community.zabbix.zabbix_host_events_info module – Get all triggers about a Zabbix host

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 2.3.1).

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_host_events_info.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to see if a Zabbix host have no active alert to make actions on it. For this case use module Ansible “fail” to exclude host in trouble.

  • Length of “triggers_ok” allow if template’s triggers exist for Zabbix Host

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

host_id_type

string

Type of host_identifier

Choices:

  • "hostname" ← (default)

  • "visible_name"

  • "hostid"

host_identifier

string / required

Identifier of Zabbix Host

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

trigger_severity

string

Zabbix severity for search filter

Choices:

  • "not_classified"

  • "information"

  • "warning"

  • "average" ← (default)

  • "high"

  • "disaster"

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: exclude machine if alert active on it
  # 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_host_events_info:
      host_identifier: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
      host_id_type: "hostname"
  register: zbx_host
  delegate_to: localhost
- fail:
    msg: "machine alert in zabbix"
  when: zbx_host["triggers_problem"]|length > 0

Return Values

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

Key

Description

triggers_ok

complex

Host Zabbix Triggers in OK state

Returned: On success

comments

string

Additional description of the trigger

Returned: success

description

string

Name of the trigger

Returned: success

error

string

Error text if there have been any problems when updating the state of the trigger

Returned: success

expression

string

Reduced trigger expression

Returned: success

flags

integer

Origin of the trigger

Returned: success

lastchange

integer

Time when the trigger last changed its state (timestamp)

Returned: success

priority

integer

Severity of the trigger

Returned: success

state

integer

State of the trigger

Returned: success

status

integer

Whether the trigger is enabled or disabled

Returned: success

templateid

integer

ID of the parent template trigger

Returned: success

triggerid

integer

ID of the trigger

Returned: success

type

integer

Whether the trigger can generate multiple problem events

Returned: success

url

string

URL associated with the trigger

Returned: success

value

integer

Whether the trigger is in OK or problem state

Returned: success

triggers_problem

complex

Host Zabbix Triggers in problem state. See trigger and event objects in API documentation of your zabbix version for more

Returned: On success

comments

string

Additional description of the trigger

Returned: success

description

string

Name of the trigger

Returned: success

error

string

Error text if there have been any problems when updating the state of the trigger

Returned: success

expression

string

Reduced trigger expression

Returned: success

flags

integer

Origin of the trigger

Returned: success

last_event

complex

last event informations

Returned: success

acknowledged

integer

If set to true return only acknowledged events

Returned: success

acknowledges

complex

acknowledges informations

Returned: success

alias

string

Account who acknowledge

Returned: success

clock

integer

Time when the event was created (timestamp)

Returned: success

message

string

Text of the acknowledgement message

Returned: success

clock

integer

Time when the event was created (timestamp)

Returned: success

eventid

integer

ID of the event

Returned: success

value

integer

State of the related object

Returned: success

lastchange

integer

Time when the trigger last changed its state (timestamp)

Returned: success

priority

integer

Severity of the trigger

Returned: success

state

integer

State of the trigger

Returned: success

status

integer

Whether the trigger is enabled or disabled

Returned: success

templateid

integer

ID of the parent template trigger

Returned: success

triggerid

integer

ID of the trigger

Returned: success

type

integer

Whether the trigger can generate multiple problem events

Returned: success

url

string

URL associated with the trigger

Returned: success

value

integer

Whether the trigger is in OK or problem state

Returned: success

Authors

  • Stéphane Travassac (@stravassac)