failure if zabbix hostgroup does not exist

[genebean]

If a node specifies a hostgroup that does not exist the following failure occurs.

Error: Could not set 'present' on ensure: Server answer API error:
 {
  "code": -32500,
  "message": "Application error.",
  "data": "No permissions to referred object or it does not exist!"
}
 on request:
 {
  "method": "host.create",
  "params": [
    {
      "host": "cent7test.example.edu",
      "interfaces": [
        {
          "type": 1,
          "main": 1,
          "ip": "",
          "dns": "cent7test.example.edu",
          "port": "10050",
          "useip": 0
        }
      ],
      "status": 0,
      "available": 1,
      "groups": [
        {
          "groupid": null
        }
      ],
      "proxy_hostid": null,
      "templates": [
        10001,
        10102
      ]
    }
  ],
  "id": 80395,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "auth": "ae774e8c6af9b0790929ab1019109332"
} at 37:/etc/puppet/environments/feature_zabbix_agent/modules/zabbix/manifests/resources/agent.pp
Error: Could not set 'present' on ensure: Server answer API error:
 {
  "code": -32500,
  "message": "Application error.",
  "data": "No permissions to referred object or it does not exist!"
}
 on request:
 {
  "method": "host.create",
  "params": [
    {
      "host": "cent7test.example.edu",
      "interfaces": [
        {
          "type": 1,
          "main": 1,
          "ip": "",
          "dns": "cent7test.example.edu",
          "port": "10050",
          "useip": 0
        }
      ],
      "status": 0,
      "available": 1,
      "groups": [
        {
          "groupid": null
        }
      ],
      "proxy_hostid": null,
      "templates": [
        10001,
        10102
      ]
    }
  ],
  "id": 80395,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "auth": "ae774e8c6af9b0790929ab1019109332"
} at 37:/etc/puppet/environments/feature_zabbix_agent/modules/zabbix/manifests/resources/agent.pp
Wrapped exception:
Server answer API error:
 {
  "code": -32500,
  "message": "Application error.",
  "data": "No permissions to referred object or it does not exist!"
}
 on request:
 {
  "method": "host.create",
  "params": [
    {
      "host": "cent7test.example.edu",
      "interfaces": [
        {
          "type": 1,
          "main": 1,
          "ip": "",
          "dns": "cent7test.example.edu",
          "port": "10050",
          "useip": 0
        }
      ],
      "status": 0,
      "available": 1,
      "groups": [
        {
          "groupid": null
        }
      ],
      "proxy_hostid": null,
      "templates": [
        10001,
        10102
      ]
    }
  ],
  "id": 80395,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "auth": "ae774e8c6af9b0790929ab1019109332"
}
Error: /Stage[main]/Zabbix::Resources::Agent/Zabbix_host[cent7test.example.edu]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Could not set 'present' on ensure: Server answer API error:
 {
  "code": -32500,
  "message": "Application error.",
  "data": "No permissions to referred object or it does not exist!"
}
 on request:
 {
  "method": "host.create",
  "params": [
    {
      "host": "cent7test.example.edu",
      "interfaces": [
        {
          "type": 1,
          "main": 1,
          "ip": "",
          "dns": "cent7test.example.edu",
          "port": "10050",
          "useip": 0
        }
      ],
      "status": 0,
      "available": 1,
      "groups": [
        {
          "groupid": null
        }
      ],
      "proxy_hostid": null,
      "templates": [
        10001,
        10102
      ]
    }
  ],
  "id": 80395,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "auth": "ae774e8c6af9b0790929ab1019109332"
} at 37:/etc/puppet/environments/feature_zabbix_agent/modules/zabbix/manifests/resources/agent.pp

[genebean]

I do now see that you have in the docs that this should already exist... if you don't want to create the host group then it would be great if the puppet run stopped with a fail message that said the host group doesn't exist rather than the run continuing and all this be spewed by the api gem. Of course, this is just my two cents...

[dj-wasabi]

I just updated the provider, I've added the following:

    # First check if we have an correct hostgroup and if not, we raise an error.
    search_hostgroup = zbx.hostgroups.get_id(:name => hostgroup)
    if search_hostgroup.nil?
        raise Puppet::Error, "The hostgroup (" + hostgroup + ") does not exist in zabbix. Please use the correct one."
    end

You'll get this error instead of the one mentioned in this issue.

[dj-wasabi]

I've added new release to the forge: 1.1.0.
If you have any questions or problems with this fix, please reopen this issue or create a new one please.

Kind regards,
Werner