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.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Title

theforeman.foreman.hostgroup module -- Manage Hostgroups
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

.. Collection note

.. note::
    This module is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/theforeman/foreman/>`_ (version 4.1.0-dev).

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

    To install it, use: :code:`ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman`.
    You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
    see :ref:`Requirements <ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module_requirements>` for details.

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`theforeman.foreman.hostgroup`.

.. version_added

.. rst-class:: ansible-version-added

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

.. contents::
   :local:
   :depth: 1

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Create, update, and delete Hostgroups


.. Aliases

Aliases: foreman_hostgroup

.. Requirements

.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module_requirements:

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

- requests






.. Options

Parameters
----------

.. tabularcolumns:: \X{1}{3}\X{2}{3}

.. list-table::
  :width: 100%
  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1
  :class: longtable ansible-option-table

  * - Parameter
    - Comments

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-activation_keys"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-activation_keys:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **activation_keys**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-activation_keys" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Activation Keys used for deployment.

      Comma separated list.

      Only available for Katello installations.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ansible_roles"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-ansible_roles:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **ansible_roles**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ansible_roles" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=string`

      :ansible-option-versionadded:`added in theforeman.foreman 2.1.0`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      A list of ansible roles to associate with the hostgroup.

      The foreman-ansible plugin must be installed to use this parameter.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-architecture"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-architecture:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **architecture**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-architecture" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Architecture name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-compute_profile"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-compute_profile:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **compute_profile**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-compute_profile" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Compute profile name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-compute_resource"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-compute_resource:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **compute_resource**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-compute_resource" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Compute resource name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-config_groups"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-config_groups:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **config_groups**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-config_groups" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Config groups list


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-content_source"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-content_source:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **content_source**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-content_source" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Content Source (Smart Proxy with Content) name.

      Only available for Katello installations.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-content_view"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-content_view:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **content_view**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-content_view" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Content view.

      Only available for Katello installations.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-description"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-description:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **description**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-description" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Description of hostgroup


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-domain"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-domain:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **domain**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-domain" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Domain name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-environment"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-environment:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **environment**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-environment" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Puppet environment name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-kickstart_repository"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-kickstart_repository:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **kickstart_repository**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-kickstart_repository" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Kickstart repository name.

      You need to provide this to use the "Synced Content" feature.

      Mutually exclusive with \ :emphasis:`medium`\ .

      Only available for Katello installations.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-lifecycle_environment"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-lifecycle_environment:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **lifecycle_environment**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-lifecycle_environment" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Lifecycle environment.

      Only available for Katello installations.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-locations"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-locations:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **locations**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-locations" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of locations the entity should be assigned to


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-medium"></div>
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-media"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-media:
      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-medium:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **medium**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-medium" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-aliases:`aliases: media`

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Medium name

      Mutually exclusive with \ :emphasis:`kickstart\_repository`\ .


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-name:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **name**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Name of hostgroup


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-openscap_proxy"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-openscap_proxy:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **openscap_proxy**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-openscap_proxy" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      OpenSCAP proxy name.

      Only available when the OpenSCAP plugin is installed.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-operatingsystem"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-operatingsystem:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **operatingsystem**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-operatingsystem" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Operating systems are looked up by their title which is composed as "\<name\> \<major\>.\<minor\>".

      You can omit the version part as long as you only have one operating system by that name.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-organization"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-organization:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **organization**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-organization" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Organization for scoped resources attached to the hostgroup.

      Only used for Katello installations.

      This organization will implicitly be added to the \ :emphasis:`organizations`\  parameter if needed.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-organizations"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-organizations:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **organizations**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-organizations" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of organizations the entity should be assigned to


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-parameters:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **parameters**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Hostgroup specific host parameters


      .. raw:: html

        </div>
    
  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/name"></div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \hspace{0.02\textwidth}\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-parameters/name:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **name**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \end{minipage}

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Name of the parameter


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/parameter_type"></div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \hspace{0.02\textwidth}\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-parameters/parameter_type:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **parameter_type**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/parameter_type" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \end{minipage}

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Type of the parameter


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`"string"` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"boolean"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"integer"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"real"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"array"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"hash"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"yaml"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"json"`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/value"></div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \hspace{0.02\textwidth}\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-parameters/value:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **value**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/value" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`any` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \end{minipage}

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Value of the parameter


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parent"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-parent:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **parent**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parent" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Hostgroup parent name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-password:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **password**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Password of the user accessing the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_PASSWORD`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ptable"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-ptable:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **ptable**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ptable" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Partition table name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-puppet_ca_proxy"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-puppet_ca_proxy:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **puppet_ca_proxy**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-puppet_ca_proxy" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Puppet CA proxy name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-puppet_proxy"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-puppet_proxy:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **puppet_proxy**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-puppet_proxy" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Puppet server proxy name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-puppetclasses"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-puppetclasses:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **puppetclasses**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-puppetclasses" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of puppet classes to include in this host group. Must exist for hostgroup's puppet environment.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-pxe_loader"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-pxe_loader:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **pxe_loader**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-pxe_loader" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      PXE Bootloader


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"PXELinux BIOS"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"PXELinux UEFI"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub UEFI"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 BIOS"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 ELF"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 UEFI"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 UEFI SecureBoot"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 UEFI HTTP"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 UEFI HTTPS"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"Grub2 UEFI HTTPS SecureBoot"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"iPXE Embedded"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"iPXE UEFI HTTP"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"iPXE Chain BIOS"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"iPXE Chain UEFI"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"None"`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-realm"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-realm:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **realm**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-realm" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Realm name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-root_pass"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-root_pass:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **root_pass**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-root_pass" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Root password.

      Will result in the entity always being updated, as the current password cannot be retrieved.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_url"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-server_url:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **server_url**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_url" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      URL of the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_SERVER\_URL`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-state"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-state:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **state**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-state" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      State of the entity


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`"present"` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"absent"`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-subnet"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-subnet:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **subnet**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-subnet" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      IPv4 Subnet name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-subnet6"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-subnet6:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **subnet6**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-subnet6" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      IPv6 Subnet name


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-updated_name"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-updated_name:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **updated_name**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-updated_name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      New name of hostgroup. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-username:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **username**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Username accessing the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_USERNAME`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__parameter-validate_certs:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **validate_certs**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`boolean`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_VALIDATE\_CERTS`\  will be used instead.


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


.. Attributes


Attributes
----------

.. tabularcolumns:: \X{2}{10}\X{3}{10}\X{5}{10}

.. list-table::
  :width: 100%
  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1
  :class: longtable ansible-option-table

  * - Attribute
    - Support
    - Description

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="attribute-check_mode"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__attribute-check_mode:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **check_mode**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#attribute-check_mode" title="Permalink to this attribute"></a>

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      :ansible-attribute-support-label:`Support: \ `\ :ansible-attribute-support-full:`full`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Can run in check\_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="attribute-diff_mode"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__attribute-diff_mode:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **diff_mode**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#attribute-diff_mode" title="Permalink to this attribute"></a>

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      :ansible-attribute-support-label:`Support: \ `\ :ansible-attribute-support-full:`full`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check\_mode), when in diff mode


      .. raw:: html

        </div>



.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: "Create a Hostgroup"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        name: "new_hostgroup"
        architecture: "architecture_name"
        operatingsystem: "operatingsystem_name"
        medium: "media_name"
        ptable: "Partition_table_name"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: present

    - name: "Update a Hostgroup"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        name: "new_hostgroup"
        architecture: "updated_architecture_name"
        operatingsystem: "updated_operatingsystem_name"
        organizations:
          - Org One
          - Org Two
        locations:
          - Loc One
          - Loc Two
          - Loc One/Nested loc
        medium: "updated_media_name"
        ptable: "updated_Partition_table_name"
        root_pass: "password"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: present

    - name: "My nested hostgroup"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        parent: "new_hostgroup"
        name: "my nested hostgroup"

    - name: "My hostgroup with some proxies"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        name: "my hostgroup"
        environment: production
        puppet_proxy: puppet-proxy.example.com
        puppet_ca_proxy: puppet-proxy.example.com
        openscap_proxy: openscap-proxy.example.com

    - name: "My katello related hostgroup"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        organization: "My Org"
        name: "kt hostgroup"
        content_source: capsule.example.com
        lifecycle_environment: "Production"
        content_view: "My content view"
        parameters:
          - name: "kt_activation_keys"
            value: "my_prod_ak"

    - name: "Delete a Hostgroup"
      theforeman.foreman.hostgroup:
        name: "new_hostgroup"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: absent




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

.. tabularcolumns:: \X{1}{3}\X{2}{3}

.. list-table::
  :width: 100%
  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1
  :class: longtable ansible-option-table

  * - Key
    - Description

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__return-entity:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **entity**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

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


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    
  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity/hostgroups"></div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \hspace{0.02\textwidth}\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.hostgroup_module__return-entity/hostgroups:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **hostgroups**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/hostgroups" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \end{minipage}

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of hostgroups.


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

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


      .. raw:: html

        </div>




..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG
- Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)



.. Extra links

Collection links
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. ansible-links::

  - title: "Issue Tracker"
    url: "https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/issues"
    external: true
  - title: "Homepage"
    url: "https://theforeman.org/"
    external: true
  - title: "Repository (Sources)"
    url: "https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules"
    external: true


.. Parsing errors