community.zabbix.zabbix_valuemap module – Create/update/delete Zabbix value maps

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_valuemap.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to create, modify and delete Zabbix value maps.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

mappings

list / elements=dictionary

List of value mappings for the value map.

Required when state=present.

map_to

string / required

Value to which the original value is mapped to.

value

string / required

Original value.

name

string / required

Name of the value map.

state

string

State of the value map.

On present, it will create a value map if it does not exist or update the value map if the associated data is different.

On absent, it will remove the value map if it exists.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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: Create a value map
  # 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_valuemap:
    name: Numbers
    mappings:
      - value: 1
        map_to: one
      - value: 2
        map_to: two
    state: present

Authors

  • Ruben Tsirunyan (@rubentsirunyan)