configuration.importcompare

Description

array configuration.importcompare(object parameters)

This method allows to compare import file with current system elements and shows what will be changed if this import file will be imported.

This method is available to users of any type. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object) Parameters containing the possible data to import and rules how the data should be handled.

If no rules are given, there will be nothing to update and result will be empty.

Comparison will be done only for host groups and templates. Triggers and graphs will be compared only for imported templates, any other will be considered as “new”.

The rules object supports the following parameters.

Return values

(array) Returns an array with changes in configuration, that will be made.

Examples

Importing hosts and items

Import the template and items contained in the YAML string. If any items in YAML are missing, they will be shown as deleted, and everything else will be left unchanged.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "configuration.import",
           "params": {
               "format": "xml",
               "rules": {
                   "groups": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": true
                   },
                   "templates": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": true
                   },
                   "items": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": true,
                       "deleteMissing": true
                   },
                   "triggers": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": true,
                       "deleteMissing": true
                   },
                   "discoveryRules": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": true,
                       "deleteMissing": true
                   },
                   "valueMaps": {
                       "createMissing": true,
                       "updateExisting": false
                   }
               },
               "source": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><zabbix_export><version>5.4</version><date>2021-05-27T07:12:07Z</date><groups><group><uuid>6f6799aa69e844b4b3918f779f2abf08</uuid><name>Zabbix servers</name></group></groups><templates><template><uuid>e1bde9bf2f0544f5929f45b82502e744</uuid><template>Export template</template><name>Export template</name><groups><group><name>Zabbix servers</name></group></groups><items><item><uuid>3237bc89226e42ed8207574022470e83</uuid><name>Item</name><key>item.key</key><delay>30s</delay><valuemap><name>Host status</name></valuemap><triggers><trigger><uuid>bd1ed0089e4b4f35b762c9d6c599c348</uuid><expression>last(/Export template/item.key)=0</expression><name>Trigger</name></trigger></triggers></item></items><discovery_rules><discovery_rule><uuid>c91616bcf4a44f349539a1b40cb0979d</uuid><name>Discovery rule</name><key>rule.key</key><item_prototypes><item_prototype><uuid>7e164881825744248b3039af3435cf4b</uuid><name>Item prototype</name><key>prototype.key</key></item_prototype></item_prototypes></discovery_rule></discovery_rules><valuemaps><valuemap><uuid>7e666857c5df4af3a338349586f2afc3</uuid><name>Host status</name><mappings><mapping><value>0</value><newvalue>Up</newvalue></mapping><mapping><value>2</value><newvalue>Unreachable</newvalue></mapping></mappings></valuemap></valuemaps></template></templates></zabbix_export>"
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
          "jsonrpc":"2.0",
          "result":{
             "templates":{
                "updated":[
                   {
                      "before":{
                         "uuid":"e1bde9bf2f0544f5929f45b82502e744",
                         "template":"Export template",
                         "name":"Export template"
                      },
                      "after":{
                         "uuid":"e1bde9bf2f0544f5929f45b82502e744",
                         "template":"Export template",
                         "name":"Export template"
                      },
                      "items":{
                         "added":[
                            {
                               "after":{
                                  "uuid":"3237bc89226e42ed8207574022470e83",
                                  "name":"Item",
                                  "key":"item.key",
                                  "delay":"30s",
                                  "valuemap":{
                                     "name":"Host status"
                                  }
                               },
                               "triggers":{
                                  "added":[
                                     {
                                        "after":{
                                           "uuid":"bd1ed0089e4b4f35b762c9d6c599c348",
                                           "expression":"last(/Export template/item.key)=0",
                                           "name":"Trigger"
                                        }
                                     }
                                  ]
                               }
                            }
                         ],
                         "removed":[
                            {
                               "before":{
                                  "uuid":"bd3e7b28b3d544d6a83ed01ddaa65ab6",
                                  "name":"Old Item",
                                  "key":"ite_old.key",
                                  "delay":"30s",
                                  "valuemap":{
                                     "name":"Host status"
                                  }
                               }
                            }
                         ]
                      },
                      "discovery_rules":{
                         "updated":[
                            {
                               "before":{
                                  "uuid":"c91616bcf4a44f349539a1b40cb0979d",
                                  "name":"Discovery rule",
                                  "key":"rule.key"
                               },
                               "after":{
                                  "uuid":"c91616bcf4a44f349539a1b40cb0979d",
                                  "name":"Discovery rule",
                                  "key":"rule.key"
                               },
                               "item_prototypes":{
                                  "updated":[
                                     {
                                        "before":{
                                           "uuid":"7e164881825744248b3039af3435cf4b",
                                           "name":"Old item prototype",
                                           "key":"prototype_old.key"
                                        },
                                        "after":{
                                           "uuid":"7e164881825744248b3039af3435cf4b",
                                           "name":"Item prototype",
                                           "key":"prototype.key"
                                        }
                                     }
                                  ]
                               }
                            }
                         ]
                      }
                   }
                ]
             }
          },
          "id":1
       }

Source

CConfiguration::importcompare() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CConfiguration.php.