community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info – Gather information about Zabbix template

Note

This plugin is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.zabbix.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to search for Zabbix template.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
format
string
    Choices:
  • json ←
  • xml
Format to use when dumping template.
http_login_password
string
Basic Auth password
http_login_user
string
Basic Auth login
login_password
string / required
Zabbix user password.
If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_PASSWORD will be used.
login_user
string / required
Zabbix user name.
If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_USERNAME will be used.
omit_date
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Removes the date field for the dumped template
server_url
string / required
URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url.
If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_SERVER will be used.

aliases: url
template_name
string / required
Name of the template in Zabbix.
timeout
integer
Default:
10
The timeout of API request (seconds).
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used.

Notes

Note

  • If you use login_password=zabbix, the word “zabbix” is replaced by “****” in all module output, because login_password uses no_log. See this FAQ for more information.

Examples

- name: Get Zabbix template as JSON
  community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    template_name: Template
    format: json
    omit_date: yes
  register: template_json

- name: Get Zabbix template as XML
  community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    template_name: Template
    format: xml
    omit_date: no
  register: template_json

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
template_json
string
when format is json and omit_date is true
The JSON of the template

Sample:
{'zabbix_export': {'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'templates': [{'applications': [{'name': 'Test Application'}], 'description': 'Testing template import', 'discovery_rules': [], 'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'httptests': [], 'items': [], 'macros': [], 'name': 'Template for Testing', 'screens': [], 'template': 'Test Template', 'templates': []}], 'version': '4.0'}}
template_xml
string
when format is xml and omit_date is false
The XML of the template

Sample:
<zabbix_export> <version>4.0</version> <date>2019-10-27T14:49:57Z</date> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <templates> <template> <template>Test Template</template> <name>Template for Testing</name> <description>Testing template import</description> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <applications> <application> <name>Test Application</name> </application> </applications> <items /> <discovery_rules /> <httptests /> <macros /> <templates /> <screens /> </template> </templates> </zabbix_export>


Authors

  • sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/zabbix/zabbix_template_info_module.html