community.zabbix.zabbix_host_info – Gather information about Zabbix host

Note

This plugin is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.3.0).

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

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 >= 2.6

• zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
exact_match boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Find the exact match
host_inventory list / elements=string		List of host inventory keys to display in result. Whole host inventory is retrieved if keys are not specified.
host_ip list / elements=string		Host interface IP of the host in Zabbix. Required when host_name is not used.
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.
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.
remove_duplicate boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Remove duplicate host from host result
server_url string / required		URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url. aliases: url
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

• 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

- name: Get host info
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_host_info
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    host_name: ExampleHost
    host_ip: 127.0.0.1
    timeout: 10
    exact_match: no
    remove_duplicate: yes

- name: Reduce host inventory information to provided keys
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_host_info
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    host_name: ExampleHost
    host_inventory:
      - os
      - tag
    host_ip: 127.0.0.1
    timeout: 10
    exact_match: no
    remove_duplicate: yes

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
hosts dictionary	success	List of Zabbix hosts. See https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/4.0/manual/api/reference/host/get for list of host values. Sample: [{'...': None, 'available': '1', 'description': '', 'disable_until': '0', 'error': '', 'flags': '0', 'groups': ['1'], 'host': 'Host A'}]

Authors

• Michael Miko (@RedWhiteMiko)