zabbix_hostmacro - Zabbix host macro creates/updates/deletes

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • manages Zabbix host macros, it can create, update or delete them.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • zabbix-api

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • yes ←
  • no
Only updates an existing macro if set to yes.
host_name
required
Name of the host.
http_login_password
(added in 2.1)
 Default:
None
Basic Auth password
http_login_user
(added in 2.1)
 Default:
None
Basic Auth login
login_password
required
Zabbix user password.
login_user
required
Zabbix user name.
macro_name
required
Name of the host macro.
macro_value
required
Value of the host macro.
server_url
required
Url of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). url is an alias for server_url.

aliases: url
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
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.
timeout Default:
10
The timeout of API request(seconds).
validate_certs
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • true
  • false
Default:
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: Create a new host macro or update an existing macro's value
  local_action:
    module: zabbix_hostmacro
    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
    login_user: username
    login_password: password
    host_name: ExampleHost
    macro_name: Example macro
    macro_value: Example value
    state: present

Status

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

Author

  • (@cave)
  • Dean Hailin Song

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