theforeman.foreman.repository module – Manage Repositories

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 4.3.0-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.repository.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis 

Create and manage repositories

Aliases: katello_repository

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
ansible_collection_requirements string	Contents of requirement yaml file to sync from URL
arch string	Architecture of content in the repository Set to `noarch` to disable the architecture restriction again.
auto_enabled boolean	repositories will be automatically enabled on a registered host subscribed to this product Choices: `false` `true`
checksum_type string	Checksum of the repository Choices: `"sha1"` `"sha256"`
content_type string / required	The content type of the repository Choices: `"deb"` `"docker"` `"file"` `"ostree"` `"puppet"` `"yum"` `"ansible_collection"`
deb_architectures string	comma separated list of architectures to be synced from deb-archive only available for content_type=deb
deb_components string	comma separated list of repo components to be synced from deb-archive only available for content_type=deb
deb_errata_url string	URL to sync Debian or Ubuntu errata information from only available on Orcharhino only available for content_type=deb
deb_releases string	comma separated list of releases to be synced from deb-archive only available for content_type=deb
description string	Description of the repository
docker_tags_whitelist list / elements=string	list of tags to sync for Container Image repository only available for content_type=docker Deprecated since Katello 4.4
docker_upstream_name string	name of the upstream docker repository only available for content_type=docker
download_concurrency integer added in theforeman.foreman 3.0.0	download concurrency for sync from upstream as the API does not return this value, this will break idempotence for this module
download_policy string	The download policy for sync from upstream. The download policy `background` is deprecated and not available since Katello 4.3. Choices: `"background"` `"immediate"` `"on_demand"`
exclude_tags list / elements=string added in theforeman.foreman 3.7.0	List of tags to exclude when syncing a container image repository.
gpg_key string	Repository GPG key
http_proxy string	Name of the http proxy to use for content synching Should be combined with http_proxy_policy=’use_selected_http_proxy’
http_proxy_policy string	Which proxy to use for content synching Choices: `"global_default_http_proxy"` `"none"` `"use_selected_http_proxy"`
ignorable_content list / elements=string	List of content units to ignore while syncing a yum repository. Must be subset of rpm,drpm,srpm,distribution,erratum.
ignore_global_proxy boolean	Whether content sync should use or ignore the global http proxy setting This is deprecated with Katello 3.13 It has been superseeded by http_proxy_policy Choices: `false` `true`
include_tags list / elements=string added in theforeman.foreman 3.7.0	List of tags to sync for a container image repository.
label string	label of the repository
mirror_on_sync boolean	toggle “mirror on sync” where the state of the repository mirrors that of the upstream repository at sync time This is deprecated with Katello 4.3 It has been superseeded by mirroring_policy=mirror_content_only Choices: `false` `true`
mirroring_policy string	Policy to set for mirroring content Supported since Katello 4.3 Choices: `"additive"` `"mirror_content_only"` `"mirror_complete"`
name string / required	Name of the repository
organization string / required	Organization that the entity is in
os_versions list / elements=string	Identifies whether the repository should be disabled on a client with a non-matching OS version. A maximum of one OS version can be selected. Set to `[]` to disable filtering again. Choices: `"rhel-6"` `"rhel-7"` `"rhel-8"` `"rhel-9"`
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.
product string / required	Product to which the repository lives in
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.
ssl_ca_cert string	Repository SSL CA certificate
ssl_client_cert string	Repository SSL client certificate
ssl_client_key string	Repository SSL client private key
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"`
unprotected boolean	publish the repository via HTTP Choices: `false` `true`
upstream_password string	Password to access upstream repository. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.
upstream_username string	username to access upstream repository
url string	Repository URL to sync from
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)
verify_ssl_on_sync boolean	verify the upstream certifcates are signed by a trusted CA Choices: `false` `true`

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

Notes 

Note

You can configure certain aspects of existing Red Hat Repositories (like download_policy) using this module, but you can’t create (enable) or delete (disable) them.
If you want to enable or disable Red Hat Repositories available through your subscription, please use the theforeman.foreman.repository_set module instead.

Examples 

- name: "Create repository"
  theforeman.foreman.repository:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "My repository"
    state: present
    content_type: "yum"
    product: "My Product"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    url: "http://yum.theforeman.org/plugins/latest/el7/x86_64/"
    mirror_on_sync: true
    download_policy: immediate

- name: "Create repository with content credentials"
  theforeman.foreman.repository:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "My repository 2"
    state: present
    content_type: "yum"
    product: "My Product"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    url: "http://yum.theforeman.org/releases/latest/el7/x86_64/"
    download_policy: on_demand
    mirror_on_sync: true
    gpg_key: RPM-GPG-KEY-my-product2

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
repositories list / elements=dictionary	List of repositories. Returned: success

Authors

Eric D Helms (@ehelms)

theforeman.foreman.repository module – Manage Repositories

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Notes

Examples

Return Values