community.zabbix.zabbix_proxy module – Create/delete/get/update Zabbix proxies

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_proxy.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to create, modify, get and delete Zabbix proxy entries.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

  • zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_cert

aliases: tls_issuer

string

Certificate issuer.

description

string

Description of the proxy.

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

interface

dictionary

Dictionary with params for the interface when proxy is in passive mode.

For more information, review proxy interface documentation at

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/4.0/manual/api/reference/proxy/object#proxy_interface.

Default: {}

dns

string

DNS name of the proxy interface.

Required if useip=0.

Default: “”

ip

string

IP address used by proxy interface.

Required if useip=1.

Default: “”

main

integer

Whether the interface is used as default.

This suboption is currently ignored for Zabbix proxy.

This suboption is deprecated since Ansible 2.10 and will eventually be removed in 2.14.

Default: 0

port

string

Port used by proxy interface.

Default: “10051”

type

integer

Interface type to add.

This suboption is currently ignored for Zabbix proxy.

This suboption is deprecated since Ansible 2.10 and will eventually be removed in 2.14.

Default: 0

useip

integer

Connect to proxy interface with IP address instead of DNS name.

0 (don’t use ip), 1 (use ip).

Choices:

  • 0

  • 1

Default: 0

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.

proxy_address

string

Comma-delimited list of IP/CIDR addresses or DNS names to accept active proxy requests from.

Requires status=active.

Works only with >= Zabbix 4.0. ( remove option for <= 4.0 )

proxy_name

string / required

Name of the proxy in Zabbix.

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.

state

string

State of the proxy.

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

On absent will remove a proxy if it exists.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

status

string

Type of proxy. (4 - active, 5 - passive)

Choices:

  • active ← (default)

  • passive

timeout

integer

The timeout of API request (seconds).

Default: 10

tls_accept

string

Connections from proxy.

Choices:

  • no_encryption ← (default)

  • PSK

  • certificate

tls_connect

string

Connections to proxy.

Choices:

  • no_encryption ← (default)

  • PSK

  • certificate

tls_psk

string

The preshared key, at least 32 hex digits. Required if either tls_connect or tls_accept has PSK enabled.

tls_psk_identity

string

PSK identity. Required if either tls_connect or tls_accept has PSK enabled.

tls_subject

string

Certificate subject.

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

  • 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: Create or update a proxy with proxy type active
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_proxy
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    proxy_name: ExampleProxy
    description: ExampleProxy
    status: active
    state: present
    proxy_address: ExampleProxy.local

- name: Create a new passive proxy using only it's IP
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_proxy
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    proxy_name: ExampleProxy
    description: ExampleProxy
    status: passive
    state: present
    interface:
      useip: 1
      ip: 10.1.1.2
      port: 10051

- name: Create a new passive proxy using only it's DNS
  local_action:
    module: community.zabbix.zabbix_proxy
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    proxy_name: ExampleProxy
    description: ExampleProxy
    status: passive
    state: present
    interface:
      dns: proxy.example.com
      port: 10051

Authors

  • Alen Komic (@akomic)