community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info – Gather information about Zabbix template

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_template_info.

Synopsis

This module allows you to search for Zabbix template.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
zabbix-api >= 0.5.4

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
format string	Choices: json ← xml	Format to use when dumping template.
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.
omit_date boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Removes the date field for the dumped template
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
template_name string / required		Name of the template in Zabbix.
timeout integer	Default: 10	The timeout of API request (seconds).
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	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

- name: Get Zabbix template as JSON
  community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    template_name: Template
    format: json
    omit_date: yes
  register: template_json

- name: Get Zabbix template as XML
  community.zabbix.zabbix_template_info:
    server_url: "http://zabbix.example.com/zabbix/"
    login_user: admin
    login_password: secret
    template_name: Template
    format: xml
    omit_date: no
  register: template_json

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
template_json string	when format is json and omit_date is true	The JSON of the template Sample: {'zabbix_export': {'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'templates': [{'applications': [{'name': 'Test Application'}], 'description': 'Testing template import', 'discovery_rules': [], 'groups': [{'name': 'Templates'}], 'httptests': [], 'items': [], 'macros': [], 'name': 'Template for Testing', 'screens': [], 'template': 'Test Template', 'templates': []}], 'version': '4.0'}}
template_xml string	when format is xml and omit_date is false	The XML of the template Sample: <zabbix_export> <version>4.0</version> <date>2019-10-27T14:49:57Z</date> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <templates> <template> <template>Test Template</template> <name>Template for Testing</name> <description>Testing template import</description> <groups> <group> <name>Templates</name> </group> </groups> <applications> <application> <name>Test Application</name> </application> </applications> <items /> <discovery_rules /> <httptests /> <macros /> <templates /> <screens /> </template> </templates> </zabbix_export>

Authors

sky-joker (@sky-joker)

© 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/community/zabbix/zabbix_template_info_module.html

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