theforeman.foreman.resource_info – Gather information about resources

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman.

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

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

• Gather information about resources

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
full_details boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If True all details about the found resources are returned aliases: info
organization string		Scope the searched resource by organization
params dictionary		Add parameters to the API call if necessary If not specified, no additional parameters are passed
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.
resource string / required		Resource to search Set to an invalid choice like foo see all available options.
search string		Search query to use If None, all resources are returned
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.
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	Choices: no yes ←	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.

Notes

Note

• Some resources don’t support scoping and will return errors when you pass organization or unknown data in params.

Examples

- name: "Read a Setting"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: settings
    search: name = foreman_url
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result.resources[0].value

- name: "Read all Registries"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: registries
  register: result
- debug:
    var: item.name
  with_items: "{{ result.resources }}"

- name: "Read all Organizations with full details"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: organizations
    full_details: true
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result.resources

- name: Get all existing subscriptions for organization with id 1
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: subscriptions
    params:
      organization_id: 1
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result

- name: Get all existing activation keys for organization ACME
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: activation_keys
    organization: ACME
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
resources list / elements=string	always	Resource information

Authors

• Sean O’Keeffe (@sean797)