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community.zabbix.zabbix_triggerprototype module – Create/delete Zabbix triggerprototypes

Note

This module is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 3.3.0).

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 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_triggerprototype.

Synopsis

  • Create triggerprototypes if they do not exist.
  • Delete existing triggerprototypes if they exist.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

dependencies

list / elements=dictionary

list of trigger prototypes that this trigger prototype is dependent on

host_name

string

Name of host containing dependent trigger.

Required when template_name is not used.

Mutually exclusive with template_name.

name

string / required

Name of dependent trigger.

template_name

string

Name of template containing dependent trigger.

Required when host_name is not used.

Mutually exclusive with host_name.

desc

aliases: description

string

Additional description of the trigger prototype.

Overrides “comments” in API docs.

host_name

string

Name of host to add trigger prototype to.

Required when template_name is not used.

Mutually exclusive with template_name.

http_login_password

string

Basic Auth password

http_login_user

string

Basic Auth login

name

string / required

Name of trigger prototype to create or delete.

Overrides “description” in API docs.

Cannot be changed. If a trigger prototype’s name needs to be changed, it needs to deleted and recreated

params

dictionary

Parameters to create/update trigger prototype with.

Required if state is “present”.

Parameters as defined at https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/triggerprototype/object

Additionally supported parameters are below.

correlation_mode

string

OK event closes.

Overrides “correlation_mode” in API docs.

Choices:

  • "all"
  • "tag"

enabled

boolean

Status of the trigger prototype.

Overrides “status” in API docs.

Choices:

  • false
  • true

generate_multiple_events

boolean

Whether the trigger prototype can generate multiple problem events.

Alias for “type” in API docs.

Choices:

  • false
  • true

manual_close

boolean

Allow manual close.

Overrides “manual_close” in API docs.

Choices:

  • false
  • true

new_name

string

New name for trigger prototype

recovery_mode

string

OK event generation mode.

Overrides “recovery_mode” in API docs.

Choices:

  • "expression"
  • "recovery_expression"
  • "none"

severity

aliases: priority

string

Severity of the trigger prototype.

Alias for “priority” in API docs.

Choices:

  • "not_classified"
  • "information"
  • "warning"
  • "average"
  • "high"
  • "disaster"

status

string

Status of the trigger prototype.

Choices:

  • "enabled"
  • "disabled"

state

string

Create or delete trigger prototype.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)
  • "absent"

template_name

string

Name of template to add trigger prototype to.

Required when host_name is not used.

Mutually exclusive with host_name.

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

# Create trigger prototype on example_host using example_rule
- name: create trigger prototype
  # 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_triggerprototype:
    name: '{% raw %}Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    host_name: example_host
    params:
      severity: high
      expression: "{% raw %}last(/example_host/vfs.fs.size[{#FSNAME}, pused])>80{% endraw %}"
      recovery_mode: none
      manual_close: True
      enabled: True
    state: present

# Create trigger prototype on example_template using example_rule
- name: create trigger prototype
  # 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_triggerprototype:
    name: '{% raw %}Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    template_name: example_template
    params:
      severity: high
      expression: "{% raw %}last(/example_host/vfs.fs.size[{#FSNAME}, pused])>80{% endraw %}"
      recovery_mode: none
      manual_close: True
      enabled: True
    state: present

# Add tags to the existing Zabbix trigger prototype
- name: update trigger prototype
  # 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_triggerprototype:
    name: '{% raw %}Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    template_name: example_template
    params:
      severity: high
      expression: "{% raw %}last(/example_host/vfs.fs.size[{#FSNAME}, pused])>80{% endraw %}"
      recovery_mode: none
      manual_close: True
      enabled: True
      tags:
          - tag: class
            value: application
    state: present

# Delete Zabbix trigger prototype
- name: delete trigger prototype
  # 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_triggerprototype:
    name: '{% raw %}Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    template_name: example_template
    state: absent

- name: Rename Zabbix trigger prototype
  # 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_triggerprototype:
    name: '{% raw %}Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    template_name: example_template
    params:
      new_name: '{% raw %}New Free disk space is less than 20% on volume {#FSNAME}{% endraw %}'
    state: present

Authors

  • Andrew Lathrop (@aplathrop)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/zabbix/zabbix_triggerprototype_module.html