Nagios System API
Admin-only endpoints to manage Nagios XI subsystems, apply configuration, schedule downtime, and execute commands.
Nagios System API is one of 13 APIs that Nagios publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include System. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 6 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{nagiosXiHost}/nagiosxi/api/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Nagios System API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as apikey (ApiKeyQuery).
An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyHeader).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 3 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Admin-only endpoints to manage Nagios XI subsystems, apply configuration, schedule downtime, and execute commands.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is SystemStatus (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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