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community.general.icinga2_host – Manage a host in Icinga2

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.icinga2_host.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
check_command
string
Default:
"hostalive"
The command used to check if the host is alive.
client_cert
string
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
string
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.
display_name
string
Default:
"if none is give it is the value of the \u003cname\u003e parameter"
The name used to display the host.
force_basic_auth
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
httplib2, the library used by the uri module only sends authentication information when a webservice responds to an initial request with a 401 status. Since some basic auth services do not properly send a 401, logins will fail. This option forces the sending of the Basic authentication header upon initial request.
ip
string / required
The IP address of the host.
name
string / required
Name used to create / delete the host. This does not need to be the FQDN, but does needs to be unique.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Apply feature state.
template
string
The template used to define the host.
Template cannot be modified after object creation.
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_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.
variables
string
List of variables.
zone
string
The zone from where this host should be polled.

Examples

- name: Add host to icinga
  community.general.icinga2_host:
    url: "https://icinga2.example.com"
    url_username: "ansible"
    url_password: "a_secret"
    state: present
    name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    ip: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}"
  delegate_to: 127.0.0.1

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
dictionary
always
The data structure used for create, modify or delete of the host
name
string
always
The name used to create, modify or delete the host


Authors

  • Jurgen Brand (@t794104)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/icinga2_host_module.html