zabbix_host_facts - Gather facts about Zabbix host¶

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module allows you to search for Zabbix host entries.

Requirements ¶

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

python >= 2.6
zabbix-api

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
exact_match bool	Choices: no ← yes	Find the exact match
host_ip		Host interface IP of the host in Zabbix.
host_name required		Name of the host in Zabbix. host_name 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.
remove_duplicate bool	Choices: no yes ←	Remove duplicate host from host result
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 host info
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_host_facts
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    host_name: ExampleHost
    host_ip: 127.0.0.1
    timeout: 10
    exact_match: no
    remove_duplicate: yes

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
hosts dict	success	List of Zabbix host. See https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.4/manual/api/reference/host/get for list of host values. Sample: [{'available': '1', '...': None, 'description': '', 'host': 'Host A', 'flags': '0', 'groups': ['1'], 'error': '', 'disable_until': '0'}]

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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