theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template module – Manage Provisioning Templates

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 5.2.0-dev).

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

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis 

Manage Provisioning Templates

Aliases: foreman_provisioning_template

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
audit_comment string	Content of the audit comment field
file_name path	The path of a template file, that shall be imported. Either this or template is required as a source for the Provisioning Template “content”.
kind string	The provisioning template kind Choices: `"Bootdisk"` `"cloud-init"` `"finish"` `"host_init_config"` `"iPXE"` `"job_template"` `"kexec"` `"POAP"` `"provision"` `"PXEGrub"` `"PXEGrub2"` `"PXELinux"` `"registration"` `"script"` `"snippet"` `"user_data"` `"ZTP"`
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
locked boolean	Determines whether the template shall be locked Choices: `false` `true`
name string	The name of the Provisioning Template. If omited, will be determined from the `name` header of the template or the filename (in that order). The special value “*” can be used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing templates.
operatingsystems list / elements=string	List of operating systems the entity should be assigned to. 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.
organizations list / elements=string	List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
password string / required	Password of the user accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
server_url string / required	URL of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_SERVER_URL` will be used instead.
state string	State of the entity `present_with_defaults` will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"present_with_defaults"` `"absent"`
template string	The content of the provisioning template. Either this or file_name is required as a source for the Provisioning Template “content”.
updated_name string	New provisioning template name. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.
username string / required	Username accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_USERNAME` will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	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 `FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Attributes 

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode

Examples 

# Keep in mind, that in this case, the inline parameters will be overwritten
- name: "Create a Provisioning Template inline"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: A New Finish Template
    kind: finish
    state: present
    template: |
      <%#
          name: Finish timetravel
          kind: finish
      %>
      cd /
      rm -rf *
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "Create a Provisioning Template from a file"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

# Due to the module logic, deleting requires a template dummy,
# either inline or from a file.
- name: "Delete a Provisioning Template"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: timeywimey_template
    template: |
      <%#
          dummy:
      %>
    state: absent

- name: "Create a Provisioning Template from a file and modify with parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    name: Wibbly Wobbly Template
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

# Providing a name in this case wouldn't be very sensible.
# Alternatively make use of with_filetree to parse recursively with filter.
- name: "Parsing a directory of provisioning templates"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    locations:
      - SKARO
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
  with_fileglob:
    - "./arsenal_templates/*.erb"

# If the templates are stored locally and the ansible module is executed on a remote host
- name: Ensure latest version of all Provisioning Community Templates
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
    template: '{{ lookup("file", item.src) }}'
  with_filetree: '/path/to/provisioning/templates'
  when: item.state == 'file'


# with name set to "*" bulk actions can be performed
- name: "Delete *ALL* provisioning templates"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: absent

- name: "Assign all provisioning templates to the same organization(s)"
  theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: present
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
      - sky.net
      - Doc Brown's garage

Return Values 

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
entity dictionary	Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type. Returned: success
provisioning_templates list / elements=dictionary	List of provisioning templates. Returned: success

Authors

Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG
Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG

theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template module – Manage Provisioning Templates

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Examples

Return Values