t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_notification – Manage notifications in Icinga2

Note

This plugin is part of the t_systems_mms.icinga_director collection (version 1.23.0).

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 t_systems_mms.icinga_director.

To use it in a playbook, specify: t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_notification.

New in version 1.0.0: of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Synopsis

  • Add or remove a notification to Icinga2 through the director API.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
apply_to
string / required
    Choices:
  • host
  • service
Whether this notification should affect hosts or services.
assign_filter
string
The filter where the notification will take effect.
client_cert
path
PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.
This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included, client_key is not required.
client_key
path
PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.
If client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required.
disabled
boolean
added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Disabled objects will not be deployed.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes do not get a cached copy.
Alias thirsty has been deprecated and will be removed in 2.13.

aliases: thirsty
force_basic_auth
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.
http_agent
string
Default:
"ansible-httpget"
Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.
imports
list / elements=string
Importable templates, add as many as you want. Required when state is present.
Please note that order matters when importing properties from multiple templates - last one wins.
notification_interval
string
The notification interval (in seconds). This interval is used for active notifications.
Defaults to 30 minutes. If set to 0, re-notifications are disabled.
object_name
string / required
Name of the notification.

aliases: name
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Apply feature state.
states
list / elements=string
added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
The host or service states you want to get notifications for.
time_period
string
added in 1.15.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
The name of a time period which determines when this notification should be triggered.

aliases: period
times_begin
integer
added in 1.15.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
First notification delay.
Delay unless the first notification should be sent.
times_end
integer
added in 1.15.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
Last notification.
When the last notification should be sent.
types
list / elements=string
The state transition types you want to get notifications for.
url
string / required
HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL in the form (http|https|ftp)://[user[:pass]]@host.domain[:port]/path
url_password
string
The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.
If the url_username parameter is not specified, the url_password parameter will not be used.
url_username
string
The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.
This parameter can be used without url_password for sites that allow empty passwords
use_gssapi
boolean
added in 2.11 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use GSSAPI to perform the authentication, typically this is for Kerberos or Kerberos through Negotiate authentication.
Requires the Python library gssapi to be installed.
Credentials for GSSAPI can be specified with url_username/url_password or with the GSSAPI env var KRB5CCNAME that specified a custom Kerberos credential cache.
NTLM authentication is not supported even if the GSSAPI mech for NTLM has been installed.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
user_groups
list / elements=string
added in 1.16.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
User Groups that should be notified by this notification.
users
list / elements=string
Users that should be notified by this notification.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vars
dictionary
added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
Custom properties of the notification.

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create notification
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_notification:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    apply_to: host
    assign_filter: 'host.name="foohost"'
    imports:
      - foonotificationtemplate
    notification_interval: '0'
    object_name: E-Mail_host
    states:
      - Up
      - Down
    types:
      - Problem
      - Recovery
    users:
      - rb
    user_groups:
      - OnCall
    disabled: false
    vars:
      foo: bar
    time_period: "24/7"
    times_begin: 20
    times_end: 120

Authors

  • Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro) / Sebastian Gruber (sgruber94)

© 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/t_systems_mms/icinga_director/icinga_notification_module.html