Ansible role zabbix_web

Install and configure zabbix_web on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.zabbix_web
      # You can provision Zabbix groups.
      # Most options map directly to the documentation:
      # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/zabbix_group_module.html
      zabbix_web_groups:
        - name: Linux servers
      # Add hosts to Zabbix.
      # Most options map directly to the documentation:
      # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/zabbix_host_module.html
      zabbix_web_hosts:
        - name: Example server 1
          interface_ip: "192.168.127.127"
          interface_dns: server1.example.com
          visible_name: Example server 1 name
          description: Example server 1 description
          groups:
            - Linux servers
          link_templates:
            - Template OS Linux by Zabbix agent

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.selinux
    - role: robertdebock.container_docs
    - role: robertdebock.buildtools
    - role: robertdebock.epel
    - role: robertdebock.python_pip
    - role: robertdebock.openssl
      openssl_items:
        - name: apache-httpd
          common_name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    - role: robertdebock.mysql
      mysql_databases:
        - name: zabbix
          encoding: utf8
          collation: utf8_bin
      mysql_users:
        - name: zabbix
          password: zabbix
          priv: "zabbix.*:ALL"
    - role: robertdebock.php
    - role: robertdebock.httpd
    - role: robertdebock.ca_certificates
    - role: robertdebock.zabbix_repository
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies
    - role: robertdebock.zabbix_server

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for zabbix_web

# How to connect to the mysql database, either `socket` or `network`.
zabbix_web_mysql_connection: socket

# Details to connect to the database.
zabbix_web_database_name: zabbix
zabbix_web_database_user: zabbix
zabbix_web_database_pass: zabbix

# When `zabbix_web_mysql_connection` is set to `network` this role needs
# these extra setting.
# zabbix_web_database_host: localhost
# zabbix_web_database_port: 3306

# Details to connect to Zabbix.
zabbix_web_server: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
zabbix_web_server_port: 10051
zabbix_web_server_name: zabbix

# Details to connect to the Zabbix API.
zabbix_web_username: Admin
zabbix_web_password: zabbix
zabbix_web_validate_certs: false

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.buildtools
robertdebock.container_docs
robertdebock.ca_certificates
robertdebock.core_dependencies
robertdebock.epel
robertdebock.httpd
robertdebock.mysql
robertdebock.openssl
robertdebock.php
robertdebock.python_pip
robertdebock.selinux
robertdebock.zabbix_repository
robertdebock.zabbix_server

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
EL	9
Debian	bullseye
Ubuntu	focal

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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