community.zabbix.zabbix_template – Create/update/delete/dump 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.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module allows you to create, modify, delete and dump Zabbix templates.
Multiple templates can be created or modified at once if passing JSON or XML to module.

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
clear_templates list / elements=string			List of template names to be unlinked and cleared from the template. This option is ignored if template is being created for the first time.
dump_format string		Choices: json ← xml	Format to use when dumping template with `state=dump`. This option is deprecated and will eventually be removed in 2.14.
http_login_password string			Basic Auth password
http_login_user string			Basic Auth login
link_templates list / elements=string			List of template names to be linked to the template. Templates that are not specified and are linked to the existing template will be only unlinked and not cleared from the template.
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.
macros list / elements=dictionary			List of user macros to create for the template. Macros that are not specified and are present on the existing template will be replaced. See examples on how to pass macros.
	macro string / required		Name of the macro. Must be specified in {$NAME} format.
	value string / required		Value of the macro.
omit_date boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Removes the date field for the exported/dumped template Requires `state=dump`
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
state string		Choices: present ← absent dump	Required state of the template. On `state=present` template will be created/imported or updated depending if it is already present. On `state=dump` template content will get dumped into required format specified in dump_format. On `state=absent` template will be deleted. The `state=dump` is deprecated and will be removed in 2.14. The community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info module should be used instead.
template_groups list / elements=string			List of host groups to add template to when template is created. Replaces the current host groups the template belongs to if the template is already present. Required when creating a new template with `state=present` and template_name is used. Not required when updating an existing template.
template_json json			JSON dump of templates to import. Multiple templates can be imported this way. Mutually exclusive with template_name and template_xml.
template_name string			Name of Zabbix template. Required when template_json or template_xml are not used. Mutually exclusive with template_json and template_xml.
template_xml string			XML dump of templates to import. Multiple templates can be imported this way. You are advised to pass XML structure matching the structure used by your version of Zabbix server. Custom XML structure can be imported as long as it is valid, but may not yield consistent idempotent results on subsequent runs. Mutually exclusive with template_name and template_json.
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: Create a new Zabbix template linked to groups, macros and templates
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: ExampleHost
    template_groups:
      - Role
      - Role2
    link_templates:
      - Example template1
      - Example template2
    macros:
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO1}'
        value: 30000
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO2}'
        value: 3
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO3}'
        value: 'Example'
    state: present

- name: Unlink and clear templates from the existing Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: ExampleHost
    clear_templates:
      - Example template3
      - Example template4
    state: present

- name: Import Zabbix templates from JSON
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_json: "{{ lookup('file', 'zabbix_apache2.json') }}"
    state: present

- name: Import Zabbix templates from XML
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_xml: "{{ lookup('file', 'zabbix_apache2.xml') }}"
    state: present

- name: Import Zabbix template from Ansible dict variable
  community.zabbix.zabbix_template:
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    template_json:
      zabbix_export:
        version: '3.2'
        templates:
          - name: Template for Testing
            description: 'Testing template import'
            template: Test Template
            groups:
              - name: Templates
            applications:
              - name: Test Application
    state: present

- name: Configure macros on the existing Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    macros:
      - macro: '{$TEST_MACRO}'
        value: 'Example'
    state: present

- name: Delete Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    state: absent

- name: Dump Zabbix template as JSON
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    omit_date: yes
    state: dump
  register: template_dump

- name: Dump Zabbix template as XML
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    dump_format: xml
    omit_date: false
    state: dump
  register: template_dump

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
template_json string	when state is dump and omit_date is no	The JSON dump of the template Sample: {'zabbix_export': {'date': '2017-11-29T16:37:24Z', 'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'templates': [{'applications': [], 'description': '', 'discovery_rules': [], 'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'httptests': [], 'items': [], 'macros': [], 'name': 'Test Template', 'screens': [], 'template': 'test', 'templates': []}], 'version': '3.2'}}
template_xml string	when state is dump, dump_format is xml and omit_date is yes	dump of the template in XML representation Sample: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <zabbix_export> <version>4.2</version> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <templates> <template> <template>test</template> <name>Test Template</name> <description/> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <applications/> <items/> <discovery_rules/> <httptests/> <macros/> <templates/> <screens/> <tags/> </template> </templates> </zabbix_export>

Authors

sookido (@sookido)
Logan Vig (@logan2211)
Dusan Matejka (@D3DeFi)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/zabbix/zabbix_template_module.html