zabbix_inventory.py

Python script to retrieve data from Zabbix API and convert it to Ansible inventory format

Requirements

• Python3
• pyzabbix

How to use

1. Download zabbix_inventory.py on Ansible control node
2. Install pyzabbix pip3 install pyzabbix
3. Modify file
   • Zabbix URL: line 23
   • Zabbix user credentials: line 29
   • optionaly adjust hostgroup criteria to limit groups: line 38 - 45
4. Change permissions to allow execute chmod +x zabbix_inventory.py
5. Verify ansible-inventory -i zabbix_inventory.py --list

Note

The script has been tested on Zabbix 5.0