zabbix_group_facts – Gather facts about Zabbix hostgroup — Ansible Documentation

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# zabbix_group_facts – Gather facts about Zabbix hostgroup

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- This module allows you to search for Zabbix hostgroup entries.

## Requirements

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

- python >= 2.6
- zabbix-api

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
hostgroup_name - / required |  | Name of the hostgroup in Zabbix. hostgroup is the unique identifier used and cannot be updated using this module.
http_login_password string added in 2.1 |  | Basic Auth password
http_login_user string / required added in 2.1 |  | Basic Auth login
login_password string / required |  | Zabbix user password.
login_user string / required |  | Zabbix user name.
server_url string / required |  | URL of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https). `url` is an alias for `server_url`. aliases: url
timeout integer | Default: 10 | The timeout of API request (seconds).
validate_certs boolean added in 2.5 | 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.

## Examples

    - name: Get hostgroup info
      local_action:
        module: zabbix_group_facts
        server_url: http://monitor.example.com
        login_user: username
        login_password: password
        hostgroup_name:
          - ExampleHostgroup
        timeout: 10

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
host_groups dictionary | success | List of Zabbix groups. Sample: [{'internal': '0', 'flags': '0', 'groupid': '33', 'name': 'Hostgruup A'}]

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Michael Miko (@RedWhiteMiko)

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