Since we released Icinga 2 2.2.0 right before OSMC 2014, we received quite a lot of feedback and also bug reports – thank you! We’ve fixed quite a few bugs for 2.2.1 and also one rather annoying design bug – others might think of it as a feature.
Arrays in Command Arguments
While the command arguments for CheckCommand objects are a pretty nifty idea, some check plugins require specific parameters: Sometimes with a prepended parameter key, sometimes just multiple values. Most prominent examples are:
./check_disk .... -p '/' -p '/var' -p '/tmp' ./check_nrpe .... -a 'arg1' 'arg2' 'arg3'
This did not work in previous versions, so we came up with a better idea:
- Support arrays in runtime macros
- Allow to define if the key patameter is repeated (e.g. check_disk) or not (e.g. check_nrpe)
That way you can now define an array of disks and pass that value directly to the disk CheckCommand shipped with Icinga 2 using the disk_partitions custom attribute, as shown in the screenshots below. repeat_key is enabled by default.
You can also use this new feature for your own check_icmp command definition too, as shown in the documentation.
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Changelog
More details in our milestone.
- Support arrays in [command argument macros](#command-passing-parameters) #6709
- Allows to define multiple parameters for [nrpe -a](#plugin-check-command-nrpe), [nscp -l](#plugin-check-command-nscp), [disk -p](#plugin-check-command-disk), [dns -a](#plugin-check-command-dns).
- Bugfixes
- Feature #6709: Support for arrays in macros
- Feature #7463: Update spec file to use yajl-devel
- Feature #7739: The classicui Apache conf doesn’t support Apache 2.4
- Feature #7747: Increase default timeout for NRPE checks
- Feature #7867: Document how arrays in macros work
- Bug #7173: service icinga2 status gives wrong information when run as unprivileged user
- Bug #7602: livestatus large amount of submitting unix socket command results in broken pipes
- Bug #7613: icinga2 checkconfig should fail if group given for command files does not exist
- Bug #7671: object and template with the same name generate duplicate object error
- Bug #7708: Built-in commands shouldn’t be run on the master instance in remote command execution mode
- Bug #7725: Windows wizard uses incorrect CLI command
- Bug #7726: Windows wizard is missing –zone argument
- Bug #7730: Restart Icinga – Error Restoring program state from file ‘/var/lib/icinga2/icinga2.state’
- Bug #7735: 2.2.0 has out-of-date icinga2 man page
- Bug #7738: Systemd rpm scripts are run in wrong package
- Bug #7740: /usr/sbin/icinga-prepare-dirs conflicts in the bin and common package
- Bug #7741: Icinga 2.2 misses the build requirement libyajl-devel for SUSE distributions
- Bug #7743: Icinga2 node add failed with unhandled exception
- Bug #7754: Incorrect error message for localhost
- Bug #7770: Objects created with node update-config can’t be seen in Classic UI
- Bug #7786: Move the icinga2-prepare-dirs script elsewhere
- Bug #7806: !in operator returns incorrect result
- Bug #7828: Verify if master radio box is disabled in the Windows wizard
- Bug #7847: Wrong information in section “Linux Client Setup Wizard for Remote Monitoring”
- Bug #7862: Segfault in CA handling
- Bug #7868: Documentation: Explain how unresolved macros are handled
- Bug #7890: Wrong permission in run directory after restart
- Bug #7896: Fix Apache config in the Debian package
