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

Note

This plugin is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.2.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.zabbix.

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.

• zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
debug_mode string		Choices: disabled ← enabled	Whether debug mode is enabled or disabled.
gui_access string		Choices: default ← internal LDAP disable	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.
http_login_password string			Basic Auth password
http_login_user string			Basic Auth login
login_password string / required			Zabbix user password.
login_user string / required			Zabbix user name.
name string / required			Name of the user group to create, update or delete. aliases: user_group
rights list / elements=dictionary			Permissions to assign to the group
	host_group string / required		Name of the host group to add permission to.
	permission string / required	Choices: denied read-only read-write	Access level to the host group.
server_url string / required			URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url. aliases: url
state string		Choices: present ← absent	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.
status string		Choices: enabled ← disabled	Whether the user group is enabled or 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	Default: ""	Tag name.
	value string	Default: ""	Tag value.
timeout integer		Default: 10	The timeout of API request (seconds).
validate_certs boolean		Choices: no yes ←	If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

• Only Zabbix >= 4.0 is supported.

• If you use login_password=zabbix, the word “zabbix” is replaced by “****” in all module output, because login_password uses no_log. See this FAQ for more information.

Examples

# Base create user group example
- name: Create user group
  community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    name: ACME
    state: present

# Base create user group with disabled gui access
- name: Create user group with disabled gui access
  community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    name: ACME
    gui_access: disable

# Base create user group with permissions
- name: Create user group with permissions
  community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    name: ACME
    rights:
        - host_group: Webserver
          permission: read-write
        - host_group: Databaseserver
          permission: read-only
    state: present

# Base create user group with tag permissions
- name: Create user group with tag permissions
  community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    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
  community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    name: ACME
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	always	The result of the operation Sample: User group created: ACME, ID: 42
state string	on success	User group state at the end of execution. Sample: present
usergroup string	on success	User group name. Sample: ACME
usrgrpid string	on success	User group id, if created, changed or deleted. Sample: 42

Authors

• Tobias Birkefeld (@tcraxs)