# Zabbix\_maintenance module not working

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-maintenance-module-not-working/31411>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 3, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-maintenance-module-not-working/31411 "2019-10-03T12:40:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miroslav\_Windhouwer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Miroslav\_Windhouwer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Miroslav_Windhouwer)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/zabbix-maintenance-module-not-working/31411/1 "2019-10-03T12:40:31Z")

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Hey!

I have been trying to use Ansible with the zabbix\_maintenance module but I keep getting an Error. I already used ‘pip install zabbix-api’ Successfully installed zabbix-api-0.5.4.  
There is only 1 python and pip version on the server .

Even tried the

```auto
local_action:
module: Zabbix_maintenance

```

instead of `Zabbix_maintenance:`

```auto
fatal: [client2@client2]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Missing required ********-api module (check docs or install with: pip install********-api)"}

```

What I use:

```auto
ansible 2.5.1
config file = /home/deploy/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = [u'/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible/modules/monitoring/zabbix']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 2.7.15+ (default, Jul 9 2019, 16:51:35) [GCC 7.4.0]
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
Zabbix 4.0

```

ansible.cfg has the default settings.

My playbook

```auto
---
- hosts: www
become: yes
serial: 1
tasks:

- name: Maintenance mode ON
zabbix_maintenance:
name: Server update switching to maintenance mode
host_name: "{{ name }}"
state: absent
minutes: 3
server_url: "http://{{ ip2 }}"
login_user: Admin
login_password: zabbix

- name: stop nginx
service:
name: nginx
state: stopped

- name: full update the server
apt:
upgrade: yes
update_cache: yes

- name: start nginx
service:
name: nginx
state: started

- name: status nginx
shell: systemctl status nginx
register: server_status
- name: debug
debug:
msg: "{{ server_status['stdout_lines'] }}"

- name: Maintenance mode OFF
zabbix_maintenance:
name: Switching maintenance mode OFF
host_name: "{{ name }}"
state: absent
server_url: "http://{{ ip2 }}"
login_user: Admin
login_password: Zabbix

```

##### EXPECTED RESULTS

Playbook runs and sets Zabbix in maintenance mode during the update.

##### ACTUAL RESULTS

```auto

fatal: [client2@client2]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Missing required ********-api module (check docs or install with: pip install********-api)"}

```

-vvv result:

```auto
The full traceback is:
File "/tmp/ansible_t6bVYD/ansible_module_ ******** _maintenance.py", line 134, in <module>
from ******** _api import ZabbixAPI

fatal: [client2@client2]: FAILED! => {
"changed": false,
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"collect_data": true,
"desc": "Created by Ansible",
"host_groups": null,
"host_name": "client2",
"host_names": [
"client2"
],
"http_login_password": null,
"http_login_user": null,
"login_password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"login_user": "Admin",
"minutes": 3,
"name": "Server update switching to maintenance mode",
"server_url": "http://x.x.x.x",
"state": "absent",
"timeout": 10,
"validate_certs": true
}
},
"msg": "Missing required ********-api module (check docs or install with: pip install********-api)"
}

```

```paste

```