theforeman.foreman.content_view – Manage Content Views

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 2.0.0).

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

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

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create and manage content views

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auto_publish
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Auto publish composite view when a new version of a component content view is created.
Also note auto publish will only happen when the component is marked "latest".
components
list / elements=dictionary
List of content views to includes content_view and either version or latest.
Ignored if composite=False.
content_view
string / required
Content View name to be added to the Composite Content View
content_view_version
string
Version of the Content View to add

aliases: version
latest
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Always use the latest Content View Version
composite
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
A composite view contains other content views.
description
string
Description of the Content View
name
string / required
Name of the Content View
organization
string / required
Organization that the entity is in
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.
repositories
list / elements=dictionary
List of repositories that include name and product.
Cannot be combined with composite=True.
name
string / required
Name of the Repository to be added
product
string / required
Product of the Repository to be added
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.
solve_dependencies
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Solve RPM dependencies by default on Content View publish
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • present_with_defaults
  • absent
State of the entity
present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won't update existing ones
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.

Examples

- name: "Create or update Fedora content view"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Fedora CV"
    organization: "My Cool new Organization"
    repositories:
      - name: 'Fedora 26'
        product: 'Fedora'

- name: "Create a composite content view"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Fedora CCV"
    organization: "My Cool new Organization"
    composite: true
    auto_publish: true
    components:
      - content_view: Fedora CV
        content_view_version: 1.0
      - content_view: Internal CV
        latest: true

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
entity
dictionary
success
Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
 
content_views
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of content views.


Authors

  • Eric D Helms (@ehelms)