community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup module – Create/delete/update Zabbix user groups

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 2.5.1).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

Synopsis

  • Create user groups if they do not exist.

  • Delete existing user groups if they exist and are empty.

  • Update existing user groups.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

debug_mode

string

Whether debug mode is enabled or disabled.

Choices:

  • "disabled" ← (default)

  • "enabled"

gui_access

string

Frontend authentication method of the users in the group.

Possible values:

default - use the system default authentication method;

internal - use internal authentication;

LDAP - use LDAP authentication;

disable - disable access to the frontend.

Choices:

  • "default" ← (default)

  • "internal"

  • "LDAP"

  • "disable"

hostgroup_rights

list / elements=dictionary

Host group permissions to assign to the user group

For => Zabbix 6.2

host_group

string / required

Name of the host group to add permission to.

permission

string / required

Access level to the host group.

Choices:

  • "denied"

  • "read-only"

  • "read-write"

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

name

aliases: user_group

string / required

Name of the user group to create, update or delete.

rights

list / elements=dictionary

Permissions to assign to the group

For <= Zabbix 6.0

host_group

string / required

Name of the host group to add permission to.

permission

string / required

Access level to the host group.

Choices:

  • "denied"

  • "read-only"

  • "read-write"

state

string

State of the user group.

On present, it will create if user group does not exist or update the user group if the associated data is different.

On absent will remove a user group if it exists.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

status

string

Whether the user group is enabled or disabled.

Choices:

  • "enabled" ← (default)

  • "disabled"

tag_filters

list / elements=dictionary

Tag based permissions to assign to the group

host_group

string / required

Name of the host group to add permission to.

tag

string

Tag name.

Default: ""

value

string

Tag value.

Default: ""

templategroup_rights

list / elements=dictionary

Template group permissions to assign to the user group

For => Zabbix 6.2

permission

string / required

Access level to the templategroup.

Choices:

  • "denied"

  • "read-only"

  • "read-write"

template_group

string / required

Name of the template group to add permission to.

userdirectory

string

Authentication user directory when gui_access set to LDAP or System default.

For => Zabbix 6.2

Examples

# 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

# 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

# Base create user group example
- name: Create user group
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    userdirectory: LDAP infra 1
    state: present

# Base create user group with selected user directory for LDAP authentication
- name: Create user group
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    userdirectory: LDAP infra 1
    state: present

# Base create user group with disabled gui access
- name: Create user group with disabled gui access
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    gui_access: disable

# Base create user group with permissions for Zabbix <= 6.0
- name: Create user group with permissions
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    rights:
        - host_group: Webserver
          permission: read-write
        - host_group: Databaseserver
          permission: read-only
    state: present

# Base create user group with permissions for Zabbix => 6.2
- name: Create user group with permissions
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    hostgroup_rights:
        - host_group: Webserver
          permission: read-write
        - host_group: Databaseserver
          permission: read-only
    templategroup_rights:
        - template_group: Linux Templates
          permission: read-write
        - template_group: Templates
          permission: read-only
    state: present

# Base create user group with tag permissions
- name: Create user group with tag permissions
    # 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    tag_filters:
        - host_group: Webserver
          tag: Application
          value: Java
        - host_group: Discovered hosts
          tag: Service
          value: JIRA
    state: present

# Base delete user groups example
- name: Delete user 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_usergroup:
    name: ACME
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

The result of the operation

Returned: always

Sample: "User group created: ACME, ID: 42"

state

string

User group state at the end of execution.

Returned: on success

Sample: "present"

usergroup

string

User group name.

Returned: on success

Sample: "ACME"

usrgrpid

string

User group id, if created, changed or deleted.

Returned: on success

Sample: "42"

Authors

  • Tobias Birkefeld (@tcraxs)