zabbix_group_facts - Gather facts about Zabbix hostgroup

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

• This module allows you to search for Zabbix hostgroup entries.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• zabbix-api

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostgroup_name required		Name of the hostgroup in Zabbix. hostgroup is the unique identifier used and cannot be updated using this module.
http_login_password (added in 2.1)		Basic Auth password
http_login_user (added in 2.1)		Basic Auth login
login_password required		Zabbix user password.
login_user required		Zabbix user name.
server_url required		URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url. aliases: url
timeout	Default: 10	The timeout of API request (seconds).
validate_certs bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes ←	If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

- name: Get hostgroup info
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_group_facts
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    hostgroup_name:
      - ExampleHostgroup
    timeout: 10

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
host_groups dict	success	List of Zabbix groups. Sample: [{'internal': '0', 'flags': '0', 'groupid': '33', 'name': 'Hostgruup A'}]

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• (@redwhitemiko)

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