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community.zabbix.zabbix_service – Create/update/delete Zabbix service
Note
This plugin is part of the community.zabbix collection (version 1.5.0).
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.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.zabbix.zabbix_service.
Synopsis
- Create/update/delete Zabbix service.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.7
 - zabbix-api >= 0.5.4
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| algorithm
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Algorithm used to calculate the sla
        
       no, sla is not calculated
       one_child, problem if at least one child has a problem
       all_children, problem if all children have problems
        | 
     
| calculate_sla
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If yes, calculate the SLA value for this service, showsla in Zabbix API
         | 
     
| http_login_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Basic Auth password
         | 
     |
| http_login_user
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Basic Auth login
         | 
     |
| login_password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Zabbix user password.
        
       
        If not set the environment variable  ZABBIX_PASSWORD will be used.
        | 
     |
| login_user
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Zabbix user name.
        
       
        If not set the environment variable  ZABBIX_USERNAME will be used.
        | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of Zabbix service
         | 
     |
| parent
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of Zabbix service parent
         | 
     |
| server_url
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https).  
       url is an alias for server_url.
       
        If not set the environment variable  
       ZABBIX_SERVER will be used.
       aliases: url  | 
     |
| sla
        
        float
         | 
      
        
        Sla value (i.e 99.99), goodsla in Zabbix API
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        State: present - create/update service; absent - delete service
         | 
     
| timeout
        
        integer
         | 
      Default: 
        10
         | 
      
        
        The timeout of API request (seconds).
         | 
     
| trigger_host
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of host linked to the service
         | 
     |
| trigger_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of trigger linked to the service
         | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If set to False, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
        
       
        If not set the environment variable  ZABBIX_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- If you use login_password=zabbix, the word “zabbix” is replaced by “****” in all module output, because login_password uses 
no_log. See this FAQ for more information. 
Examples
---
# Creates a new Zabbix service
- name: Manage services
  local_action:
        module: community.zabbix.zabbix_service
        server_url: "https://192.168.1.1"
        login_user: username
        login_password: password
        name: apache2 service
        sla: 99.99
        calculate_sla: yes
        algorithm: one_child
        trigger_name: apache2 service status
        trigger_host: webserver01
        state: present
  Authors
- Emmanuel Riviere (@emriver)
 
© 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_service_module.html