t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_service_template – Manage service templates in Icinga2

Note

This plugin is part of the t_systems_mms.icinga_director collection (version 1.23.0).

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 t_systems_mms.icinga_director.

To use it in a playbook, specify: t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_service_template.

New in version 1.0.0: of t_systems_mms.icinga_director

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
check_command
string
Check command definition.
check_interval
string
Your regular check interval.
check_period
string
The name of a time period which determines when this object should be monitored. Not limited by default.
check_timeout
string
Check command timeout in seconds. Overrides the CheckCommand's timeout attribute.
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
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Disabled objects will not be deployed.
enable_active_checks
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to actively check this object.
enable_event_handler
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to enable event handlers this object.
enable_notifications
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to send notifications for this object.
enable_passive_checks
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to accept passive check results for this object.
enable_perfdata
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to process performance data provided by this object.
event_command
string
Event command for service which gets called on every check execution if one of these conditions matches
The service is in a soft state
The service state changes into a hard state
The service state recovers from a soft or hard state to OK/Up
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If yes do not get a cached copy.
Alias thirsty has been deprecated and will be removed in 2.13.

aliases: thirsty
force_basic_auth
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.
groups
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
Service groups that should be directly assigned to this service.
Servicegroups can be useful for various reasons.
They are helpful to provided service-type specific view in Icinga Web 2, either for custom dashboards or as an instrument to enforce restrictions.
Service groups can be directly assigned to single services or to service templates.
http_agent
string
Default:
"ansible-httpget"
Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.
imports
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
Importable templates, add as many as you want.
Please note that order matters when importing properties from multiple templates - last one wins.
max_check_attempts
string
Defines after how many check attempts a new hard state is reached.
notes
string
added in 1.8.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
Additional notes for this object.
notes_url
string
added in 1.8.0 of t_systems_mms.icinga_director
An URL pointing to additional notes for this object.
Separate multiple urls like this "'http://url1' 'http://url2'".
Maximum length is 255 characters.
object_name
string / required
Name of the service template.

aliases: name
retry_interval
string
Retry interval, will be applied after a state change unless the next hard state is reached.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Apply feature state.
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_agent
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether the check commmand for this service should be executed on the Icinga agent.
use_gssapi
boolean
added in 2.11 of ansible.builtin
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
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.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
vars
dictionary
Default:
{}
Custom properties of the service template.
volatile
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether this check is volatile.

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create servicetemplate
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_service_template:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: fooservicetemplate
    use_agent: false
    vars:
      procs_argument: consul
      procs_critical: '1:'
      procs_warning: '1:'
    notes: "example note"
    notes_url: "'http://url1' 'http://url2'"

- name: Create servicetemplate with event command
  t_systems_mms.icinga_director.icinga_service_template:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: apache_check_servicetemplate
    use_agent: false
    event_command: restart_httpd
    notes: "example note"
    notes_url: "'http://url1' 'http://url2'"

Authors

  • Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/t_systems_mms/icinga_director/icinga_service_template_module.html