community.zabbix.zabbix_host_info module – Gather information about Zabbix host

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 3.3.0).

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. 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_host_info.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to search for Zabbix host entries.

  • This module was called zabbix_host_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

exact_match

boolean

Find the exact match

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

host_inventory

list / elements=string

List of host inventory keys to display in result.

Whole host inventory is retrieved if keys are not specified.

Default: []

host_ip

list / elements=string

Host interface IP of the host in Zabbix.

Required when host_name is not used.

Default: []

host_name

string

Name of the host in Zabbix.

host_name is the unique identifier used and cannot be updated using this module.

Required when host_ip is not used.

If neither host_name nor host_ip specified then all the hosts configured in Zabbix returned.

Default: ""

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

remove_duplicate

boolean

Remove duplicate host from host result

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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

- name: Get host info
  # 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_host_info:
    host_name: ExampleHost
    host_ip: 127.0.0.1
    exact_match: no
    remove_duplicate: yes

- name: Reduce host inventory information to provided keys
  # 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_host_info:
    host_name: ExampleHost
    host_inventory:
      - os
      - tag
    host_ip: 127.0.0.1
    exact_match: no
    remove_duplicate: yes

Return Values

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

Key

Description

hosts

dictionary

List of Zabbix hosts. See https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/4.0/manual/api/reference/host/get for list of host values.

Returned: success

Sample: [{"...": null, "available": "1", "description": "", "disable_until": "0", "error": "", "flags": "0", "groups": ["1"], "host": "Host A"}]

Authors

  • Michael Miko (@RedWhiteMiko)