theforeman.foreman.content_view module – Manage Content Views

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 3.11.0).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Create and manage content views

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
auto_publish boolean	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”. Choices: false ← (default) true
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 aliases: version string	Version of the Content View to add
latest boolean	Always use the latest Content View Version Choices: false ← (default) true
composite boolean	A composite view contains other content views. Choices: false ← (default) true
description string	Description of the Content View
label string	Label of the Content View. This field cannot be updated.
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	Solve RPM dependencies by default on Content View publish Choices: false true
state string	State of the entity present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones Choices: "present" ← (default) "present_with_defaults" "absent"
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	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. Choices: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode

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

Authors

• Eric D Helms (@ehelms)

Collection links

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