theforeman.foreman.snapshot – Manage Snapshots

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.snapshot.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Description of Snapshot
host
string / required
Name of related Host
name
string / required
Name of Snapshot
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
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • reverted
  • absent
State of Snapshot
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 a Snapshot"
  theforeman.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"
  theforeman.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"
  theforeman.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"
  theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
    host: "server.example.com"
    state: absent

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.

 
snapshots
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of snapshots.



Authors

  • Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG