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

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 3.2.0).

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 >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

force

boolean

Only updates an existing macro if set to yes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

macro_description

string

Text Description of the global macro.

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.

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"

Notes

Note

  • This module returns changed=true when macro_type=secret.

Examples

# If you want to use Username and Password to be authenticated by Zabbix Server
- name: Set credentials to access Zabbix Server API
  ansible.builtin.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
  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    ansible_zabbix_auth_key: 8ec0d52432c15c91fcafe9888500cf9a607f44091ab554dbee860f6b44fac895

- name: Create new global macro or update an existing macro's value
  # set task level variables as we change ansible_connection plugin here
  vars:
    ansible_network_os: community.zabbix.zabbix
    ansible_connection: httpapi
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_zabbix_url_path: "zabbixeu"  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. http://<FQDN>/zabbixeu
    ansible_host: zabbix-example-fqdn.org
  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
  # set task level variables as we change ansible_connection plugin here
  vars:
    ansible_network_os: community.zabbix.zabbix
    ansible_connection: httpapi
    ansible_httpapi_port: 443
    ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: true
    ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: false
    ansible_zabbix_url_path: "zabbixeu"  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. http://<FQDN>/zabbixeu
    ansible_host: zabbix-example-fqdn.org
  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)