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community.zabbix Release Notes

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v1.5.1

Minor Changes

  • Enabled usage of environment variables for modules by adding a fallback lookup in the module_utils/helpers.py - zabbix_common_argument_spec

Bugfixes

  • template - use templateid property when linking templates for template.create and template.update API calls.
  • zabbix inventory - Moved ZABBIX_VALIDATE_CERTS to correct option, validate_certs.
  • zabbix_agent - Create the actual configuration file for Windows setups.
  • zabbix_agent - Fix typo for correct using the zabbix_windows_service.exists
  • zabbix_agent - tlspsk_auto to support become on Linux and ignore on windows
  • zabbix_user - fix zabbix_user require password only on internal.

v1.5.0

Minor Changes

  • Added requirements.txt to collection root to be used with Ansible Builder. See https://ansible-builder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/collection_metadata.html
  • some roles are now using new naming for API connection parameters (ansible-collections#492 and ansible-collections#495).
  • some roles can now utilize an option zabbix_repo_yum_gpgcheck to enable/disable GPG check for YUM repository (ansible-collections#438).
  • zabbix inventory - Enabled the usage of environment variables in zabbix inventory plugin.
  • zabbix inventory plugin - can now use environment variables ZABBIX_SERVER, ZABBIX_USERNAME and ZABBIX_PASSWORD for connection purposes to the Zabbix API.
  • zabbix_agent - zabbix_agent_loadmodule can also be configured with a list.
  • zabbix_agent - new zabbix_api_timeout option.
  • zabbix_agent - now supports DenyKeys configuration.
  • zabbix_hostmacro - now supports creating macros of type secret and vault.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - new zabbix_api_timeout option.
  • zabbix_proxy_info - new module that allows to retrieve information about configured Zabbix Proxies.
  • zabbix_server - added support for TimescaleDB (ansible-collections#428).

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide

  • all roles now reference other roles and modules via their fully qualified collection names, which makes Ansible 2.10 minimum supported version for roles (See ansible-collections#477).

Bugfixes

  • all roles now support installing zabbix 4.0 version on Ubuntu 20.04.
  • all roles now supports installations on Debian 11.
  • zabbix inventory - Change default value for host_zapi_query from list "[]" to dict "{}".
  • zabbix_action - should no longer fail with Zabbix version 5.4.
  • zabbix_agent - zabbix_win_install_dir no longer ignored for zabbix_agentd.d and zabbix log directories.
  • zabbix_agent - auto-recovery for Windows installation has been fixed (ansible-collections#470).
  • zabbix_agent - deploying zabbix_agent2 under Windows should now be possible (Thanks to ansible-collections#433 and ansible-collections#453).
  • zabbix_agent - fixed AutoPSK for Windows deployments (ansible-collections#450).
  • zabbix_host - Fix error when updating hosts caused by Zabbix bug not returning the inventory_mode field for hosts(ansible-collections#385).
  • zabbix_host - will not break when tls_psk* parameters are set with Zabbix version 5.4.
  • zabbix_proxy (module) - now supports configuring tls_psk* parameters.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - TLS config should now properly configure certificates.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - should no longer fail on permission problems wren configured to use SQLite database and now installs correct package sqlite3 on Debian systems.
  • zabbix_web - zabbix_nginx_vhost_* parameters are no longer ignored.
  • zabbix_web - executing role with --tags should now correctly include distribution specific variables (ansible-collections#448).
  • zabbix_web - now correctly restarts php-fpm service (ansible-collections#427).
  • zabbix_web - permissions for accesing php-fpm socket has been fixed (See ansible-collections#426).

New Modules

  • community.zabbix.zabbix_proxy_info - Gather information about Zabbix proxy

v1.4.0

Minor Changes

  • all roles were updated to support Zabbix 5.4 release (ansible-collections#405)
  • new inventory plugin zabbix_inventory (ansible-collections#373)
  • new module plugin zabbix_globalmacro (ansible-collections#377)
  • zabbix_agent - zabbix_agent_src_reinstall now defaults to False (ansible-collections#403)
  • zabbix_agent - now supports setting AllowKey (ansible-collections#358)
  • zabbix_globalmacros - it is now possible to create global macros using this module (ansible-collections#377).
  • zabbix_inventory - Created Ansible - Zabbix inventory plugin to create dynamic inventory from Zabbix.
  • zabbix_maintenance - it is now possible to target hosts by their technical name if it differs from the visible name
  • zabbix_proxy - Add MySQL Python 3 package installation.
  • zabbix_server - Add MySQL Python 3 package installation.
  • zabbix_server - now supports setting StartLLDProcessors (ansible-collections#361)
  • zabbix_user - now supports parameter username as an alternative to alias (ansible-collections#406)
  • zabbix_user - removed some of the default values because a configuration should be changed only if specified as a parameter (ansible-collections#382).
  • zabbix_web - now supports setting SAML certificates (ansible-collections#408)

Bugfixes

  • zabbix_agent - StatusPort will be configured only when zabbix_agent2_statusport is defined (ansible-collections#378)
  • zabbix_agent - fixed issue preventing installation of zabbix-agent 4.2 on Ubuntu Focal 20.04 (ansible-collections#390)
  • zabbix_agent - role will now configure correct port for hostinterface in Zabbix Server if zabbix_agent2_listenport is defined (ansible-collections#400)
  • zabbix_agent - should no longer be failing on Windows platform due to re-running all of the tasks for the 2nd time (ansible-collections#376)
  • zabbix_agent - should no longer fail while cleaning up zabbix_agent installation if Zabbix Agent2 is being used (ansible-collections#409)
  • zabbix_agent - will no longer install zabbix_get package on Debian systems when zabbix_agent_install_agent_only is defined (ansible-collections#363)
  • zabbix_host - fixed issue where module was idempotent when multiple host interfaces of the same type were present (ansible-collections#391)
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - will no longer fail on proxy creation in Zabbix Server when TLS parameters are used (ansible-collections#388)
  • zabbix_server - Removed the removal everything from /tmp directory command as it removes things that it shouldnt do.
  • zabbix_template - first time import of template now works with Zabbix 5.4 (ansible-collections#407), please note that rerunning the task will fail as there are breaking changes in Zabbix 5.4 API that module not yet covers.
  • zabbix_user - now works with Zabbix 5.4 (ansible-collections#406)

New Plugins

Inventory

  • community.zabbix.zabbix_inventory - Zabbix Inventory Plugin

New Modules

  • community.zabbix.zabbix_globalmacro - Create/update/delete Zabbix Global macros

v1.3.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2021-03-20 | Last major release to support Zabbix server 3.X versions in plugins.

Minor Changes

Security Fixes

  • zabbix_action - no longer exposes remote SSH command password used in operations, recovery & acknowledge operations to system logs (ansible-collections#345).
  • zabbix_discovery_rule - no longer exposes SNMPv3 auth and priv passphrases to system logs (ansible-collections#345).
  • zabbix_host - no longer exposes SNMPv3 auth and priv passphrases to system logs (ansible-collections#345).

Bugfixes

v1.2.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2021-01-11 | Last major release to support Zabbix server 3.X versions in plugins.

Minor Changes

  • Updated the roles to support Zabbix 5.2.
  • zabbix_agent - Added a new property zabbix_agent_dont_detect_ip when set to true, it won't detect the ips and no need to install the python module netaddr.
  • zabbix_agent - Added parameter zabbix_agent_package_remove when set to true and zabbix_agent2 is set to true it will uninstall the zabbix-agent service and package.
  • zabbix_agent - added zabbix_agent_install_agent_only Will only install the Zabbix Agent package and not the zabbix-sender or zabbix-get packages.
  • zabbix_template - Fixed to decode Unicode Escape of multibyte strings in an importing template data(ansible-collections#226).
  • zabbix_user - added new parameters to set timezone and role_name for users (ansible-collections#260).
  • zabbix_user - user_medias now defaults to None and is optional (ansible-collections#264).
  • zabbix_web - added zabbix_web_rhel_release which enable scl on RHEL (ansible-collections#266).
  • zabbix_web - quality of life improvements when using Nginx (ansible-collections#304).

Bugfixes

  • When installing the Zabbix packages, we disable all other yum repositories except the one for the Zabbix.
  • zabbix_agent - Agent 2 also be able to use userparameters file.
  • zabbix_agent - Also work on SLES 12 sp5
  • zabbix_agent - Documented the property 'zabbix_proxy_ip' in the documentation.
  • zabbix_agent - There was an task that wasn't able to use an http(s)_proxy environment while installing an package.
  • zabbix_agent - Windows - Able to create PSK file
  • zabbix_agent - Windows - Fixing download links to proper version/url
  • zabbix_agent - Windows - Removal of not working property
  • zabbix_agent - Zabbix packages were not able to install properly on Fedora. When the packages are installed, the version will be appended to the package name. This is eofr all RedHat related OS'es.
  • zabbix_agent - fixed issue with zabbix_agent2_tlspsk_auto having no effect when using zabbix_agent2
  • zabbix_agent - fixed issue with zabbix_api_create_hosts and TLS configuration when using zabbix_agent2, where zabbix_agent_tls* settings were used instead of zabbix_agent2_tls*
  • zabbix_host - module will no longer require interfaces to be present when creating host with Zabbix 5.2 (ansible-collections#291).
  • zabbix_host - should no longer fail with 'host cannot have more than one default interface' error (ansible-collections#309).
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - Added missing paragraph for the SQLite3 as database.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - The become option was missing in some essential tasks when installing the Zabbix Proxy with SQLite3 as database.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - Various documentation fixes removing the Zabbix Server and replaced it with actual Zabbix Proxy information.
  • zabbix_proxy - Added new property 'zabbix_proxy_ip' to determine ip for host running the Zabbix Proxy.
  • zabbix_proxy - The 'interface' option was missing when creating an Proxy via the API.
  • zabbix_template - fixed documentation for macros argument (ansible-collections#296).
  • zabbix_template - fixed encode error when using Python2 (ansible-collections#297).
  • zabbix_template - fixed issue when importing templates to zabbix version. >= 5.2
  • zabbix_template_info - fixed encode error when using Python2 (ansible-collections#297).
  • zabbix_user - disable no_log warning for option override_password.
  • zabbix_user - fixed issue where module couldn't create a user since Zabbix 5.2 (ansible-collections#260).
  • zabbix_web - fixed issue Role cannot install Zabbix web 5.0 on RHEL 7 (ansible-collections#202).

v1.1.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2020-10-22

Minor Changes

  • all roles - added zabbix_{agent,web,server,proxy,javagateway}_conf_mode option for configuring a mode of the configuration file for each Zabbix service.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - added an option innodb_default_row_format for MariaDB/MySQL if it isn't set to dynamic.
  • zabbix_server - fixed installation output when using MySQL database to not print PostgreSQL.
  • zabbix_user - passwd no longer required when ALL groups in usrgrps use LDAP as gui_access (see #240).
  • zabbix_user - no longer requires usrgrps when state=absent (see #240).
  • zabbix_web - added several configuration options for the PHP-FPM setup to configure the listen (socket) file.
  • zabbix_web - added support for configuring Zabbix Web with Nginx, same way as with Apache.

Bugfixes

  • all roles - missing become set to true was added to each task that requires admin privleges.
  • zabbix_agent - added new properties and updated documentation to allow for correct Zabbix Agent2 configuration.
  • zabbix_agent - fixed bug where Nginx prevented Apache from working as it was part of the FPM configuration.

v1.0.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2020-08-16

Minor Changes

  • Added the possibility to configure the mode for the zabbix_{agent,server,proxy}_include directories.
  • all roles - added the possibility to configure the mode for the yum repositories files in case it contains credentials.
  • zabbix_agent - zabbix-sender and zabbix-get will not be installed when zabbix_repo is set to epel, as they are not part of the repository.
  • zabbix_agent - added option to change between HTTP/HTTPS with zabbix_repo_yum_schema.
  • zabbix_agent - can also install the zabbix-agent2 application when zabbix_agent2 is set to true.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - a user and group are created on the host when zabbix_repo is set to epel.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - now supports startpreprocessors setting and encryption when connecting to database (see #164).
  • zabbix_server - a user and group are created on the host when zabbix_repo is set to epel.
  • zabbix_server - added option to change between HTTP/HTTPS with zabbix_repo_yum_schema.
  • zabbix_server - now supports startpreprocessors setting and encryption when connecting to database (see #164).
  • zabbix_web - a property is added zabbix_web_doubleprecision which currently is set to false for default installations. For new installations this should be set to True. For upgraded installations, please read database upgrade notes (Paragraph "Enabling extended range of numeric (float) values") before enabling this option.
  • zabbix_web - added option to change between HTTP/HTTPS with zabbix_repo_yum_schema.
  • zabbix_web - don't remove the files that Zabbix will install during installation when you don't want to configure a virtual host configuration.

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide

  • zabbix_javagateway - options javagateway_pidfile, javagateway_listenip, javagateway_listenport and javagateway_startpollers renamed to zabbix_javagateway_xyz (see UPGRADE.md).

Bugfixes

  • all roles - a handler is configured when zabbix_http(s)_proxy is defined which will remove the proxy line from the repository files. This results that execution of the roles are not idempotent anymore.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - StartPreprocessors only works with version 4.2 or higher. When a lower version is used, it will not be added to the configuration.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - only install the sql files that needs to be executed for when zabbix_repo is set to epel.
  • zabbix_server - StartPreprocessors only works with version 4.2 or higher. When a lower version is used, it will not be added to the configuration.
  • zabbix_server - only install the sql files that needs to be executed for when zabbix_repo is set to epel.

v0.3.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2020-07-26

Minor Changes

  • All roles now support Zabbix 5.0 and by default install this version (see #131 and #121).
  • Roles will now install gnupg on Debian OS family if not present.
  • zabbix_action - no longer requires password and ssh_*key_file parameters at the same time for remote_command operations of type SSH.
  • zabbix_action - parameter ssh_auth_type for SSH remote_command operation now correctly identifies which other parameters are required.
  • zabbix_discovery_rule - refactoring module to use module_utils classes and functions, adjust return values on success, add documentation for return values.
  • zabbix_discovery_rule - refactoring the module to remove unnecessary variables and fix a variable typo.
  • zabbix_mediatype - new options message_templates, description and many more related to type=webhook.
  • zabbix_mediatype - now supports new webhook media type.

Bugfixes

  • zabbix_action - choices for the inventory paramter sub option in *operations arguments have been clarified to manual and automatic.
  • zabbix_action - fixed error on changed API fields *default_message and *default_subject for Zabbix 5.0 (see #92).
  • zabbix_action - module will no longer fail when searching for global script provided to script_name parameter.
  • zabbix_action - now correctly selects mediatype for the (normal|recovery|update) operations with Zabbix 4.4 and newer.
  • zabbix_agent - fixed installation of agent on Windows to directories with spaces.
  • zabbix_agent - role should no longer fail when looking for getenforce binary.
  • zabbix_host - module will no longer convert context part of user macro to upper case.
  • zabbix_proxy (role) - will now correctly install python3-libsemanage on RHEL OS family.
  • zabbix_service - fixed the zabbix_service has no idempotency with Zabbix 5.0.
  • zabbix_web - now no longer fails when rendering apache vhost template.

New Modules

  • community.zabbix.zabbix_discovery_rule - Create/delete/update Zabbix discovery rules
  • community.zabbix.zabbix_usergroup - Create/delete/update Zabbix user groups

v0.2.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2020-06-15

Minor Changes

  • Documentation for roles moved to docs/ sub-directory in the collection.
  • New role zabbix_agent - previously known as dj-wasabi/zabbix-agent (also see UPGRADE.md for each role).
  • New role zabbix_javagateway - previously known as dj-wasabi/zabbix-javagateway.
  • New role zabbix_proxy - previously known as dj-wasabi/zabbix-proxy.
  • New role zabbix_server - previously known as dj-wasabi/zabbix-server.
  • New role zabbix_web - previously known as dj-wasabi/zabbix-web.
  • zabbix_action - new alias update_operations for acknowledge_operations parameter.
  • zabbix_host - macros now support new macro types text and secret.
  • zabbix_host - new option details (additional SNMP details) for interfaces parameter.
  • zabbix_host - now supports Zabbix 5.0.
  • zabbix_proxy (module) - now supports Zabbix 5.0.
  • zabbix_screen - host_group parameter now accepts multiple groups.

Bugfixes

  • zabbix_action - documented value2 parameter and notify_all_involved option.
  • zabbix_maintenance - changing value of description parameter now actually updates maintenance's description.
  • zabbix_template - is now able to perform state=dump when using ansible-playbook --check.
  • zabbix_template - no longer imports template from template_json or template_xml when using ansible-playbook --check.

v0.1.0

Release Summary

Release date: 2020-06-15

Minor Changes

  • zabbix inventory plugin now no longer prints DeprecationWarning when used with Python3 due to SafeConfigParser.
  • zabbix_action - arguments event_source and esc_period no longer required when state=absent.
  • zabbix_host - fixed inventory_mode key error, which occurs with Zabbix 4.4.1 or more (see #65304).
  • zabbix_host - was not possible to update a host where visible_name was not set in zabbix.
  • zabbix_mediatype - Fixed to support zabbix 4.4 or more and python3 (see #67693).
  • zabbix_template - fixed error when providing empty link_templates to the module (see #66417).
  • zabbix_template - fixed invalid (non-importable) output provided by exporting XML (see #66466).
  • zabbix_user - Fixed an issue where module failed with zabbix 4.4 or above (see #67475).

Deprecated Features

  • zabbix_proxy (module) - deprecates interface sub-options type and main when proxy type is set to passive via status=passive. Make sure these suboptions are removed from your playbook as they were never supported by Zabbix in the first place.

Bugfixes

  • zabbix_action - allow str values for esc_period options (see #66841).
  • zabbix_action - no longer requires esc_period and event_source arguments when state=absent.
  • zabbix_host - now supports configuring user macros and host tags on the managed host (see #66777).
  • zabbix_host_info - host_name based search results now include host groups.
  • zabbix_hostmacro - macro_name now accepts macros in zabbix native format as well (e.g. {$MACRO}).
  • zabbix_hostmacro - macro_value is no longer required when state=absent.
  • zabbix_proxy (module) - interface sub-options type and main are now deprecated and will be removed in community.general 3.0.0. Also, the values passed to interface are now checked for correct types and unexpected keys.
  • zabbix_proxy (module) - added option proxy_address for comma-delimited list of IP/CIDR addresses or DNS names to accept active proxy requests from.
  • zabbix_template - add new option omit_date to remove date from exported/dumped template (see #67302).
  • zabbix_template - adding new update rule templateLinkage.deleteMissing for newer zabbix versions (see #66747).
  • zabbix_template_info - add new option omit_date to remove date from exported/dumped template (see #67302).