zabbix_template - create/delete/dump zabbix template

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• create/delete/dump zabbix template

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• zabbix-api >= 0.5.3

Parameters

Examples

---
# Creates a new zabbix template from linked template
- name: Create Zabbix template using linked template
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: ExampleHost
    template_json: "{'zabbix_export': {}}"
    template_groups:
      - Role
      - Role2
    link_templates:
      - Example template1
      - Example template2
    clear_templates:
      - Example template3
      - Example template4
    macros:
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO1}'
        value: 30000
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO2}'
        value: 3
      - macro: '{$EXAMPLE_MACRO3}'
        value: 'Example'
    state: present

# Create a new template from a json config definition
- name: Import Zabbix json template configuration
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Apache2
    template_json: "{{ lookup('file', 'zabbix_apache2.json') }}"
    template_groups:
      - Webservers
    state: present

# Import a template from Ansible variable dict
- name: Import Zabbix Template
  zabbix_template:
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    template_name: Test Template
    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
    template_groups: Templates
    state: present

# Add a macro to a template
- name: Set a macro on the Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: 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

# Remove a template
- name: Delete Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    state: absent

# Export template json definition
- name: Dump Zabbix template
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_template
    server_url: http://127.0.0.1
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    template_name: Template
    state: dump
  register: template_dump

Return Values

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

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

• @sookido
• Logan Vig (@logan2211)