t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_timeperiod_template module – Manage timeperiod templates in Icinga2

Note

This module is part of the t_systems_mms.icinga_director collection (version 1.31.4).

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_timeperiod_template.

New in t_systems_mms.icinga_director 1.17.0

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

append

boolean

added in t_systems_mms.icinga_director 1.25.0

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:

  • false

  • true

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.

disabled

boolean

Disabled objects will not be deployed.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

display_name

string

Alternative name for this timeperiod template.

excludes

aliases: exclude_period

list / elements=string

Exclude other time periods from this.

Default: []

force

boolean

If yes do not get a cached copy.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

force_basic_auth

boolean

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

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

http_agent

string

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

Default: "ansible-httpget"

imports

list / elements=string

Importable templates, add as many as you want.

Please note that order matters when importing properties from multiple templates - last one wins.

Default: []

includes

aliases: include_period

list / elements=string

Include other time periods into this.

Default: []

object_name

aliases: name

string / required

Name of the time period.

prefer_includes

boolean

Whether to prefer timeperiods includes or excludes. Default to true.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

ranges

dictionary

A dict of days and timeperiods.

state

string

Apply feature state.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

update_method

string

Define the update method.

Default: "LegacyTimePeriod"

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 ansible-core 2.11

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true ← (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:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

zone

string

Set the zone.

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create timeperiod template
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_timeperiod_template:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: "timeperiod_template"
    imports: []
    disabled: false
    prefer_includes: false
    ranges:
      monday: "00:00-23:59"
      tuesday: "00:00-23:59"
      wednesday: "00:00-23:59"
      thursday: "00:00-23:59"
      friday: "00:00-23:59"
      saturday: "00:00-23:59"
      sunday: "00:00-23:59"
    update_method: "LegacyTimePeriod"

- name: Update timeperiod template
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_timeperiod_template:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: "timeperiod_template"
    display_name: "timeperiod template"
    append: true

Authors

  • Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro)