Check_MK Werk 7073: New API call to control bulk discovery

ID: 7073 Title: New API call to control bulk discovery Component: Multisite Level: 1 Class: New feature Version: 1.6.0i1 Two new web API calls have been added for the bulk discovery. The call <tt>bulk_discovery_start</tt> has been added to start a bulk discovery for a collection of hosts which will be executed asynchronously. The call <tt>bulk_discovery_status</tt> can be used to get the status of such a job. The <tt>bulk_discovery_start</tt> call requires the <tt>hostnames</tt> parameter to be a list of host names to execute the discovery for. It accepts the following optional keys: <ul> <li>mode (default: "new")</li> <li>use_cache (default: True)</li> <li>do_scan (default: True)</li> <li>bulk_size (default: 10)</li> <li>ignore_single_check_errors (default: True)</li> </ul> The defaults may be customized using the global setting <i>Bulk discovery</i>. The global setting also describes the possible options in detail. The <tt>bulk_discovery_status</tt> call does not accept any parameter.