zabbix-api

Zabbix Automation Skill

Overview

This skill provides guidance for automating Zabbix monitoring operations via the API and official Python library zabbix_utils.

Quick Start

Installation

pip install zabbix-utils --break-system-packages

Authentication

from zabbix_utils import ZabbixAPI

# Option 1: Username/password
api = ZabbixAPI(url="https://zabbix.example.com")
api.login(user="Admin", password="zabbix")

# Option 2: API token (Zabbix 5.4+, preferred)
api = ZabbixAPI(url="https://zabbix.example.com")
api.login(token="your_api_token")

# Verify connection
print(api.api_version())

Environment Variables Pattern

import os
from zabbix_utils import ZabbixAPI

api = ZabbixAPI(url=os.environ.get("ZABBIX_URL", "http://localhost/zabbix"))
api.login(token=os.environ["ZABBIX_TOKEN"])

Core API Methods

All APIs follow pattern: api.<object>.<method>() with methods: get, create, update, delete.

Host Operations

# Get hosts
hosts = api.host.get(output=["hostid", "host", "name"],
                     selectInterfaces=["ip"])

# Create host
api.host.create(
    host="server01",
    groups=[{"groupid": "2"}],  # Linux servers
    interfaces=[{
        "type": 1,  # 1=agent, 2=SNMP, 3=IPMI, 4=JMX
        "main": 1,
        "useip": 1,
        "ip": "192.168.1.100",
        "dns": "",
        "port": "10050"
    }],
    templates=[{"templateid": "10001"}]
)

# Update host
api.host.update(hostid="10084", status=0)  # 0=enabled, 1=disabled

# Delete host
api.host.delete("10084")

Template Operations

# Get templates
templates = api.template.get(output=["templateid", "host", "name"],
                             selectHosts=["hostid", "name"])

# Link template to host
api.host.update(hostid="10084",
                templates=[{"templateid": "10001"}])

# Import template from XML
with open("template.xml") as f:
    api.configuration.import_(
        source=f.read(),
        format="xml",
        rules={
            "templates": {"createMissing": True, "updateExisting": True},
            "items": {"createMissing": True, "updateExisting": True},
            "triggers": {"createMissing": True, "updateExisting": True}
        }
    )