diff --git a/cmd/silence/main.go b/cmd/silence/main.go
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+++ b/cmd/silence/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"time"
+
+	"bytes"
+
+	"bosun.org/util"
+)
+
+var (
+	flagHost     = flag.String("h", "bosun", "Hostname of your bosun server, defaults to bosun.")
+	flagUser     = flag.String("u", "", "Username, defaults to the username returned from the OS.")
+	flagDuration = flag.String("d", "30m", "A duration to silence this host for. Defaults to 30m and the format is defined at http://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration")
+	flagTags     = flag.String("t", "", "OpenTSDB tags to be silenced in the format of tagKey=value,tagKey=value. Defaults to host=<hostname>.")
+	flagAlert    = flag.String("a", "", "Name of the alert to silence, defaults to empty which means all alerts.")
+	flagMessage  = flag.String("m", "", "Reason for the silence, defaults to an empty string.")
+	flagForget   = flag.String("f", "", "Set to 'true' to forget anything that goes unknown during the silence. Used when decommissioning something.")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	u, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	un := u.Username
+	sudo := os.Getenv("SUDO_USER")
+	if sudo != "" {
+		un = sudo
+	}
+	if *flagTags == "" {
+		*flagTags = "host=" + util.Hostname
+	}
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	d, err := time.ParseDuration(*flagDuration)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	end := now.Add(d)
+	if *flagForget != "" {
+		*flagForget = "true"
+	}
+	s := struct {
+		User    string `json:"user"`
+		Start   string `json:"start"`
+		End     string `json:"end"`
+		Tags    string `json:"tags"`
+		Alert   string `json:"alert"`
+		Message string `json:"message"`
+		Confirm string `json:"confirm"`
+		Forget  string `json:"forget"`
+	}{
+		un,
+		now.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"),
+		end.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"),
+		*flagTags,
+		*flagAlert,
+		*flagMessage,
+		"confirm",
+		*flagForget,
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err, s)
+	}
+	resp, err := http.Post("http://"+*flagHost+"/api/silence/set", "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err, s)
+	}
+	c, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		log.Fatalf("%s", c)
+	}
+	if s.Alert == "" {
+		s.Alert = "None"
+	}
+	if s.Tags == "" {
+		s.Tags = "None"
+	}
+	if s.Message == "" {
+		s.Message = "None"
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Created silence: Start: %s, End: %s, Tags: %s, Alert: %s, Message: %s\n",
+		s.Start, s.End, s.Tags, s.Alert, s.Message)
+}