theforeman.foreman.snapshot – Manage Snapshots

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 2.1.1).

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

• Manage 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.

• 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