community.zabbix.zabbix_globalmacro module – Create/update/delete Zabbix Global macros

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.9.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in community.zabbix 1.4.0

Synopsis

  • manages Zabbix Global macros, it can create, update or delete them.

  • For macro_type Secret the value field cannot be validated and will always be overwritten due to the secret nature of the Text.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

force

boolean

Only updates an existing macro if set to yes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

login_password

string

Zabbix user password.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_PASSWORD will be used.

This option is deprecated with the move to httpapi connection and will be removed in the next release

login_user

string

Zabbix user name.

If not set the environment variable ZABBIX_USERNAME will be used.

This option is deprecated with the move to httpapi connection and will be removed in the next release

macro_description

string

Text Description of the global macro.

Works only with Zabbix >= 4.4 and is silently ignored in lower versions

Default: ""

macro_name

string / required

Name of the global macro in zabbix native format {$MACRO} or simple format MACRO.

macro_type

string

Type of the global macro Text or Secret Text.

Required if state=present.

text

secret - Secret Text Works only with Zabbix >= 5.0 and will default to Text in lower versions

vault - Vault Secret Works only with Zabbix >= 5.2 and will default to Text in lower versions

Choices:

  • "text" ← (default)

  • "secret"

  • "vault"

macro_value

string

Value of the global macro.

Required if state=present.

server_url

aliases: url

string

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.

This option is deprecated with the move to httpapi connection and will be removed in the next release

state

string

State of the macro.

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

On absent will remove a macro if it exists.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

timeout

integer

The timeout of API request (seconds).

This option is deprecated with the move to httpapi connection and will be removed in the next release

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.

This option is deprecated with the move to httpapi connection and will be removed in the next release

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • This module returns changed=true when macro_type=secret with Zabbix >= 5.0.

  • 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

# Set following variables for Zabbix Server host in play or inventory
- name: Set connection specific variables
  set_fact:
    ansible_network_os: community.zabbix.zabbix
    ansible_connection: httpapi
    ansible_httpapi_port: 80
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: false
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_zabbix_url_path: 'zabbixeu'  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. http://<FQDN>/zabbixeu

# If you want to use Username and Password to be authenticated by Zabbix Server
- name: Set credentials to access Zabbix Server API
  set_fact:
    ansible_user: Admin
    ansible_httpapi_pass: zabbix

# If you want to use API token to be authenticated by Zabbix Server
# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/administration/general#api-tokens
- name: Set API token
  set_fact:
    ansible_zabbix_auth_key: 8ec0d52432c15c91fcafe9888500cf9a607f44091ab554dbee860f6b44fac895

- name: Create new global macro or update an existing macro's value
  community.zabbix.zabbix_globalmacro:
    macro_name: EXAMPLE.MACRO
    macro_value: Example value
    macro_type: 0
    macro_description: Example description
    state: present
# Values with curly brackets need to be quoted otherwise they will be interpreted as a dictionary
- name: Create new global macro in Zabbix native format with Secret Type
  community.zabbix.zabbix_globalmacro:
    macro_name: "{$EXAMPLE.MACRO}"
    macro_value: Example value
    macro_type: 1
    macro_description: Example description
    state: present
- name: Delete existing global macro
  community.zabbix.zabbix_globalmacro:
    macro_name: "{$EXAMPLE.MACRO}"
    state: absent

Authors

  • Cove (@cove)

  • Dean Hailin Song

  • Timothy Test (@ttestscripting)