Datto RMM Sites

Datto RMM Site Management

Overview

Sites in Datto RMM represent client organizations or locations. Each site contains devices, has its own settings, and can have site-level variables. Sites provide organizational hierarchy and enable scoped operations - alerts, jobs, and reports can all be filtered by site.

Anti-triggers

• The client as a billing entity — use autotask-crm; as a documentation entity, itglue-organizations; as a SOC tenant, rocketcyber-accounts. None of these share IDs with a Datto RMM site.
• The endpoints themselves rather than the grouping — use datto-rmm-devices.

Key Concepts

Site Hierarchy

Account
└── Sites (many)
    └── Devices (many per site)
        └── Alerts, Jobs, Audit Data

Site Types

Sites can represent:

• Client companies - External customers
• Internal locations - Your own offices
• Projects - Temporary groupings
• Departments - Internal divisions

Site Identifiers

Field Reference

A Site carries identifiers, onDemand/splapiEnabled flags, optional proxySettings, device/alert counts, and a settings object (auto-patch approval, patch window, timezone). See references/fields.md for the complete interfaces.

Common Workflows

Site Lookup by Name

async function findSiteByName(client, name) {
  const response = await client.request('/api/v2/sites?max=250');
  const sites = response.sites || [];

  // Exact match first
  const exact = sites.find(s =>
    s.name.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase()
  );
  if (exact) return { found: true, site: exact };

  // Partial match
  const matches = sites.filter(s =>
    s.name.toLowerCase().includes(name.toLowerCase())
  );

  if (matches.length === 0) {
    return { found: false, suggestions: [] };
  }

  if (matches.length === 1) {
    return { found: true, site: matches[0] };
  }

  return {
    found: false,
    ambiguous: true,
    suggestions: matches.map(s => ({
      name: s.name,
      uid: s.uid,
      deviceCount: s.devicesCount
    }))
  };
}

Site health scoring (device status + alert priority weighted into a 0-100 score), a multi-site summary sorted by open alerts, an onboarding checklist validator, and a safe CRUD wrapper are in references/examples.md.

API Patterns

• GET /api/v2/sites?max=250 - list all sites
• GET /api/v2/site/{siteUid} - get a single site
• GET /api/v2/site/{siteUid}/devices?max=250 - devices at a site
• GET /api/v2/site/{siteUid}/alerts/open / .../alerts/resolved?max=250 - site-scoped alerts
• POST /api/v2/sites - create a site
• POST /api/v2/site/{siteUid} - update a site
• DELETE /api/v2/site/{siteUid} - delete a site (devices become unassigned, not deleted)

See references/api.md for full request/response examples.

Gotchas

• Deleting a site does not delete its devices - they become unassigned, not removed. Move or reassign devices deliberately before deleting.
• Site names must be unique - creating a duplicate name fails with 400.
• Set the site's timezone deliberately - settings.timezone drives when the patch window actually runs.
• Health scoring is a convention, not an API field - openAlertsCount/devicesCount are raw counts; any "healthy/warning/critical" status is computed client-side (see reference examples).

See references/errors.md for the full site API error table.

Site Naming Conventions

Recommended Format: {ClientName} - {Location/Purpose}

Examples:

• Acme Corp - Main Office
• Acme Corp - Remote Workers
• TechStart Inc - Data Center
• Internal - IT Department

Related Skills

• Datto RMM Devices - Site device management
• Datto RMM Alerts - Site alert views
• Datto RMM Variables - Site variables
• Datto RMM API Patterns - Authentication and pagination