Zabbix: First try of the CMDB-in-Zabbix-Inventory idea (#12817)

Signed-off-by: Greg Sutcliffe <fedora@emeraldreverie.org>

inventory/group_vars/all

@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@ zabbix_url_path: ""  # If Zabbix WebUI runs on non-default (zabbix) path ,e.g. h
 zabbix_host: "zabbix01{{ env_suffix }}.{{ datacenter }}.fedoraproject.org"
 zabbix_tls_psk_identity: "Fedora"
 zabbix_tls_psk: "{{ zabbix_tls_prod_psk }}" # in ansible-private repo
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  # Env is not a valid key, so use this field for environment
+  deployment_status: production
 
 notes: |
   Unspecified.

inventory/group_vars/staging

@@ -69,3 +69,8 @@ wildcard_key_file: wildcard-2025.stg.fedoraproject.org.key
 zabbix_server: zabbix.stg.fedoraproject.org
 zabbix_auth_key: "{{ zabbix_stg_apikey }}" # in ansible-private repo
 zabbix_tls_psk: "{{ zabbix_tls_stg_psk }}" # in ansible-private repo
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  # Env is not a valid key, so use this field for environment
+  deployment_status: staging

inventory/host_vars/vmhost-x86-copr01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

@@ -65,3 +65,12 @@ network_connections:
      state: up
      mtu: 1500
 zabbix_host: zabbix01.vpn.fedoraproject.org
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  hardware: PowerEdge R6525
+  location: RDU3
+  oob_ip: 10.16.160.23
+  serialno_a: BM4LS13
+  site_rack: W34 U18
+  vendor: Dell

inventory/host_vars/vmhost-x86-copr02.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

@@ -63,3 +63,12 @@ network_connections:
      state: up
      mtu: 1500
 zabbix_host: zabbix01.vpn.fedoraproject.org
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  hardware: PowerEdge R6525
+  location: RDU3
+  oob_ip: 10.16.160.24
+  serialno_a: BM4MS13
+  site_rack: W34 U19
+  vendor: Dell

inventory/host_vars/vmhost-x86-copr03.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

@@ -65,3 +65,12 @@ network_connections:
      state: up
      mtu: 1500
 zabbix_host: zabbix01.vpn.fedoraproject.org
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  hardware: PowerEdge R6525
+  location: RDU3
+  oob_ip: 10.16.160.25
+  serialno_a: BM4KS13
+  site_rack: W34 U20
+  vendor: Dell

inventory/host_vars/vmhost-x86-copr04.rdu3.fedoraproject.org

@@ -65,3 +65,12 @@ network_connections:
      state: up
      mtu: 1500
 zabbix_host: zabbix01.vpn.fedoraproject.org
+# This is used to populate the inventory fields, only specific keys are allowed, see
+# https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/api/reference/host/object#host-inventory
+zabbix_inventory:
+  hardware: PowerEdge R6525
+  location: RDU3
+  oob_ip: 10.16.160.26
+  serialno_a: BM3RS13
+  site_rack: BB34 U18
+  vendor: Dell

roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/hosts.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
         host_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
         host_groups: "{{ zabbix_base_hostgroups }}"
         link_templates: "{{ zabbix_base_templates }}"
+        inventory_mode: manual
+        inventory_zabbix: "{{ zabbix_inventory }}"
         interfaces:
           - type: agent
             main: 1