zabbix

Install and configure Zabbix on your system.

Example Playbook

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

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

  vars:
    zabbix_server: present
    zabbix_web: present

  roles:
    - robertdebock.httpd
    - robertdebock.mysql
    - robertdebock.zabbix

The machine you are running this on, may need to be prepared, I use this playbook to ensure everything is in place to let the role work.

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no


  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.epel
    - role: robertdebock.python_pip
    - role: robertdebock.remi
      remi_enabled_repositories:
        - php73
    - role: robertdebock.php
    - role: robertdebock.mysql
      mysql_databases:
        - name: zabbix
          encoding: utf8
          collation: utf8_bin
      mysql_users:
        - name: zabbix
          password: zabbix
          priv: "zabbix.*:ALL"
    - role: robertdebock.httpd

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

Role Variables

These variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for zabbix

# The "zabbix_version_major" are two numerical values, sparated by a period.
zabbix_version_major: 4.4

zabbix_version_minor: 1
# The "zabbix_version" is the whole version of Zabbix.
zabbix_version: "{{ zabbix_version_major }}.{{ zabbix_version_minor }}-1"

# Zabbix Agent settings.
# "zabbix_agent" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "present")
zabbix_agent: present
# Values used in the zabbix_agentd.conf template.
zabbix_agent_server_address: 127.0.0.1
zabbix_agent_listen_port: 10050
zabbix_agent_server_active_address: 127.0.0.1

# "zabbix_get" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_get: absent

# "zabbix_java_gateway" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_java_gateway: absent

# "zabbix_server" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_server: absent
# "zabbix_server_type" can be "mysql" "pgsql" or unset. (unset defaults to "mysql")
zabbix_server_type: mysql
# The connection to MySQL or PostgreSQL must be specified.
zabbix_server_database_host: localhost
zabbix_server_database_port: 3306
zabbix_server_database_name: zabbix
zabbix_server_database_user: zabbix
zabbix_server_database_pass: zabbix

# "zabbix_server" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_sender: absent

# "zabbix_proxy" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_proxy: absent
# "zabbix_proxy_type" can be "mysql" "pgsql" or unset. (unset defaults to "mysql")
zabbix_proxy_type: mysql

# "zabbix_proxy" can be "present", "absent" or unset. (unset defaults to "absent")
zabbix_web: absent
# "zabbix_web_type" can be "mysql" "pgsql" or unset. (unset defaults to "mysql")
zabbix_web_type: mysql

# The Zabbix server to connect to.
zabbix_web_server: "https://localhost/zabbix"
zabbix_web_server_port: 10051
zabbix_web_server_name: zabbix

zabbix_web_username: Admin
zabbix_web_password: zabbix
zabbix_validate_certs: no

# 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

Requirements

• Access to a repository containing packages, likely on the internet.
• A recent version of Ansible. (Tests run on the current, previous and next release of Ansible.)

The following roles can be installed to ensure all requirements are met, using ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml:

---
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.epel
- robertdebock.mysql
- robertdebock.php
- robertdebock.python_pip
- robertdebock.httpd
- robertdebock.remi

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	7
ubuntu	trusty, xenial, artful

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.8 but tests have been done to:

• The previous version, on version lower.
• The current version.
• The development version.

Exceptions

Some variarations of the build matrix do not work. These are the variations and reasons why the build won't work:

variation	reason
Alpine	Zabbix has limited OS support.
amazonlinux	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Archlinux	Zabbix has limited OS support.
CentOS 8	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Debian	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Fedora	Zabbix has limited OS support.
openSUSE	Zabbix has limited OS support.
Ubuntu rolling	Zabbix has limited OS support.

Included version(s)

This role refers to a version released by Zabbix. Check the released version(s) here:

• Zabbix.

This version reference means a role may get outdated. Monthly tests occur to see if bit-rot occured. If you however find a problem, please create an issue, I'll get on it as soon as possible. Testing

Unit tests are done on every commit, pull request, release and periodically.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

Testing is done using Tox and Molecule:

Tox tests multiple ansible versions. Molecule tests multiple distributions.

To test using the defaults (any installed ansible version, namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest):

molecule test

# Or select a specific image:
image=ubuntu molecule test
# Or select a specific image and a specific tag:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox

Or you can test multiple versions of Ansible, and select images: Tox allows multiple versions of Ansible to be tested. To run the default (namespace: robertdebock, image: fedora, tag: latest) tests:

tox

# To run CentOS (namespace: `robertdebock`, tag: `latest`)
image="centos" tox
# Or customize more:
image="debian" tag="stable" tox

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Robert de Bock