The menu on the left side of the classical web interface contains entries which offer a quick way to the information most people need. However you can change the parameters or use other options as well. Some Classic UI modules (CGIs) require an objecttype ("host", "hostgroup", "service", or "servicegroup"), often followed by one or more options. The best way is to take a look at the existing URLs and change them according to your needs.

Below you will find a table showing the parameters and the Classic UI modules they apply to. The names of the Classic UI modules are abbreviated. An explanation along with a hint to the source code can be found here.

Following this table is an explanation of the parameters (work in progress).

Instead of using your browser you may want to run the Classic UI modules on the command line and process the results with other tools. For a first impression change to the folder containing the *.cgi modules (e.g. /usr/local/icinga/sbin), set some environment variables and execute one of the Classic UI modules:

 $> export REMOTE_USER=icingaadmin   # or choose the appropriate user
 $> export REQUEST_METHOD='GET'      # if you enter queries
 $> export QUERY_STRING='host=all'   # see the tables below 

 $> ./status.cgi

Depending on the number of hosts this may return a lot of lines containing HTML code in between which most people will find hard to read so you should add "&csvoutput" or "&jsonoutput" to QUERY_STRING along with other arguments.

Set QUERY_STRING as needed and execute the desired Classic UI module.

If you forgot to set the environment variables you'll receive the following lines:

 $> ./status.cgi
 getcgivars(): Unsupported REQUEST_METHOD -> ''

 I'm guessing you're trying to execute the CGI from a command line.
 In order to do that, you need to set the REQUEST_METHOD environment
 variable to either "GET", "HEAD", or "POST". When using the
 GET and HEAD methods, arguments can be passed to the CGI
 by setting the "QUERY_STRING" environment variable. If you're
 using the POST method, data is read from standard input. Also of
 note: if you've enabled authentication in the CGIs, you must set the
 "REMOTE_USER" environment variable to be the name of the user you're
 "authenticated" as.

You will find some examples here.

You can use status.cgi to show objects with one or more statustype (hoststatustype / servicestatustype) and with certain properties (hostprops / serviceprops). Each statustype / property is identified by a number (shown here and here at the end of this section). Please sum up the appropriate numbers and use the resulting value for each option.

The example shows all non-OK services which are neither in downtime nor acknowledged:

 http://localhost/icinga/cgi-bin/status.cgi?host=all&servicestatustypes=29&serviceprops=10

"29" includes PENDING services (not being checked since start up) as well.

Further information regarding the several parameters is given below. For a detailed understanding please have a look at the source code.

[1] Logical OR means that the numbers are added and only the objects will be displayed satisfying ALL conditions (properties).

[2] avail, log, notif, out, status, sum: all views/reports support jsonoutput; config: all types except command expansion; ext: all views except hostgroup/servicegroup info (always without performance data); tac: data output in json format.

[3] Available starting with Icinga 1.8.

[4] Removed starting with Icinga 1.8.

Abbreviations used in the first table, relations to Classic UI module and menu items, and links to the source code in <icinga-core>/cgis.

Excerpt from include/cgiutils.h

/****************** HOST AND SERVICE FILTER PROPERTIES  *******************/

#define HOST_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME         1
#define HOST_NO_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME      2
#define HOST_STATE_ACKNOWLEDGED         4
#define HOST_STATE_UNACKNOWLEDGED       8
#define HOST_CHECKS_DISABLED            16
#define HOST_CHECKS_ENABLED             32
#define HOST_EVENT_HANDLER_DISABLED     64
#define HOST_EVENT_HANDLER_ENABLED      128
#define HOST_FLAP_DETECTION_DISABLED    256
#define HOST_FLAP_DETECTION_ENABLED     512
#define HOST_IS_FLAPPING                1024
#define HOST_IS_NOT_FLAPPING            2048
#define HOST_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED     4096
#define HOST_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED      8192
#define HOST_PASSIVE_CHECKS_DISABLED    16384
#define HOST_PASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED     32768
#define HOST_MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTES        65536
#define HOST_NO_MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTES     131072
#define HOST_HARD_STATE                 262144
#define HOST_SOFT_STATE                 524288
#define HOST_STATE_HANDLED              1048576
#define HOST_NOT_ALL_CHECKS_DISABLED    2097152

#define SERVICE_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME      1
#define SERVICE_NO_SCHEDULED_DOWNTIME   2
#define SERVICE_STATE_ACKNOWLEDGED      4
#define SERVICE_STATE_UNACKNOWLEDGED    8
#define SERVICE_CHECKS_DISABLED         16
#define SERVICE_CHECKS_ENABLED          32
#define SERVICE_EVENT_HANDLER_DISABLED  64
#define SERVICE_EVENT_HANDLER_ENABLED   128
#define SERVICE_FLAP_DETECTION_ENABLED  256
#define SERVICE_FLAP_DETECTION_DISABLED 512
#define SERVICE_IS_FLAPPING             1024
#define SERVICE_IS_NOT_FLAPPING         2048
#define SERVICE_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED  4096
#define SERVICE_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED   8192
#define SERVICE_PASSIVE_CHECKS_DISABLED 16384
#define SERVICE_PASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED  32768
#define SERVICE_MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTES     65536
#define SERVICE_NO_MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTES  131072
#define SERVICE_HARD_STATE              262144
#define SERVICE_SOFT_STATE              524288
#define SERVICE_STATE_HANDLED           1048576
#define SERVICE_NOT_ALL_CHECKS_DISABLED 2097152

Excerpt from include/statusdata.h

/*************************** SERVICE STATES ***************************/
#define SERVICE_PENDING  1
#define SERVICE_OK       2
#define SERVICE_WARNING  4
#define SERVICE_UNKNOWN  8
#define SERVICE_CRITICAL 16

/**************************** HOST STATES ****************************/
#define HOST_PENDING     1
#define HOST_UP          2
#define HOST_DOWN        4
#define HOST_UNREACHABLE 8

Excerpt from include/common.h

/***************************** COMMANDS *********************************/

#define CMD_NONE                                           0

#define CMD_ADD_HOST_COMMENT                               1
#define CMD_DEL_HOST_COMMENT                               2
#define CMD_ADD_SVC_COMMENT                                3
#define CMD_DEL_SVC_COMMENT                                4

#define CMD_ENABLE_SVC_CHECK                               5
#define CMD_DISABLE_SVC_CHECK                              6
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_SVC_CHECK                             7

#define CMD_DELAY_SVC_NOTIFICATION                         9
#define CMD_DELAY_HOST_NOTIFICATION                        10
#define CMD_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS                          11
#define CMD_ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS                           12

#define CMD_RESTART_PROCESS                                13
#define CMD_SHUTDOWN_PROCESS                               14

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_SVC_CHECKS                         15
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_SVC_CHECKS                        16
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOST_SVC_CHECKS                       17

#define CMD_DEL_ALL_HOST_COMMENTS                          20
#define CMD_DEL_ALL_SVC_COMMENTS                           21

#define CMD_ENABLE_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS                       22
#define CMD_DISABLE_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS                      23
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS                      24
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS                     25
#define CMD_ENABLE_ALL_NOTIFICATIONS_BEYOND_HOST           26
#define CMD_DISABLE_ALL_NOTIFICATIONS_BEYOND_HOST          27
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS                  28
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS                 29

#define CMD_PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT                   30

#define CMD_SAVE_STATE_INFORMATION                         31
#define CMD_READ_STATE_INFORMATION                         32

#define CMD_ACKNOWLEDGE_HOST_PROBLEM                       33
#define CMD_ACKNOWLEDGE_SVC_PROBLEM                        34

#define CMD_START_EXECUTING_SVC_CHECKS                     35
#define CMD_STOP_EXECUTING_SVC_CHECKS                      36
#define CMD_START_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS             37
#define CMD_STOP_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS              38
#define CMD_ENABLE_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS                      39
#define CMD_DISABLE_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS                     40

#define CMD_ENABLE_EVENT_HANDLERS                          41
#define CMD_DISABLE_EVENT_HANDLERS                         42
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_EVENT_HANDLER                      43
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_EVENT_HANDLER                     44
#define CMD_ENABLE_SVC_EVENT_HANDLER                       45
#define CMD_DISABLE_SVC_EVENT_HANDLER                      46

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_CHECK                              47
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_CHECK                             48

#define CMD_START_OBSESSING_OVER_SVC_CHECKS                49
#define CMD_STOP_OBSESSING_OVER_SVC_CHECKS                 50

#define CMD_REMOVE_HOST_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                    51
#define CMD_REMOVE_SVC_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                     52

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_FORCED_HOST_SVC_CHECKS                53
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK                      54

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOST_DOWNTIME                         55
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_SVC_DOWNTIME                          56

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION                     57
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION                    58
#define CMD_ENABLE_SVC_FLAP_DETECTION                      59
#define CMD_DISABLE_SVC_FLAP_DETECTION                     60
#define CMD_ENABLE_FLAP_DETECTION                          61
#define CMD_DISABLE_FLAP_DETECTION                         62

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS             63
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS            64
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS            65
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS           66

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_SVC_CHECKS                    67
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_SVC_CHECKS                   68

#define CMD_CANCEL_HOST_DOWNTIME                           69 /* not internally implemented */
#define CMD_CANCEL_SVC_DOWNTIME                            70 /* not internally implemented */
#define CMD_CANCEL_ACTIVE_HOST_DOWNTIME                    71 /* old - no longer used */
#define CMD_CANCEL_PENDING_HOST_DOWNTIME                   72 /* old - no longer used */
#define CMD_CANCEL_ACTIVE_SVC_DOWNTIME                     73 /* old - no longer used */
#define CMD_CANCEL_PENDING_SVC_DOWNTIME                    74 /* old - no longer used */
#define CMD_CANCEL_ACTIVE_HOST_SVC_DOWNTIME                75 /* unimplemented */
#define CMD_CANCEL_PENDING_HOST_SVC_DOWNTIME               76 /* unimplemented */

#define CMD_FLUSH_PENDING_COMMANDS                         77

#define CMD_DEL_HOST_DOWNTIME                              78
#define CMD_DEL_SVC_DOWNTIME                               79

#define CMD_ENABLE_FAILURE_PREDICTION                      80
#define CMD_DISABLE_FAILURE_PREDICTION                     81

#define CMD_ENABLE_PERFORMANCE_DATA                        82
#define CMD_DISABLE_PERFORMANCE_DATA                       83

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME               84
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOSTGROUP_SVC_DOWNTIME                85
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOST_SVC_DOWNTIME                     86

#define CMD_PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT                      87

#define CMD_START_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS                    88
#define CMD_STOP_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS                     89
#define CMD_START_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS            90
#define CMD_STOP_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS             91
#define CMD_ENABLE_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS                     92
#define CMD_DISABLE_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS                    93
#define CMD_START_OBSESSING_OVER_HOST_CHECKS               94
#define CMD_STOP_OBSESSING_OVER_HOST_CHECKS                95

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK                            96
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_FORCED_HOST_CHECK                     98

#define CMD_START_OBSESSING_OVER_SVC                       99
#define CMD_STOP_OBSESSING_OVER_SVC                        100
#define CMD_START_OBSESSING_OVER_HOST                      101
#define CMD_STOP_OBSESSING_OVER_HOST                       102

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_CHECKS                   103
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_HOST_CHECKS                  104
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS            105
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS           106
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOSTGROUP_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS           107
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOSTGROUP_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS          108

#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS          109
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS         110
#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS         111
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS        112

#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_SVC_CHECKS                 113
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_SVC_CHECKS                114
#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_CHECKS                115
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_CHECKS               116

#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS         117
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS        118
#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICEGROUP_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS        119
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICEGROUP_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS       120

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_SERVICEGROUP_HOST_DOWNTIME            121
#define CMD_SCHEDULE_SERVICEGROUP_SVC_DOWNTIME             122

#define CMD_CHANGE_GLOBAL_HOST_EVENT_HANDLER               123
#define CMD_CHANGE_GLOBAL_SVC_EVENT_HANDLER                124
#define CMD_CHANGE_HOST_EVENT_HANDLER                      125
#define CMD_CHANGE_SVC_EVENT_HANDLER                       126

#define CMD_CHANGE_HOST_CHECK_COMMAND                      127
#define CMD_CHANGE_SVC_CHECK_COMMAND                       128

#define CMD_CHANGE_NORMAL_HOST_CHECK_INTERVAL              129
#define CMD_CHANGE_NORMAL_SVC_CHECK_INTERVAL               130
#define CMD_CHANGE_RETRY_SVC_CHECK_INTERVAL                131

#define CMD_CHANGE_MAX_HOST_CHECK_ATTEMPTS                 132
#define CMD_CHANGE_MAX_SVC_CHECK_ATTEMPTS                  133

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_AND_PROPAGATE_TRIGGERED_HOST_DOWNTIME 134

#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_AND_CHILD_NOTIFICATIONS            135
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_AND_CHILD_NOTIFICATIONS           136

#define CMD_SCHEDULE_AND_PROPAGATE_HOST_DOWNTIME           137

#define CMD_ENABLE_SERVICE_FRESHNESS_CHECKS                138
#define CMD_DISABLE_SERVICE_FRESHNESS_CHECKS               139
#define CMD_ENABLE_HOST_FRESHNESS_CHECKS                   140
#define CMD_DISABLE_HOST_FRESHNESS_CHECKS                  141

#define CMD_SET_HOST_NOTIFICATION_NUMBER                   142
#define CMD_SET_SVC_NOTIFICATION_NUMBER                    143

#define CMD_CHANGE_HOST_CHECK_TIMEPERIOD                   144  
#define CMD_CHANGE_SVC_CHECK_TIMEPERIOD                    145

#define CMD_PROCESS_FILE                                   146

#define CMD_CHANGE_CUSTOM_HOST_VAR                         147
#define CMD_CHANGE_CUSTOM_SVC_VAR                          148
#define CMD_CHANGE_CUSTOM_CONTACT_VAR                      149

#define CMD_ENABLE_CONTACT_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS              150
#define CMD_DISABLE_CONTACT_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS             151
#define CMD_ENABLE_CONTACT_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS               152
#define CMD_DISABLE_CONTACT_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS              153

#define CMD_ENABLE_CONTACTGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS         154
#define CMD_DISABLE_CONTACTGROUP_HOST_NOTIFICATIONS        155
#define CMD_ENABLE_CONTACTGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS          156
#define CMD_DISABLE_CONTACTGROUP_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS         157

#define CMD_CHANGE_RETRY_HOST_CHECK_INTERVAL               158

#define CMD_SEND_CUSTOM_HOST_NOTIFICATION                  159
#define CMD_SEND_CUSTOM_SVC_NOTIFICATION                   160

#define CMD_CHANGE_HOST_NOTIFICATION_TIMEPERIOD            161
#define CMD_CHANGE_SVC_NOTIFICATION_TIMEPERIOD             162
#define CMD_CHANGE_CONTACT_HOST_NOTIFICATION_TIMEPERIOD    163
#define CMD_CHANGE_CONTACT_SVC_NOTIFICATION_TIMEPERIOD     164

#define CMD_CHANGE_HOST_MODATTR                            165
#define CMD_CHANGE_SVC_MODATTR                             166
#define CMD_CHANGE_CONTACT_MODATTR                         167
#define CMD_CHANGE_CONTACT_MODHATTR                        168
#define CMD_CHANGE_CONTACT_MODSATTR                        169

#define CMD_SYNC_STATE_INFORMATION                         170

#define CMD_DEL_DOWNTIME_BY_HOST_NAME                      171
#define CMD_DEL_DOWNTIME_BY_HOSTGROUP_NAME                 172
#define CMD_DEL_DOWNTIME_BY_START_TIME_COMMENT             173

#define CMD_ACKNOWLEDGE_HOST_PROBLEM_EXPIRE                174
#define CMD_ACKNOWLEDGE_SVC_PROBLEM_EXPIRE                 175

#define CMD_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS_EXPIRE_TIME              176

#define CMD_CUSTOM_COMMAND                                 999
#define CMD_INTERNAL_CHANGE_HOST_CHECK_RETRY_INTERVAL     1001
#define CMD_INTERNAL_CHANGE_SVC_CHECK_RETRY_INTERVAL      1002