netbox.netbox.netbox_contact module – Creates or removes contacts from NetBox

Note

This module is part of the netbox.netbox collection (version 3.17.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install netbox.netbox. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: netbox.netbox.netbox_contact.

New in netbox.netbox 3.5.0

Synopsis

  • Creates or removes contacts from NetBox

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • pynetbox

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cert

Certificate path

data

Defines the contact configuration

address

The address of the contact

comments

Comments on the contact

contact_group

Group assignment for the contact

custom_fields

must exist in NetBox

The description of the contact

email

The email of the contact

URL associated with the contact

name

Name of the contact to be created

phone

The phone number of the contact

tags

Any tags that the contact may need to be associated with

title

The title of the contact

netbox_token

The NetBox API token.

netbox_url

The URL of the NetBox instance.

Must be accessible by the Ansible control host.

query_params

This can be used to override the specified values in ALLOWED_QUERY_PARAMS that are defined

in plugins/module_utils/netbox_utils.py and provides control to users on what may make

an object unique in their environment.

state

validate_certs

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using a self-signed certificates.

:ansible-option-default-bold:`Default:` :ansible-option-default:`true`

Notes

Note

  • Tags should be defined as a YAML list

  • This should be ran with connection local and hosts localhost

Examples

- name: "Test NetBox module"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Create contact within NetBox with only required information
      netbox.netbox.netbox_contact:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Contact One
        state: present

    - name: Delete contact within netbox
      netbox.netbox.netbox_contact:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: Contact One
        state: absent

    - name: Create contact with all parameters
      netbox.netbox.netbox_contact:
        netbox_url: http://netbox.local
        netbox_token: thisIsMyToken
        data:
          name: contact ABC
          title: Mr Contact
          phone: 123456789
          email: contac@contact.com
          tags:
            - tagA
            - tagB
            - tagC
        state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

contact

Serialized object as created or already existent within NetBox

:ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` on creation

msg

Message indicating failure or info about what has been achieved

:ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` always

Authors

  • Martin Rødvand (@rodvand)