D3DeFi
commented
3 years ago Thank you for the feature idea @fibbs.
This should be doable without huge effort. However we would change existing functionality by introducing clear_templates module parameter and changing link_templates to match what zabbix_template does as someone may rely on the existing functionality already.
@sky-joker what do you think? Can we proceed with mirroring zabbix_template or we rather handle the situation differently (causing inconsistency between these two modules) for example by introducing clear_templates as a boolean value defaulting to True?
Intotheunknown
mprenditore
SUMMARY
I would love to see the possibility to control whether a template that is linked to an existing host in Zabbix and NOT listed in the "link_templates" attribute of the zabbix_host module gets "unlinked" or "unlinked and cleared". If I have understood the documenation and source code of both the zabbix_host and the zabbix_template modules correctly, this functionality is already implemented in the zabbix_template module: if there is a template linked to the template in question, but not listed in zabbix_template's "link_templates" attribute, it's going to be unlinked. If this same template is additionally listed in the "unlink_templates" attribute, it's getting not only unlinked from the template in question, it's also getting cleared. Currently, if I understand the code of zabbix_host correctly, there is only the possibility to "unlink and clear" a template from a host, because there is no "clear_templates" attribute and the clear is implicit.
ISSUE TYPE
COMPONENT NAME
zabbix_host
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Very useful in large scale migrations where to change several hosts to change from one to another template (updated template, new version) wihtout deleting all existing data.