diff --git a/plugins/inventory/zabbix.ini b/plugins/inventory/zabbix.ini
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+# Ansible Zabbix external inventory script settings
+#
+
+[zabbix]
+
+# Server location
+server = http://192.168.0.1/zabbix
+
+# Login
+username = 
+password = 
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/zabbix.py b/plugins/inventory/zabbix.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# (c) 2013, Greg Buehler
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible,
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+######################################################################
+
+"""
+Zabbix external inventory script. Returns hosts and hostgroups from Zabbix.
+
+
+"""
+
+import os, sys
+import json
+import argparse
+import ConfigParser
+from zabbix_api import ZabbixAPI
+
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+class ZabbixInventory(object):
+
+    def read_settings(self):
+        config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+        config.read(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/zabbix.ini')
+        # server
+        if config.has_option('zabbix', 'server'):
+            self.zabbix_server = config.get('zabbix', 'server')
+
+        # login   
+        if config.has_option('zabbix', 'username'):
+            self.zabbix_username = config.get('zabbix', 'username')
+        if config.has_option('zabbix', 'password'):
+            self.zabbix_password = config.get('zabbix', 'password')
+
+    def read_cli(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+        parser.add_argument('--host')
+        parser.add_argument('--list', action='store_true')
+        self.options = parser.parse_args()
+
+    def hoststub(self):
+        return {
+            'hosts': []
+        }
+
+    def get_host(self, api, name):
+        data = {}
+        return data
+
+    def get_list(self, api):
+        hostsData = api.host.get({'output': 'extend', 'selectGroups': 'extend'})
+
+        data = {}
+        data[self.defaultgroup] = self.hoststub()
+
+        for host in hostsData:
+            hostname = host['name']
+            data[self.defaultgroup]['hosts'].append(hostname)   
+
+            for group in host['groups']:
+                groupname = group['name']
+
+                if not groupname in data:
+                    data[groupname] = self.hoststub()
+
+                data[groupname]['hosts'].append(hostname)
+
+        return data
+
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        self.defaultgroup = 'group_all'
+        self.zabbix_server = None
+        self.zabbix_username = None
+        self.zabbix_password = None
+
+        self.read_settings()
+        self.read_cli()
+
+        if self.zabbix_server and self.zabbix_username:
+            api = ZabbixAPI(server=self.zabbix_server)
+            api.login(user=self.zabbix_username, password=self.zabbix_password)
+
+            if self.options.host:
+                data = self.get_host(api, self.options.host)
+                print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
+
+            elif self.options.list:
+                data = self.get_list(api)
+                print json.dumps(data, indent=2)
+        else:
+            print "Configuration of server and credentials is required"
+
+ZabbixInventory()
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