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.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem -- Manage Operating Systems
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This plugin is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/theforeman/foreman>`_ (version 2.1.2).

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

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 1.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

.. contents::
   :local:
   :depth: 1

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Manage Operating Systems


.. Aliases


.. Requirements

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

- requests


.. Options

Parameters
----------

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            <th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
                        <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-architectures"></div>
                    <b>architectures</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-architectures" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>architectures, the operating system can be installed on</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-description"></div>
                    <b>description</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-description" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Description of the Operating System</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-major"></div>
                    <b>major</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-major" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>major version of the Operating System</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-media"></div>
                    <b>media</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-media" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>list of installation media</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-minor"></div>
                    <b>minor</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-minor" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>minor version of the Operating System</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div>
                    <b>name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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 the Operating System</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-os_family"></div>
                    <b>os_family</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-os_family" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>AIX</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Altlinux</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Archlinux</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Coreos</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Debian</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Freebsd</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Gentoo</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Junos</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>NXOS</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Rancheros</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Redhat</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Solaris</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Suse</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Windows</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Xenserver</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Distribution family of the Operating System</div>
                                                                <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: family</div>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters"></div>
                    <b>parameters</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Operating System specific host parameters</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/name"></div>
                    <b>name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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 the parameter</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/parameter_type"></div>
                    <b>parameter_type</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/parameter_type" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>string</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>boolean</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>integer</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>real</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>array</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>hash</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yaml</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>json</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Type of the parameter</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-parameters/value"></div>
                    <b>value</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-parameters/value" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Value of the parameter</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                    
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>
                    <b>password</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password_hash"></div>
                    <b>password_hash</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password_hash" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>MD5</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>SHA256</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>SHA512</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Base64</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>Base64-Windows</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>hashing algorithm for passwd</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-provisioning_templates"></div>
                    <b>provisioning_templates</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-provisioning_templates" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>List of provisioning templates that are associated with the operating system.</div>
                                            <div>Specify the full list of template names you want to associate with your OS.</div>
                                            <div>For example [&quot;Kickstart default&quot;, &quot;Kickstart default finish&quot;, &quot;Kickstart default iPXE&quot;, &quot;custom&quot;].</div>
                                            <div>After specifying the template associations, you can set the default association in</div>
                                            <div>the <span class='module'>theforeman.foreman.os_default_template</span> module.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ptables"></div>
                    <b>ptables</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ptables" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>list of partitioning tables</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-release_name"></div>
                    <b>release_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-release_name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Release name of the operating system (recommended for debian)</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_url"></div>
                    <b>server_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_url" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_SERVER_URL</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-state"></div>
                    <b>state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-state" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>present_with_defaults</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>absent</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>State of the entity</div>
                                            <div><code>present_with_defaults</code> will ensure the entity exists, but won&#x27;t update existing ones</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-updated_name"></div>
                    <b>updated_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-updated_name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>New operating system name. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>
                    <b>username</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <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>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                        </table>
    <br/>

.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: "Create an Operating System"
      theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: Debian
        release_name: stretch
        family: Debian
        major: 9
        parameters:
          - name: additional-packages
            value: python vim
        state: present

    - name: "Ensure existence of an Operating System (provide default values)"
      theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: Centos
        family: Redhat
        major: 7
        password_hash: SHA256
        state: present_with_defaults

    - name: "Delete an Operating System"
      theforeman.foreman.operatingsystem:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: Debian
        family: Debian
        major: 9
        state: absent




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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        <tr>
            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
                    <tr>
                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity"></div>
                    <b>entity</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity/operatinsystems"></div>
                    <b>operatinsystems</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/operatinsystems" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>List of operatinsystems.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
                        </table>
    <br/><br/>

..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Matthias M Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG
- Bernhard Hopfenmüller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG



.. Parsing errors