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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2013-2014, Epic Games, Inc.
+#
+# 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/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: zabbix_host
+short_description: Zabbix host creates/updates/deletes
+description:
+   - When the host does not exists, a new host will be created, added to any host groups and linked to any templates.
+   - When the host already exists, the host group membership will be updated, along with the template links and interfaces.
+   - Delete a host from Zabbix if the host exists.
+version_added: "1.9"
+author: Tony Minfei Ding, Harrison Gu
+requirements:
+    - zabbix-api python module
+options:
+    server_url:
+        description:
+            - Url of Zabbix server, with protocol (http or https).
+              C(url) is an alias for C(server_url).
+        required: true
+        default: null
+        aliases: [ "url" ]
+    login_user:
+        description:
+            - Zabbix user name.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    login_password:
+        description:
+            - Zabbix user password.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    host_name:
+        description:
+            - Technical name of the host.
+            - If the host has already been added, the host name won't be updated.
+        required: true
+    host_groups:
+        description:
+            - List of host groups to add the host to.
+        required: false
+    link_templates:
+        description:
+            - List of templates to be linked to the host.
+        required: false
+        default: None
+    status:
+        description:
+            - Status and function of the host.
+            - Possible values are: enabled and disabled
+        required: false
+        default: "enabled"
+    state:
+        description:
+            - create/update or delete host.
+            - Possible values are: present and absent. If the host already exists, and the state is "present", just to update the host.
+        required: false
+        default: "present"
+    timeout:
+        description:
+            - The timeout of API request(seconds).
+        default: 10
+    interfaces:
+        description:
+            - List of interfaces to be created for the host (see example).
+            - Available values are: dns, ip, main, port, type and useip.
+            - Please review the interface documentation for more information on the supported properties:
+            - https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/appendix/api/hostinterface/definitions#host_interface
+        required: false
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Create a new host or update an existing host's info
+  local_action:
+    module: zabbix_host
+    server_url: http://monitor.example.com
+    login_user: username
+    login_password: password
+    host_name: ExampleHost
+    host_groups:
+      - Example group1
+      - Example group2
+    link_templates:
+      - Example template1
+      - Example template2
+    status: enabled
+    state: present
+    interfaces:
+      - type: 1
+        main: 1
+        useip: 1
+        ip: 10.xx.xx.xx
+        dns: ""
+        port: 10050
+      - type: 4
+        main: 1
+        useip: 1
+        ip: 10.xx.xx.xx
+        dns: ""
+        port: 12345
+'''
+
+import logging
+import copy
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
+try:
+    from zabbix_api import ZabbixAPI, ZabbixAPISubClass
+
+    HAS_ZABBIX_API = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_ZABBIX_API = False
+
+
+# Extend the ZabbixAPI
+# Since the zabbix-api python module too old (version 1.0, no higher version so far),
+# it does not support the 'hostinterface' api calls,
+# so we have to inherit the ZabbixAPI class to add 'hostinterface' support.
+class ZabbixAPIExtends(ZabbixAPI):
+    hostinterface = None
+
+    def __init__(self, server, timeout, **kwargs):
+        ZabbixAPI.__init__(self, server, timeout=timeout)
+        self.hostinterface = ZabbixAPISubClass(self, dict({"prefix": "hostinterface"}, **kwargs))
+
+
+class Host(object):
+    def __init__(self, module, zbx):
+        self._module = module
+        self._zapi = zbx
+
+    # exist host
+    def is_host_exist(self, host_name):
+        result = self._zapi.host.exists({'host': host_name})
+        return result
+
+    # check if host group exists
+    def check_host_group_exist(self, group_names):
+        for group_name in group_names:
+            result = self._zapi.hostgroup.exists({'name': group_name})
+            if not result:
+                self._module.fail_json(msg="Hostgroup not found: %s" % group_name)
+        return True
+
+    def get_template_ids(self, template_list):
+        template_ids = []
+        if template_list is None or len(template_list) == 0:
+            return template_ids
+        for template in template_list:
+            template_list = self._zapi.template.get({'output': 'extend', 'filter': {'host': template}})
+            if len(template_list) < 1:
+                self._module.fail_json(msg="Template not found: %s" % template)
+            else:
+                template_id = template_list[0]['templateid']
+                template_ids.append(template_id)
+        return template_ids
+
+    def add_host(self, host_name, group_ids, status, interfaces):
+        try:
+            if self._module.check_mode:
+                self._module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            host_list = self._zapi.host.create({'host': host_name, 'interfaces': interfaces, 'groups': group_ids, 'status': status})
+            if len(host_list) >= 1:
+                return host_list['hostids'][0]
+        except Exception, e:
+            self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to create host %s: %s" % (host_name, e))
+
+    def update_host(self, host_name, group_ids, status, host_id, interfaces, exist_interface_list):
+        try:
+            if self._module.check_mode:
+                self._module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            self._zapi.host.update({'hostid': host_id, 'groups': group_ids, 'status': status})
+            interface_list_copy = exist_interface_list
+            if interfaces:
+                for interface in interfaces:
+                    flag = False
+                    interface_str = interface
+                    for exist_interface in exist_interface_list:
+                        interface_type = interface['type']
+                        exist_interface_type = int(exist_interface['type'])
+                        if interface_type == exist_interface_type:
+                            # update
+                            interface_str['interfaceid'] = exist_interface['interfaceid']
+                            self._zapi.hostinterface.update(interface_str)
+                            flag = True
+                            interface_list_copy.remove(exist_interface)
+                            break
+                    if not flag:
+                        # add
+                        interface_str['hostid'] = host_id
+                        self._zapi.hostinterface.create(interface_str)
+                        # remove
+                remove_interface_ids = []
+                for remove_interface in interface_list_copy:
+                    interface_id = remove_interface['interfaceid']
+                    remove_interface_ids.append(interface_id)
+                if len(remove_interface_ids) > 0:
+                    self._zapi.hostinterface.delete(remove_interface_ids)
+        except Exception, e:
+            self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to update host %s: %s" % (host_name, e))
+
+    def delete_host(self, host_id, host_name):
+        try:
+            if self._module.check_mode:
+                self._module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            self._zapi.host.delete({'hostid': host_id})
+        except Exception, e:
+            self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to delete host %s: %s" % (host_name, e))
+
+    # get host by host name
+    def get_host_by_host_name(self, host_name):
+        host_list = self._zapi.host.get({'output': 'extend', 'filter': {'host': [host_name]}})
+        if len(host_list) < 1:
+            self._module.fail_json(msg="Host not found: %s" % host_name)
+        else:
+            return host_list[0]
+
+    # get group ids by group names
+    def get_group_ids_by_group_names(self, group_names):
+        group_ids = []
+        if self.check_host_group_exist(group_names):
+            group_list = self._zapi.hostgroup.get({'output': 'extend', 'filter': {'name': group_names}})
+            for group in group_list:
+                group_id = group['groupid']
+                group_ids.append({'groupid': group_id})
+        return group_ids
+
+    # get host templates by host id
+    def get_host_templates_by_host_id(self, host_id):
+        template_ids = []
+        template_list = self._zapi.template.get({'output': 'extend', 'hostids': host_id})
+        for template in template_list:
+            template_ids.append(template['templateid'])
+        return template_ids
+
+    # get host groups by host id
+    def get_host_groups_by_host_id(self, host_id):
+        exist_host_groups = []
+        host_groups_list = self._zapi.hostgroup.get({'output': 'extend', 'hostids': host_id})
+
+        if len(host_groups_list) >= 1:
+            for host_groups_name in host_groups_list:
+                exist_host_groups.append(host_groups_name['name'])
+        return exist_host_groups
+
+    # check the exist_interfaces whether it equals the interfaces or not
+    def check_interface_properties(self, exist_interface_list, interfaces):
+        interfaces_port_list = []
+        if len(interfaces) >= 1:
+            for interface in interfaces:
+                interfaces_port_list.append(int(interface['port']))
+
+        exist_interface_ports = []
+        if len(exist_interface_list) >= 1:
+            for exist_interface in exist_interface_list:
+                exist_interface_ports.append(int(exist_interface['port']))
+
+        if set(interfaces_port_list) != set(exist_interface_ports):
+            return True
+
+        for exist_interface in exist_interface_list:
+            exit_interface_port = int(exist_interface['port'])
+            for interface in interfaces:
+                interface_port = int(interface['port'])
+                if interface_port == exit_interface_port:
+                    for key in interface.keys():
+                        if str(exist_interface[key]) != str(interface[key]):
+                            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    # get the status of host by host
+    def get_host_status_by_host(self, host):
+        return host['status']
+
+    # check all the properties before link or clear template
+    def check_all_properties(self, host_id, host_groups, status, interfaces, template_ids,
+                             exist_interfaces, host):
+        # get the existing host's groups
+        exist_host_groups = self.get_host_groups_by_host_id(host_id)
+        if set(host_groups) != set(exist_host_groups):
+            return True
+
+        # get the existing status
+        exist_status = self.get_host_status_by_host(host)
+        if int(status) != int(exist_status):
+            return True
+
+        # check the exist_interfaces whether it equals the interfaces or not
+        if self.check_interface_properties(exist_interfaces, interfaces):
+            return True
+
+        # get the existing templates
+        exist_template_ids = self.get_host_templates_by_host_id(host_id)
+        if set(list(template_ids)) != set(exist_template_ids):
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    # link or clear template of the host
+    def link_or_clear_template(self, host_id, template_id_list):
+        # get host's exist template ids
+        exist_template_id_list = self.get_host_templates_by_host_id(host_id)
+
+        exist_template_ids = set(exist_template_id_list)
+        template_ids = set(template_id_list)
+        template_id_list = list(template_ids)
+
+        # get unlink and clear templates
+        templates_clear = exist_template_ids.difference(template_ids)
+        templates_clear_list = list(templates_clear)
+        request_str = {'hostid': host_id, 'templates': template_id_list, 'templates_clear': templates_clear_list}
+        try:
+            if self._module.check_mode:
+                self._module.exit_json(changed=True)
+            self._zapi.host.update(request_str)
+        except Exception, e:
+            self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to link template to host: %s" % e)
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            server_url=dict(required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
+            login_user=dict(required=True),
+            login_password=dict(required=True),
+            host_name=dict(required=True),
+            host_groups=dict(required=False),
+            link_templates=dict(required=False),
+            status=dict(default="enabled"),
+            state=dict(default="present"),
+            timeout=dict(default=10),
+            interfaces=dict(required=False)
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    if not HAS_ZABBIX_API:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Missing requried zabbix-api module (check docs or install with: pip install zabbix-api)")
+
+    server_url = module.params['server_url']
+    login_user = module.params['login_user']
+    login_password = module.params['login_password']
+    host_name = module.params['host_name']
+    host_groups = module.params['host_groups']
+    link_templates = module.params['link_templates']
+    status = module.params['status']
+    state = module.params['state']
+    timeout = module.params['timeout']
+    interfaces = module.params['interfaces']
+
+    # convert enabled to 0; disabled to 1
+    status = 1 if status == "disabled" else 0
+
+    zbx = None
+    # login to zabbix
+    try:
+        zbx = ZabbixAPIExtends(server_url, timeout=timeout)
+        zbx.login(login_user, login_password)
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failed to connect to Zabbix server: %s" % e)
+
+    host = Host(module, zbx)
+
+    template_ids = []
+    if link_templates:
+        template_ids = host.get_template_ids(link_templates)
+
+    group_ids = []
+
+    if host_groups:
+        group_ids = host.get_group_ids_by_group_names(host_groups)
+
+    ip = ""
+    if interfaces:
+        for interface in interfaces:
+            if interface['type'] == 1:
+                ip = interface['ip']
+
+    # check if host exist
+    is_host_exist = host.is_host_exist(host_name)
+
+    if is_host_exist:
+        # get host id by host name
+        zabbix_host_obj = host.get_host_by_host_name(host_name)
+        host_id = zabbix_host_obj['hostid']
+
+        if state == "absent":
+            # remove host
+            host.delete_host(host_id, host_name)
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, result="Successfully delete host %s" % host_name)
+        else:
+            if not group_ids:
+                module.fail_json(msg="Specify at least one group for updating host '%s'." % host_name)
+
+            # get exist host's interfaces
+            exist_interfaces = host._zapi.hostinterface.get({'output': 'extend', 'hostids': host_id})
+            exist_interfaces_copy = copy.deepcopy(exist_interfaces)
+
+            # update host
+            interfaces_len = len(interfaces) if interfaces else 0
+
+            if len(exist_interfaces) > interfaces_len:
+                if host.check_all_properties(host_id, host_groups, status, interfaces, template_ids,
+                                             exist_interfaces, zabbix_host_obj):
+                    host.link_or_clear_template(host_id, template_ids)
+                    host.update_host(host_name, group_ids, status, host_id,
+                                     interfaces, exist_interfaces)
+                    module.exit_json(changed=True,
+                                     result="Successfully update host %s (%s) and linked with template '%s'"
+                                     % (host_name, ip, link_templates))
+                else:
+                    module.exit_json(changed=False)
+            else:
+                if host.check_all_properties(host_id, host_groups, status, interfaces, template_ids,
+                                             exist_interfaces_copy, zabbix_host_obj):
+                    host.update_host(host_name, group_ids, status, host_id, interfaces, exist_interfaces)
+                    host.link_or_clear_template(host_id, template_ids)
+                    module.exit_json(changed=True,
+                                     result="Successfully update host %s (%s) and linked with template '%s'"
+                                     % (host_name, ip, link_templates))
+                else:
+                    module.exit_json(changed=False)
+    else:
+        if not group_ids:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Specify at least one group for creating host '%s'." % host_name)
+
+        if not interfaces or (interfaces and len(interfaces) == 0):
+            module.fail_json(msg="Specify at least one interface for creating host '%s'." % host_name)
+
+        # create host
+        host_id = host.add_host(host_name, group_ids, status, interfaces)
+        host.link_or_clear_template(host_id, template_ids)
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, result="Successfully added host %s (%s) and linked with template '%s'" % (
+            host_name, ip, link_templates))
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+main()
+