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.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template -- Manage Provisioning Templates
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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.provisioning_template`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 1.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

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

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Manage Provisioning Templates


.. Aliases


.. Requirements

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

- requests


.. Options

Parameters
----------

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    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
                        <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-audit_comment"></div>
                    <b>audit_comment</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-audit_comment" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Content of the audit comment field</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-file_name"></div>
                    <b>file_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-file_name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The path of a template file, that shall be imported.</div>
                                            <div>Either this or <em>template</em> is required as a source for the Provisioning Template &quot;content&quot;.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-kind"></div>
                    <b>kind</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-kind" 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>Bootdisk</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>cloud-init</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>finish</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>iPXE</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>job_template</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>kexec</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>POAP</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>provision</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>ptable</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>PXEGrub</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>PXEGrub2</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>PXELinux</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>registration</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>script</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>snippet</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>user_data</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>ZTP</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The provisioning template kind</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-locations"></div>
                    <b>locations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-locations" 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 locations the entity should be assigned to</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-locked"></div>
                    <b>locked</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-locked" 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>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Determines whether the template shall be locked</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <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>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The name of the Provisioning Template.</div>
                                            <div>If omited, will be determined from the <code>name</code> header of the template or the filename (in that order).</div>
                                            <div>The special value &quot;*&quot; can be used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing templates.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-operatingsystems"></div>
                    <b>operatingsystems</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-operatingsystems" 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 operating systems the entity should be assigned to.</div>
                                            <div>Operating systems are looked up by their title which is composed as &quot;&lt;name&gt; &lt;major&gt;.&lt;minor&gt;&quot;.</div>
                                            <div>You can omit the version part as long as you only have one operating system by that name.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-organizations"></div>
                    <b>organizations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-organizations" 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 organizations the entity should be assigned to</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <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="1">
                    <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="1">
                    <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="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-template"></div>
                    <b>template</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-template" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The content of the provisioning template.</div>
                                            <div>Either this or <em>file_name</em> is required as a source for the Provisioning Template &quot;content&quot;.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <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 provisioning template name. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <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="1">
                    <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

    

    # Keep in mind, that in this case, the inline parameters will be overwritten
    - name: "Create a Provisioning Template inline"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: A New Finish Template
        kind: finish
        state: present
        template: |
          <%#
              name: Finish timetravel
              kind: finish
          %>
          cd /
          rm -rf *
        locations:
          - Gallifrey
        organizations:
          - TARDIS INC

    - name: "Create a Provisioning Template from a file"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
        state: present
        locations:
          - Gallifrey
        organizations:
          - TARDIS INC

    # Due to the module logic, deleting requires a template dummy,
    # either inline or from a file.
    - name: "Delete a Provisioning Template"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: timeywimey_template
        template: |
          <%#
              dummy:
          %>
        state: absent

    - name: "Create a Provisioning Template from a file and modify with parameter"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
        name: Wibbly Wobbly Template
        state: present
        locations:
          - Gallifrey
        organizations:
          - TARDIS INC

    # Providing a name in this case wouldn't be very sensible.
    # Alternatively make use of with_filetree to parse recursively with filter.
    - name: "Parsing a directory of provisioning templates"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        file_name: "{{ item }}"
        state: present
        locations:
          - SKARO
        organizations:
          - DALEK INC
        with_fileglob:
           - "./arsenal_templates/*.erb"

    # If the templates are stored locally and the ansible module is executed on a remote host
    - name: Ensure latest version of all Provisioning Community Templates
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: present
        template: '{{ lookup("file", item.src) }}'
      with_filetree: '/path/to/provisioning/templates'
      when: item.state == 'file'


    # with name set to "*" bulk actions can be performed
    - name: "Delete *ALL* provisioning templates"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "*"
        state: absent

    - name: "Assign all provisioning templates to the same organization(s)"
      theforeman.foreman.provisioning_template:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "*"
        state: present
        organizations:
          - DALEK INC
          - sky.net
          - Doc Brown's garage





.. 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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    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <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/provisioning_templates"></div>
                    <b>provisioning_templates</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/provisioning_templates" 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 provisioning templates.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
                        </table>
    <br/><br/>

..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG
- Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG



.. Parsing errors