:source: foreman_snapshot.py

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.. _foreman_snapshot_module:


foreman_snapshot -- Manage Foreman Snapshots
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Synopsis
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- Manage Foreman Snapshots for Host Entities
- This module can create, update, revert and delete snapshots
- This module requires the foreman_snapshot_management plugin set up in the server
- See: https://github.com/ATIX-AG/foreman_snapshot_management



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

- apypie


Parameters
----------

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    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
                        <th width="100%">Comments</th>
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                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>description</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Description of Snapshot</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>host</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Name of related Host</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>name</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Name of Snapshot</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>password</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Password of the user accessing the Foreman server</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>server_url</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>URL of the Foreman server</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>state</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>reverted</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>absent</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>State of Snapshot</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>username</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Username accessing the Foreman server</div>
                                                                                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                    </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                        <div>Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server</div>
                                                                                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: verify_ssl</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
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Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: "Create a Snapshot"
      foreman_snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: present

    - name: "Update a Snapshot"
      foreman_snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        description: "description of snapshot"
        state: present

    - name: "Revert a Snapshot"
      foreman_snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: reverted

    - name: "Delete a Snapshot"
      foreman_snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: absent





Status
------




- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. *[preview]*


- This module is :ref:`maintained by the Ansible Community <modules_support>`. *[community]*





Authors
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- Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG


.. hint::
    If you notice any issues in this documentation, you can `edit this document <https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/edit/master/plugins/modules/foreman_snapshot.py>`_ to improve it.