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Lookup Plugins

Using variables for Lookup plugins

It is possible to set variables for authentication globally for lookup plugins. This way, they do not need to be provided at task level.

Method 1: Environment variables

export ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_CHECKMK_SERVER_URL="https://myserver"
export ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_CHECKMK_SITE=mysite
export ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_CHECKMK_AUTOMATION_USER=automation
export ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_CHECKMK_AUTOMATION_SECRET=mysecret
export ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_CHECKMK_VALIDATE_CERTS=False

Method 2: In ansible.cfg

[checkmk_lookup]
server_url = https://myserver
site = mysite
automation_user = automation
automation_secret = mysecret
validate_certs = False

Method 3: In playbooks or the inventory

- name: My Task
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    ansible_lookup_checkmk_server_url: "https://myserver"
    ansible_lookup_checkmk_site: "mysite"
    ansible_lookup_checkmk_automation_user: "automation"
    ansible_lookup_checkmk_automation_secret: "mysecret"
    ansible_lookup_checkmk_validate_certs: false

  tasks:
    - name: Get the attributes of myhost
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "Attributes of myhost: {{ attributes }}"
      vars:
        attributes: "{{ lookup('checkmk.general.host', 'myhost', effective_attributes=True) }}"

Example

The following task will work, if one of the above methods has been applied.

- name: My Task
  tasks:
    - name: Get the attributes of myhost
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "Attributes of myhost: {{ attributes }}"
      vars:
        attributes: "{{ lookup('checkmk.general.host', 'myhost', effective_attributes=True) }}"