Cannot change "zabbix_api_*" variables via inventory/group_vars

[emilbasv3]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

SUMMARY

While setting the following variables in playbook or in group_vars/all.yml works:

zabbix_api_server_host: HOST
zabbix_api_server_port: 80
ansible_zabbix_url_path: "api_jsonrpc.php"
zabbix_api_login_pass: PASS
zabbix_api_login_user: USER

We cannot figure out how to overwrite some of these variables via group_vars/GROUP.yml as per standard Ansible behavior. The only one that seems working is "zabbix_api_server_host" var.

COMPONENT NAME

community.zabbix.zabbix_agent v2.1.0

ANSIBLE VERSION

# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.15.2]
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /root/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /root/.local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44) [GCC 10.2.1 20210110] (/usr/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True

CONFIGURATION

# ansible-config dump --only-changed
CONFIG_FILE() = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['/etc/ansible/inventory.d']
DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_STDOUT_CALLBACK(/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg) = yaml

OS / ENVIRONMENT / Zabbix Version

OS (ansible): Debian 11 OS (zabbix server): Debian 12 Target OS: windows 2016,2019,2022; Debian 11, Fedora Zabbix: 6.4.2

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Playbook:

---
- name: "Install & configure zabbix-agent playbook"
  hosts: "{{ variable_host|default('all') }}"
  roles:
    - role: community.zabbix.zabbix_agent

  vars:
    zabbix_agent2: true
    zabbix_agent2_tlspsk_auto: true
    zabbix_api_create_hostgroup: true
    zabbix_api_server_host: zabbix-server-01.example.com
    #zabbix_api_server_port: 80 (DEFAULT)
    ansible_zabbix_url_path: "api_jsonrpc.php"
    zabbix_api_login_pass: PASS
    #zabbix_api_login_user: Admin (DEFAULT)
    zabbix_api_create_hosts: true
    zabbix_agent_hostgroups_state: present
    zabbix_agent_host_state: present
    zabbix_agent_inventory_mode: automatic
    zabbix_useuip: 0
    zabbix_agent_interfaces:
      - type: 1
        main: 1
        useip: "{{ zabbix_useuip }}"
        ip: "{{ zabbix_agent_ip }}"
        dns: "{{ zabbix_agent2_hostname }}"
        port: "{{ zabbix_agent_listenport }}"

Inventory

---
linux:
  children:
    cluster:
      children:
        managers:
          hosts:
            server-00:
        workers:
          hosts:
            server-[01:03]:
    fedora:
      hosts:
        server-FF:
windows:
  children:
    server_2016:
      hosts:
        WIN-2016:
    server_2019:
      hosts:
        WIN-2019:
    server_2022:
      hosts:
        WIN-2022:

Group variables (inventory/group_vars/windows.yml)

---
zabbix_host_groups:
  - Windows Servers

ansible_user: "administrator"
ansible_shell_type: powershell

zabbix_api_server_host: zabbix-server-02.example.com
zabbix_api_server_port: 8080

EXPECTED RESULTS

We exepect the the role honor group dedicated variables Eg. zabbix_api_server_port for windows group is set 8080 but the role connects to the default 80 (verified with tcpdump).

ACTUAL RESULTS

Only zabbix_api_server_host is inherited from group_vars.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem we have the same credendial, url, port, user and password on both zabbix servers (prod and test).