts and services.
This filter will affect all hosts and services. Furthermore, it will also
affect all related objects, like notifications, downtimes and events. If a
service is hidden, all notifications, downtimes on that service will be hidden too.
### Filter Column Names <a id="monitoring-module-security-restrictions-filter-column-names"></a>
The following filter column names are available in filter expressions:
Column | Description
-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
instance\_name | Filter on an Icinga 2 instance.
host\_name | Filter on host object names.
hostgroup\_name | Filter on hostgroup object names.
service\_description | Filter on service object names.
servicegroup\_name | Filter on servicegroup object names.
all custom variables prefixed with `_host_` or `_service_` | Filter on specified custom variables.