community.zabbix.zabbix_housekeeping module – Update Zabbix housekeeping

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.7.0).

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.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.zabbix.zabbix_housekeeping.

New in version 1.6.0: of community.zabbix

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to modify Zabbix housekeeping setting.

Requirements

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

  • zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

compress_older

string

Compress history and trends records older than this period if compression_status=true.

compression_status

boolean

TimescaleDB compression for history and trends will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_audit

string

Storage period of audit data (e.g. 365d).

hk_audit_mode

boolean

Internal housekeeping for audit will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_events_autoreg

string

Storage period of autoregistration data (e.g. 365d).

hk_events_discovery

string

Storage period of network discovery (e.g. 365d).

hk_events_internal

string

Storage period of internal data (e.g. 365d).

hk_events_mode

boolean

Internal housekeeping for events and alerts will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_events_service

string

Storage period of service data (e.g. 365d).

This parameter is available since Zabbix 6.0.

hk_events_trigger

string

Storage period of trigger data (e.g. 365d).

hk_history

string

Storage priod of history data (e.g. 365d).

hk_history_global

boolean

Overriding history period of each items will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_history_mode

boolean

Internal housekeeping for history will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_services

string

Storage period of services data (e.g. 365d).

hk_services_mode

boolean

Internal housekeeping for services will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

hk_sessions

string

Storage period of sessions data (e.g. 365d).

hk_sessions_mode

boolean

Internal housekeeping for sessions will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

string

Storage priod of trends data (e.g. 365d).

boolean

Overriding trend period of each items will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

boolean

Internal housekeeping for trends will be enabled if true.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

login_password

string / required

Zabbix user password.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_PASSWORD will be used.

login_user

string / required

Zabbix user name.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_USERNAME will be used.

server_url

aliases: url

string / required

URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_SERVER will be used.

timeout

integer

The timeout of API request (seconds).

Default: 10

validate_certs

boolean

If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Zabbix 5.2 version and higher are 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

- name: Update housekeeping all parameter
  community.zabbix.zabbix_housekeeping:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: Admin
    login_password: secret
    hk_events_mode: yes
    hk_events_trigger: 365d
    hk_events_service: 365d
    hk_events_internal: 365d
    hk_events_discovery: 365d
    hk_events_autoreg: 365d
    hk_services_mode: yes
    hk_services: 365d
    hk_audit_mode: yes
    hk_audit: 365d
    hk_sessions_mode: yes
    hk_sessions: 365d
    hk_history_mode: yes
    hk_history_global: yes
    hk_history: 365d
    hk_trends_mode: yes
    hk_trends_global: yes
    hk_trends: 365d
    compression_status: off
    compress_older: 7d

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

The result of the operation

Returned: success

Sample: “Successfully update housekeeping setting”

Authors

  • ONODERA Masaru(@masa-orca)