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community.zabbix.zabbix_group (2.3.1) — module

Create/delete Zabbix host groups

Authors: Cove (@cove), Tony Minfei Ding (!UNKNOWN), Harrison Gu (@harrisongu)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.zabbix:==2.3.1

Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.zabbix
      version: 2.3.1

Description

Create host groups if they do not exist.

Delete existing host groups if they exist.

Requirements

python >= 2.6

Usage examples

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# If you want to use Username and Password to be authenticated by Zabbix Server
- name: Set credentials to access Zabbix Server API
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    ansible_user: Admin
    ansible_httpapi_pass: zabbix

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# If you want to use API token to be authenticated by Zabbix Server
# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/administration/general#api-tokens
- name: Set API token
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    ansible_zabbix_auth_key: 8ec0d52432c15c91fcafe9888500cf9a607f44091ab554dbee860f6b44fac895

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# Base create host groups example
- name: Create host groups
  # set task level variables as we change ansible_connection plugin here
  vars:
    ansible_network_os: community.zabbix.zabbix
    ansible_connection: httpapi
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_zabbix_url_path: 'zabbixeu'  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. http://<FQDN>/zabbixeu
    ansible_host: zabbix-example-fqdn.org
  community.zabbix.zabbix_group:
    state: present
    host_groups:
      - Example group1
      - Example group2

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# Limit the Zabbix group creations to one host since Zabbix can return an error when doing concurrent updates
- name: Create host groups
  # set task level variables as we change ansible_connection plugin here
  vars:
      ansible_network_os: community.zabbix.zabbix
      ansible_connection: httpapi
      ansible_httpapi_port: 443
      ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
      ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
      ansible_zabbix_url_path: 'zabbixeu'  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. http://<FQDN>/zabbixeu
      ansible_host: zabbix-example-fqdn.org
  community.zabbix.zabbix_group:
    state: present
    host_groups:
      - Example group1
      - Example group2
  when: inventory_hostname==groups['group_name'][0]

Inputs

    
state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Create or delete host group.
    required: false
    type: str

host_groups:
    aliases:
    - host_group
    description:
    - List of host groups to create or delete.
    elements: str
    required: true
    type: list

http_login_user:
    description:
    - Basic Auth login
    required: false
    type: str

http_login_password:
    description:
    - Basic Auth password
    required: false
    type: str