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An Ansible collection that contains modules to change objects in Icinga 2 using the director API.
https://github.com/telekom-mms/ansible-collection-icinga-director

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An Ansible collection that contains modules to change objects in Icinga 2 using the director API.

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# Icinga Director Collection for Ansible



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This Ansible collection contains:



1. Ansible [modules](plugins/modules/) to change objects in Icinga 2 using the director API. 

Additionally all supported modules have an appropriate `*_info`-module to gather facts about the existing objects in the director.



    * `icinga_command_template`

    * `icinga_command`

    * `icinga_endpoint`

    * `icinga_host_template`

    * `icinga_host`

    * `icinga_hostgroup`

    * `icinga_notification`

    * `icinga_notification_template`

    * `icinga_service`

    * `icinga_service_apply`

    * `icinga_service_template`

    * `icinga_servicegroup`

    * `icinga_serviceset`

    * `icinga_timeperiod`

    * `icinga_timeperiod_template`

    * `icinga_user_group`

    * `icinga_user_template`

    * `icinga_user`

    * `icinga_zone`



2. A module to deploy changes in the director and a corresponding info-module.



3. A [role](roles/ansible_icinga/) to change objects in Icinga 2 using the the provided modules.



4. An [inventory plugin](plugins/inventory) to use hosts and groups defined in Icinga as a dynamic inventory.



Required Ansible version: 2.14.0



Recommended Icinga-Director version: 2.11.1



## Installation



If you use Ansible >=3.0.0, this collection is included in Ansible.



If you use an older version, you can install it with Ansible Galaxy:



```

ansible-galaxy collection install telekom_mms.icinga_director

```



Alternatively put the collection into a `requirements.yml`-file:



```

---

collections:

- telekom_mms.icinga_director

```



## Documentation



Our modules include documentation.



You can find the complete documentation for the modules in the [docs-folder](docs) or in the [Ansible documentation]().



To display it on the command-line you can use the `ansible-doc` command.



For example, to see the documentation for the module `icinga_host` run the following command on the cli:



```

ansible-doc telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host

```



To see the documentation for the inventory plugin, run:



```

ansible-doc -t inventory telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_director_inventory

```



## Examples using the modules



See the `examples` directory for a complete list of examples.



```

- hosts: localhost

  collections:

    - telekom_mms.icinga_director

  tasks:

    - name: create a host in icinga

      telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host:

        state: present

        url: "https://example.com"

        url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"

        url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"

        object_name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"

        address: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address }}"

        display_name: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"

        groups:

          - "foo"

        imports:

          - "StandardServer"

        vars:

          dnscheck: "no"

```



```

- name: Query a service apply rule in icinga

  telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_service_apply_info:

    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"

    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"

    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"

    query: "SERVICE_dummy"

  register: result

```



## Examples using the role



Please see the [README](roles/ansible_icinga/README.md) of the role.



## Examples using the inventory plugin



Create a file that ends with `icinga_director_inventory.yaml`, for example `inventory.icinga_director_inventory.yaml`.



The content should look like this:



```

plugin: telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_director_inventory

url: "https://example.com"

url_username: foo

url_password: bar

force_basic_auth: False

```



Then you can use the dynamic inventory like this:



```

ansible-playbook -i inventory.icinga_director_inventory.yaml path/to/your/playbook.yml

```



## Example using module defaults groups



With ansible-core >= 2.12 it is possible to specify defaults parameters for all modules in this collection using [Module defaults groups](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_module_defaults.html#module-defaults-groups). Use it like this:



```

- hosts: localhost



  module_defaults:

    group/telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga:

      url: "https://example.com"

      url_username: foo

      url_password: bar



  tasks:

    - name: Create host

      telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_host:

        object_name: myhost

        address: 172.0.0.1



    - name: Create command

      telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_command:

        object_name: my-command

        command: my-command.sh

```



## Examples for defining multiple assign_filter conditions



The Icinga Director API expects multiple conditions for the `assign_filter` in a different format than what is rendered to the configuration files.



Example: An assign condition in the config looking like this:



```

assign where host.vars.something == "foo" || host.vars.something_else == "bar"

```



would have to look like this when using the module:



```

assign_filter: 'host.vars.something="foo"|host.vars.something_else="bar"'

```



## Contributing



See [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).



## Troubleshooting



If one of the following errors is thrown, your Icinga Director is probably sitting behind a basic authentication prompt. Use `force_basic_auth: true` in your tasks to fix the problem.

If you are using this collections' ansible role, you have to use `icinga_force_basic_auth: true` to fix this problem.



```

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "bad return code while creating: -1. Error message: Request failed: "}

```



```

failed: [localhost] => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": "localhost", "msg": "AbstractDigestAuthHandler does not support the following scheme: 'Negotiate'", "status": -1, "url": "https://icinga-director.example.com/director/host?name=foohost"}

```



## Known Errors with different Director versions



### Director 1.11.1



When creating notifications that contain the `users`-parameter, the task might not be idempotent ([see](https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2-module-director/issues/2882)).



### Director 1.11.0



You cannot create usergroups because of invalid property assign_filter ([see](https://github.com/telekom-mms/ansible-collection-icinga-director/issues/228)).



### Director 1.10.0



Existing service apply rule objects cannot be modified ([see](https://github.com/telekom-mms/ansible-collection-icinga-director/issues/190)):



```

TASK [Add service apply rule to icinga] ********************************************************************************************

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "exception when deleting: 'id'"}

```



### Director 1.9.0



When creating service checks, the tasks fails ([see](https://github.com/telekom-mms/ansible-collection-icinga-director/issues/160)):



```

failed: [icinga2-master1.localdomain] (item={'name': 'director-generic-service', 'enable_active_checks': True, 'enable_event_handler': True, 'enable_flapping': True, 'enable_notifications': True, 'eanble_passive_checks': True, 'enable_perfdata': True, 'use_agent': True, 'volatile': False}) => {"ansible_loop_var": "item", "changed": false, "item": {"eanble_passive_checks": true, "enable_active_checks": true, "enable_event_handler": true, "enable_flapping": true, "enable_notifications": true, "enable_perfdata": true, "name": "director-generic-service", "use_agent": true, "volatile": false}, "msg": "bad return code while creating: 422. Error message: Trying to recreate icinga_service (\"{\"object_name\":\"director-generic-service\"}\")"}

```



## Extras



* Use our code snippets template supported in Visual Studio Code



Please see the [README](vsc-snippets/README.md) for more information.



## License



GPLv3



## Author Information



* Sebastian Gumprich

* Lars Krahl

* Michaela Mattes

* Martin Schurz