> Host interface object

The following objects are directly related to the hostinterface API.

Host interface

The host interface object has the following properties.

Note that both ip and dns properties are required for create operations. If you do not want to use DNS, set it to an empty string.

PropertyTypeDescription
interfaceidstringID of the interface.

Property behavior:
- read-only
- required for update operations
availableintegerAvailability of host interface.

Possible values:
0 - (default) unknown;
1 - available;
2 - unavailable.

Property behavior:
- read-only
hostidstringID of the host that the interface belongs to.

Property behavior:
- constant
- required for create operations
typeintegerInterface type.

Possible values:
1 - Agent;
2 - SNMP;
3 - IPMI;
4 - JMX.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
ipstringIP address used by the interface.

Can be empty if the connection is made via DNS.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
dnsstringDNS name used by the interface.

Can be empty if the connection is made via IP.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
portstringPort number used by the interface.
Can contain user macros.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
useipintegerWhether the connection should be made via IP.

Possible values:
0 - connect using host DNS name;
1 - connect using host IP address.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
mainintegerWhether the interface is used as default on the host. Only one interface of some type can be set as default on a host.

Possible values:
0 - not default;
1 - default.

Property behavior:
- required for create operations
detailsarrayAdditional details object for interface.

Property behavior:
- required if type is set to “SNMP”
disable_untiltimestampThe next polling time of an unavailable host interface.

Property behavior:
- read-only
errorstringError text if host interface is unavailable.

Property behavior:
- read-only
errors_fromtimestampTime when host interface became unavailable.

Property behavior:
- read-only

Details

The details object has the following properties.

PropertyTypeDescription
versionintegerSNMP interface version.

Possible values:
1 - SNMPv1;
2 - SNMPv2c;
3 - SNMPv3.

Property behavior:
- required
bulkintegerWhether to use bulk SNMP requests.

Possible values:
0 - don’t use bulk requests;
1 - (default) - use bulk requests.
communitystringSNMP community. Used only by SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 interfaces.

Property behavior:
- required if version is set to “SNMPv1” or “SNMPv2c”
securitynamestringSNMPv3 security name. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.
securitylevelintegerSNMPv3 security level. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.

Possible values:
0 - (default) - noAuthNoPriv;
1 - authNoPriv;
2 - authPriv.
authpassphrasestringSNMPv3 authentication passphrase. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.
privpassphrasestringSNMPv3 privacy passphrase. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.
authprotocolintegerSNMPv3 authentication protocol. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.

Possible values:
0 - (default) - MD5;
1 - SHA1;
2 - SHA224;
3 - SHA256;
4 - SHA384;
5 - SHA512.
privprotocolintegerSNMPv3 privacy protocol. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.

Possible values:
0 - (default) - DES;
1 - AES128;
2 - AES192;
3 - AES256;
4 - AES192C;
5 - AES256C.
contextnamestringSNMPv3 context name. Used only by SNMPv3 interfaces.