Ansible. Inventory. Getting a dynamic list of hosts
Getting a dynamic list of hosts from Zabbix
Install necessary packages and modules
dnf install -y python3 python3-pip
pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install ansible setuptools_rust
pip3 install ansible
pip3 install ansible zabbix-api
Copy zabbix.py into the "inventory" directory
#!/usr/bin/python3
# (c) 2013, Greg Buehler
# (c) 2018, Filippo Ferrazini
#
# This file is part of Ansible,
#
# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Ansible. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
######################################################################
"""
Zabbix Server external inventory script.
========================================
Returns hosts and hostgroups from Zabbix Server.
If you want to run with --limit against a host group with space in the
name, use asterisk. For example --limit="Linux*servers".
Configuration is read from `zabbix.ini`.
Tested with Zabbix Server 2.0.6, 3.2.3 and 3.4.
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import os
import sys
import argparse
from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import configparser
try:
from zabbix_api import ZabbixAPI
except Exception:
print("Error: Zabbix API library must be installed: pip install zabbix-api.",
file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
import json
class ZabbixInventory(object):
def read_settings(self):
config = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
# conf_path = './zabbix.ini'
conf_path = './inventory/zabbix.ini'
if not os.path.exists(conf_path):
conf_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/zabbix.ini'
if os.path.exists(conf_path):
config.read(conf_path)
# server
self.zabbix_server = "http://192.168.120.244"
# login
self.zabbix_username = "Admin"
self.zabbix_password = "PassWord#1"
# ssl certs
self.validate_certs = False
# host inventory
self.read_host_inventory = True
# host interface
self.use_host_interface = True
def read_cli(self):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--host')
parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true')
self.options = parser.parse_args()
def hoststub(self):
return {
'hosts': []
}
def get_host(self, api, name):
api_query = {'output': 'extend', 'selectGroups': 'extend', "filter": {"host": [name]}}
if self.use_host_interface:
api_query['selectInterfaces'] = ['useip', 'ip', 'dns']
if self.read_host_inventory:
api_query['selectInventory'] = "extend"
data = {'ansible_ssh_host': name}
if self.use_host_interface or self.read_host_inventory:
try:
hosts_data = api.host.get(api_query)[0]
if 'interfaces' in hosts_data:
# use first interface only
if hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['dns']
else:
data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['ip']
if ('inventory' in hosts_data) and (hosts_data['inventory']):
data.update(hosts_data['inventory'])
except IndexError:
# Host not found in zabbix
pass
return data
def get_list(self, api):
api_query = {'output': 'extend', 'selectGroups': 'extend'}
if self.use_host_interface:
api_query['selectInterfaces'] = ['useip', 'ip', 'dns']
if self.read_host_inventory:
api_query['selectInventory'] = "extend"
hosts_data = api.host.get(api_query)
data = {'_meta': {'hostvars': {}}}
data[self.defaultgroup] = self.hoststub()
for host in hosts_data:
hostname = host['name']
hostvars = dict()
data[self.defaultgroup]['hosts'].append(hostname)
for group in host['groups']:
groupname = group['name']
if groupname not in data:
data[groupname] = self.hoststub()
data[groupname]['hosts'].append(hostname)
if 'interfaces' in host:
# use first interface only
if host['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['dns']
else:
hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['ip']
if ('inventory' in host) and (host['inventory']):
hostvars.update(host['inventory'])
data['_meta']['hostvars'][hostname] = hostvars
return data
def __init__(self):
self.defaultgroup = 'group_all'
self.zabbix_server = None
self.zabbix_username = None
self.zabbix_password = None
self.validate_certs = True
self.read_host_inventory = False
self.use_host_interface = True
self.meta = {}
self.read_settings()
self.read_cli()
if self.zabbix_server and self.zabbix_username:
try:
api = ZabbixAPI(server=self.zabbix_server, validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
api.login(user=self.zabbix_username, password=self.zabbix_password)
# zabbix_api tries to exit if it cannot parse what the zabbix server returned
# so we have to use SystemExit here
except (Exception, SystemExit) as e:
print("Error: Could not login to Zabbix server. Check your zabbix.ini.", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if self.options.host:
data = self.get_host(api, self.options.host)
print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
elif self.options.list:
data = self.get_list(api)
print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
else:
print("usage: --list ..OR.. --host <hostname>", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
else:
print("Error: Configuration of server and credentials are required. See zabbix.ini.", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
ZabbixInventory()
Change vars in the zabbix.py
... # server self.zabbix_server = "http://192.168.120.244" # login self.zabbix_username = "Admin" self.zabbix_password = "PassWord#1" ...
Getting the list of hosts
ansible-inventory -i inventory/zabbix.py --list
Getting an inventory info of only one host
ansible-inventory -i inventory/zabbix.py --host "ekv_office_router_mikrotik_120-1"
Dynamic inventory from Proxmox VE
Links
https://github.com/xezpeleta/Ansible-Proxmox-inventory
Proxmox VE
Add user with Administrator permissions
Datacenter - Permissions - Group - Add:
Name: admin
Comment: admin
Datacenter - Permissions:
Add - Group permissions:
Path: /
Group: admin
Role: Administrator
Propagate: v
Datacenter - Permissions - Users - Add:
User name: admin
Realm: Proxmox VE authentication
Group: admin
API Token add
Datacenter - Permissions - API Token - Add
User: ansible@pve
Token ID: ansible
Datacenter - Permissions:
Add - API Token permission:
Path: /
API Token: ansible@pve!ansible
Role: Administrator
Propagate: v
Ansible
Add proxmox.py
cd ./<ansible_project>
nano ./inventory/proxmox.py
#!/usr/bin/python3.11
# Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu GAUTHIER-LAFAYE <gauthierl@lapth.cnrs.fr>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Updated 2016 by Matt Harris <matthaeus.harris@gmail.com>
#
# Added support for Proxmox VE 4.x
# Added support for using the Notes field of a VM to define groups and variables:
# A well-formatted JSON object in the Notes field will be added to the _meta
# section for that VM. In addition, the "groups" key of this JSON object may be
# used to specify group membership:
#
# { "groups": ["utility", "databases"], "a": false, "b": true }
from six.moves.urllib import request, parse, error
try:
import json
except ImportError:
import simplejson as json
import os
import sys
import socket
import re
from optparse import OptionParser
from six import iteritems
from six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
class ProxmoxNodeList(list):
def get_names(self):
return [node['node'] for node in self]
class ProxmoxVM(dict):
def get_variables(self):
variables = {}
for key, value in iteritems(self):
variables['proxmox_' + key] = value
return variables
class ProxmoxVMList(list):
def __init__(self, data=[], pxmxver=0.0):
self.ver = pxmxver
for item in data:
self.append(ProxmoxVM(item))
def get_names(self):
if self.ver >= 4.0:
return [vm['name'] for vm in self if 'template' in vm and vm['template'] != 1]
else:
return [vm['name'] for vm in self]
def get_by_name(self, name):
results = [vm for vm in self if vm['name'] == name]
return results[0] if len(results) > 0 else None
def get_variables(self):
variables = {}
for vm in self:
variables[vm['name']] = vm.get_variables()
return variables
class ProxmoxPoolList(list):
def get_names(self):
return [pool['poolid'] for pool in self]
class ProxmoxVersion(dict):
def get_version(self):
return float(self['version'].split('.')[0])
class ProxmoxPool(dict):
def get_members_name(self):
return [member['name'] for member in self['members'] if (member['type'] == 'qemu' or member['type'] == 'lxc') and member['template'] != 1]
class ProxmoxAPI(object):
def __init__(self, options, config_path):
self.options = options
self.credentials = None
if not options.url or not options.username or not options.password:
if os.path.isfile(config_path):
with open(config_path, "r") as config_file:
config_data = json.load(config_file)
if not options.url:
try:
options.url = config_data["url"]
except KeyError:
options.url = None
if not options.username:
try:
options.username = config_data["username"]
except KeyError:
options.username = None
if not options.password:
try:
options.password = config_data["password"]
except KeyError:
options.password = None
if not options.token:
try:
options.token = config_data["token"]
except KeyError:
options.token = None
if not options.secret:
try:
options.secret = config_data["secret"]
except KeyError:
options.secret = None
if not options.include:
options.include = config_data["include"]
if not options.exclude:
options.exclude = config_data["exclude"]
if not options.url:
raise Exception('Missing mandatory parameter --url (or PROXMOX_URL or "url" key in config file).')
elif not options.username:
raise Exception(
'Missing mandatory parameter --username (or PROXMOX_USERNAME or "username" key in config file).')
elif not options.password and (not options.token or not options.secret):
raise Exception(
'Missing mandatory parameter --password (or PROXMOX_PASSWORD or "password" key in config file) or alternatively --token and --secret (or PROXMOX_TOKEN and PROXMOX_SECRET or "token" and "secret" key in config file).')
# URL should end with a trailing slash
if not options.url.endswith("/"):
options.url = options.url + "/"
def auth(self):
if not self.options.token or not self.options.secret:
request_path = '{0}api2/json/access/ticket'.format(self.options.url)
request_params = parse.urlencode({
'username': self.options.username,
'password': self.options.password,
})
data = json.load(open_url(request_path, data=request_params,
validate_certs=self.options.validate))
self.credentials = {
'ticket': data['data']['ticket'],
'CSRFPreventionToken': data['data']['CSRFPreventionToken'],
}
def get(self, url, data=None):
request_path = '{0}{1}'.format(self.options.url, url)
headers = {}
if not self.options.token or not self.options.secret:
headers['Cookie'] = 'PVEAuthCookie={0}'.format(self.credentials['ticket'])
else:
headers['Authorization'] = 'PVEAPIToken={0}!{1}={2}'.format(self.options.username, self.options.token, self.options.secret)
request = open_url(request_path, data=data, headers=headers,
validate_certs=self.options.validate)
response = json.load(request)
return response['data']
def nodes(self):
return ProxmoxNodeList(self.get('api2/json/nodes'))
def vms_by_type(self, node, type):
return ProxmoxVMList(self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/{1}'.format(node, type)), self.version().get_version())
def vm_description_by_type(self, node, vm, type):
return self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/{1}/{2}/config'.format(node, type, vm))
def node_qemu(self, node):
return self.vms_by_type(node, 'qemu')
def node_qemu_description(self, node, vm):
return self.vm_description_by_type(node, vm, 'qemu')
def node_lxc(self, node):
return self.vms_by_type(node, 'lxc')
def node_lxc_description(self, node, vm):
return self.vm_description_by_type(node, vm, 'lxc')
def node_openvz(self, node):
return self.vms_by_type(node, 'openvz')
def node_openvz_description(self, node, vm):
return self.vm_description_by_type(node, vm, 'openvz')
def pools(self):
return ProxmoxPoolList(self.get('api2/json/pools'))
def pool(self, poolid):
return ProxmoxPool(self.get('api2/json/pools/{0}'.format(poolid)))
def qemu_agent(self, node, vm):
try:
info = self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/qemu/{1}/agent/info'.format(node, vm))
if info is not None:
return True
except HTTPError as error:
return False
def openvz_ip_address(self, node, vm):
try:
config = self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/lxc/{1}/config'.format(node, vm))
except HTTPError:
return False
try:
ip_address = re.search('ip=(\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*)', config['net0']).group(1)
return ip_address
except:
return False
### PATCH for LXC HOSTNAME
### GET HOSTNAME for LXC-Containers
def lxc_hostname(self, node, vm):
try:
config = self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/lxc/{1}/config'.format(node, vm))
except HTTPError:
return False
try:
hostname = config['hostname']
return hostname
except:
return False
def version(self):
return ProxmoxVersion(self.get('api2/json/version'))
def qemu_agent_info(self, node, vm):
system_info = SystemInfo()
osinfo = self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/qemu/{1}/agent/get-osinfo'.format(node, vm))['result']
if osinfo:
if 'id' in osinfo:
system_info.id = osinfo['id']
if 'name' in osinfo:
system_info.name = osinfo['name']
if 'machine' in osinfo:
system_info.machine = osinfo['machine']
if 'kernel-release' in osinfo:
system_info.kernel = osinfo['kernel-release']
if 'version-id' in osinfo:
system_info.version_id = osinfo['version-id']
ip_address = None
networks = self.get('api2/json/nodes/{0}/qemu/{1}/agent/network-get-interfaces'.format(node, vm))['result']
if networks:
if type(networks) is dict:
for network in networks:
if self.valid_network_interface(network):
for ip_address in network['ip-address']:
try:
# IP address validation
if ip_address['ip-address'] != '127.0.0.1' and socket.inet_aton(ip_address['ip-address']):
system_info.ip_address = ip_address
except socket.error:
pass
elif type(networks) is list:
for network in networks:
if self.valid_network_interface(network):
for ip_address in network['ip-addresses']:
try:
if ip_address['ip-address'] != '127.0.0.1' and socket.inet_aton(ip_address['ip-address']):
system_info.ip_address = ip_address['ip-address']
except socket.error:
pass
return system_info
def valid_network_interface(self, network):
if 'ip-addresses' not in network:
return False
# Include/Exclude are mutally exclusive
if len(self.options.include) > 0:
for regex in self.options.include:
if re.match(regex, network["name"]):
return True
return False
if len(self.options.exclude) > 0:
for regex in self.options.exclude:
if re.match(regex, network["name"]):
return False
return True
return True
class SystemInfo(object):
id = ""
name = ""
machine = ""
kernel = ""
version_id = ""
ip_address = ""
def main_list(options, config_path):
results = {
'all': {
'hosts': [],
},
'_meta': {
'hostvars': {},
}
}
proxmox_api = ProxmoxAPI(options, config_path)
proxmox_api.auth()
for node in proxmox_api.nodes().get_names():
try:
qemu_list = proxmox_api.node_qemu(node)
except HTTPError as error:
# the API raises code 595 when target node is unavailable, skip it
if error.code == 595 or error.code == 596:
continue
# if it was some other error, reraise it
raise error
results['all']['hosts'] += qemu_list.get_names()
results['_meta']['hostvars'].update(qemu_list.get_variables())
if proxmox_api.version().get_version() >= 4.0:
lxc_list = proxmox_api.node_lxc(node)
results['all']['hosts'] += lxc_list.get_names()
results['_meta']['hostvars'].update(lxc_list.get_variables())
else:
openvz_list = proxmox_api.node_openvz(node)
results['all']['hosts'] += openvz_list.get_names()
results['_meta']['hostvars'].update(openvz_list.get_variables())
# Merge QEMU and Containers lists from this node
node_hostvars = qemu_list.get_variables().copy()
if proxmox_api.version().get_version() >= 4.0:
node_hostvars.update(lxc_list.get_variables())
else:
node_hostvars.update(openvz_list.get_variables())
# Check only VM/containers from the current node
for vm in node_hostvars:
vmid = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_vmid']
try:
type = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_type']
except KeyError:
type = 'qemu'
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_type'] = 'qemu'
try:
description = proxmox_api.vm_description_by_type(node, vmid, type)['description']
except KeyError:
description = None
try:
metadata = json.loads(description)
except TypeError:
metadata = {}
except ValueError:
metadata = {
'notes': description
}
if type == 'qemu':
# Retrieve information from QEMU agent if installed
if proxmox_api.qemu_agent(node, vmid):
system_info = proxmox_api.qemu_agent_info(node, vmid)
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['ansible_host'] = system_info.ip_address
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_id'] = system_info.id
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_name'] = system_info.name
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_machine'] = system_info.machine
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_kernel'] = system_info.kernel
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_version_id'] = system_info.version_id
else:
# IF IP is empty (due DHCP, take hostname instead)
if proxmox_api.openvz_ip_address(node, vm) != False:
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['ansible_host'] = proxmox_api.openvz_ip_address(node, vmid)
else:
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['ansible_host'] = proxmox_api.lxc_hostname(node, vmid)
if 'groups' in metadata:
# print metadata
for group in metadata['groups']:
if group not in results:
results[group] = {
'hosts': []
}
results[group]['hosts'] += [vm]
# Create group 'running'
# so you can: --limit 'running'
status = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_status']
if status == 'running':
if 'running' not in results:
results['running'] = {
'hosts': []
}
results['running']['hosts'] += [vm]
if 'proxmox_os_id' in results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]:
osid = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_os_id']
if osid:
if osid not in results:
results[osid] = {
'hosts': []
}
results[osid]['hosts'] += [vm]
# Create group 'based on proxmox_tags'
# so you can: --limit 'worker,external-datastore'
try:
tags = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_tags']
vm_name = results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm]['proxmox_name']
tag_list = split_tags(tags)
for i in range(len(tag_list)):
if tag_list[i] not in results:
results[tag_list[i]] = {
'hosts': []
}
results[tag_list[i]]['hosts'] += [vm]
except KeyError:
pass
results['_meta']['hostvars'][vm].update(metadata)
# pools
for pool in proxmox_api.pools().get_names():
results[pool] = {
'hosts': proxmox_api.pool(pool).get_members_name(),
}
return results
def split_tags(proxmox_tags: str) -> list[str]:
"""
Splits proxmox_tags delimited by comma and returns a list of the tags.
"""
tags = proxmox_tags.split(';')
return tags
def main_host(options, config_path):
proxmox_api = ProxmoxAPI(options, config_path)
proxmox_api.auth()
for node in proxmox_api.nodes().get_names():
qemu_list = proxmox_api.node_qemu(node)
qemu = qemu_list.get_by_name(options.host)
if qemu:
return qemu.get_variables()
return {}
def main():
config_path = os.path.join(
os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0] + ".json"
)
bool_validate_cert = True
if os.path.isfile(config_path):
with open(config_path, "r") as config_file:
config_data = json.load(config_file)
try:
bool_validate_cert = config_data["validateCert"]
except KeyError:
pass
if 'PROXMOX_INVALID_CERT' in os.environ:
bool_validate_cert = False
parser = OptionParser(usage='%prog [options] --list | --host HOSTNAME')
parser.add_option('--list', action="store_true", default=False, dest="list")
parser.add_option('--host', dest="host")
parser.add_option('--url', default=os.environ.get('PROXMOX_URL'), dest='url')
parser.add_option('--username', default=os.environ.get('PROXMOX_USERNAME'), dest='username')
parser.add_option('--password', default=os.environ.get('PROXMOX_PASSWORD'), dest='password')
parser.add_option('--token', default=os.environ.get('PROXMOX_TOKEN'), dest='token')
parser.add_option('--secret', default=os.environ.get('PROXMOX_SECRET'), dest='secret')
parser.add_option('--pretty', action="store_true", default=False, dest='pretty')
parser.add_option('--trust-invalid-certs', action="store_false", default=bool_validate_cert, dest='validate')
parser.add_option('--include', action="append", default=[])
parser.add_option('--exclude', action="append", default=[])
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if options.list:
data = main_list(options, config_path)
elif options.host:
data = main_host(options, config_path)
else:
parser.print_help()
sys.exit(1)
indent = None
if options.pretty:
indent = 2
#TODO
print((json.dumps(data, indent=indent)))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Variant 1. User auth
Run
python3.11 inventory/proxmox.py --url=https://192.168.17.251:8006/ --username=ansible@pve --password=PassWord --trust-invalid-certs --list --pretty
Variant 2. API Token auth
You have to create JSON file with connection parameters, which must called as Python inventory script
For example, you have inventory proxmox.py, then you have to create JSON file with name proxmox.json and put it near the inventory script proxmox.py
nano ./inventory/proxmox.json
{
"url": "https://192.168.17.251:8006/",
"username": "ansible@pve",
"validateCert": false,
"include": [".*"],
"exclude": [],
"token": "ansible",
"secret": "25773de9-0683-4351-97b8-cc3ff7034198" # API Token from Proxmox VE
}
Run
python3.11 inventory/proxmox.py --list --pretty