How to stop checks during scheduled down time in Icinga?

Question

When I set a scheduled down time in Icinga, the program continues to perform checks on the remote system. How can I define a scheduled downtime in which the checks are disabled?

You can select host/service from icinga web console and stop checks against the scheduled downtime. There is provision for this. You need to explore the console carefully. — Shailesh Sutar, Aug 02 '17 at 11:50
@ceving was your question answered, or is there anything unclear? — MacMartin, Dec 09 '19 at 10:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 15:47

This should be possible with:

1.Create the downtimer specification in ./conf.d/downtimes.conf like:

apply ScheduledDowntime "backup-downtime" to Service { 
 author = "icingaadmin"                               
 comment = "Scheduled downtime for backup"            

 ranges = {                                           
   monday = service.vars.backup_downtime              
   tuesday = service.vars.backup_downtime             
   wednesday = service.vars.backup_downtime           
   thursday = service.vars.backup_downtime            
   friday = service.vars.backup_downtime              
   saturday = service.vars.backup_downtime            
   sunday = service.vars.backup_downtime              
 }                                                    

 assign where service.vars.backup_downtime != ""      
}

2.refer to this configuration in your service definition, like:

apply Service for (disk => config in host.vars.disks) { 

    import "generic-service"                                           

    /* Used by the ScheduledDowntime apply rule in `downtimes.conf`. */
    vars.backup_downtime = "03:00-04:30"                               

    check_command = "by_ssh_disk"                                      
    vars += config                                                     
    assign where host.vars.os == "Linux"                              
    ignore where host.name == NodeName                                 
}

How to stop checks during scheduled down time in Icinga?

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