Chapter 2 Working With the Ksplice Uptrack API

Table of Contents

2.1 About the Ksplice Uptrack API

2.2 Viewing Your API User Name and API Key

2.3 Generating a New API Key

2.4 Installing the API Command-Line Tools

2.5 Ksplice Uptrack API Commands

2.5.1 uptrack-api-authorize
2.5.2 uptrack-api-describe
2.5.3 uptrack-api-list
2.5.4 Specifying the User Name and API Key
2.5.5 Specifying a Proxy

2.6 About the API Implementation

2.6.1 API Versioning
2.6.2 API Authentication
2.6.3 API Request Format
2.6.4 Supported API Requests
2.6.5 Sample Interaction

2.7 Configuring the check_uptrack Nagios Plugin

2.7.1 Using the Nagios Plugins

2.8 For More Information About the Ksplice Uptrack API

This chapter describes the programming interfaces to Ksplice Uptrack.