t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host – Manage hosts in Icinga2

Note

This plugin is part of the t_systems_mms.icinga_director collection (version 1.26.0).

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 t_systems_mms.icinga_director.

To use it in a playbook, specify: t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host.

New in version 1.0.0: of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Synopsis

  • Add or remove a host to Icinga2 through the director API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

accept_config

boolean

added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Whether the agent is configured to accept config.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

address

string

Host address. Usually an IPv4 address, but may be any kind of address your check plugin is able to deal with.

address6

string

added in 1.4.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Host IPv6 address. Usually an IPv6 address, but may be any kind of address your check plugin is able to deal with.

append

boolean

added in 1.25.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Do not overwrite the whole object but instead append the defined properties.

Note - Appending to existing vars, imports or any other list/dict is not possible. You have to overwrite the complete list/dict.

Note - Variables that are set by default will also be applied, even if not set.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

check_command

string

The name of the check command.

Though this is not required to be defined in the director, you still have to supply a check_command in a host or host-template.

client_cert

path

PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.

This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included, client_key is not required.

client_key

path

PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.

If client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required.

command_endpoint

string

The endpoint where commands are executed on.

disabled

boolean

Disabled objects will not be deployed.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

display_name

string

Alternative name for this host. Might be a host alias or and kind of string helping your users to identify this host.

force

aliases: thirsty

boolean

If yes do not get a cached copy.

Alias thirsty has been deprecated and will be removed in 2.13.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

force_basic_auth

boolean

Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

groups

list / elements=string

Hostgroups that should be directly assigned to this node. Hostgroups can be useful for various reasons.

You might assign service checks based on assigned hostgroup. They are also often used as an instrument to enforce restricted views in Icinga Web 2.

Hostgroups can be directly assigned to single hosts or to host templates.

You might also want to consider assigning hostgroups using apply rules.

Default: []

has_agent

boolean

added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Whether this host has the Icinga 2 Agent installed.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

http_agent

string

Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.

Default: “ansible-httpget”

imports

list / elements=string

Choose a Host Template. Required when state is present.

Required if state is present.

master_should_connect

boolean

added in 1.9.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Whether the parent (master) node should actively try to connect to this agent.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

notes

string

added in 1.8.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Additional notes for this object.

notes_url

string

added in 1.8.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

An URL pointing to additional notes for this object.

Separate multiple urls like this “’http://url1’ ‘http://url2’”.

The maximum length is 255 characters.

object_name

aliases: name

string / required

Icinga object name for this host.

This is usually a fully qualified host name but it could basically be any kind of string.

To make things easier for your users we strongly suggest to use meaningful names for templates.

For example “generic-host” is ugly, “Standard Linux Server” is easier to understand.

state

string

Apply feature state.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

url

string / required

HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL in the form (http|https|ftp)://[user[:pass]]@host.domain[:port]/path

url_password

string

The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.

If the url_username parameter is not specified, the url_password parameter will not be used.

url_username

string

The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.

This parameter can be used without url_password for sites that allow empty passwords

use_gssapi

boolean

added in 2.11 of ansible.builtin

Use GSSAPI to perform the authentication, typically this is for Kerberos or Kerberos through Negotiate authentication.

Requires the Python library gssapi to be installed.

Credentials for GSSAPI can be specified with url_username/url_password or with the GSSAPI env var KRB5CCNAME that specified a custom Kerberos credential cache.

NTLM authentication is not supported even if the GSSAPI mech for NTLM has been installed.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

use_proxy

boolean

If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vars

dictionary

Custom properties of the host.

zone

string

Set the zone.

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create a host in icinga
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    disabled: false
    object_name: "foohost"
    address: "127.0.0.1"
    address6: "::1"
    display_name: "foohost"
    groups:
      - "foohostgroup"
    imports:
      - "foohosttemplate"
    vars:
      dnscheck: "no"
    check_command: hostalive
    has_agent: true
    master_should_connect: true
    accept_config: true
    command_endpoint: fooendpoint

- name: update a host in icinga
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: "foohost"
    notes: "example note"
    notes_url: "'http://url1' 'http://url2'"
    append: true

Authors

  • Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro)