theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule module – Manage Host Discovery Rules

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.discovery_rule.

New in theforeman.foreman 3.5.0

Synopsis

• Manage Host Discovery Rules

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
enabled boolean	Enable or disable the rule Choices: false true
hostgroup string	Hostgroup to assign hosts to Required if state=present
hostname string	Hostname to assign to discovered host(s) When matching multiple hosts, must provide unique hostnames for each of the discovered hosts
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
max_count integer	Maximum amount of hosts to provision with the rule 0 means no limit
name string / required	Name of the Discovery Rule
organizations list / elements=string	List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
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.
priority integer	Priority of the rule
search string	Expression to match newly discovered hosts with Required if state=present
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	State of the entity Choices: "present" ← (default) "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: 'Ensure Discovery Rule'
  theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule:
    username: 'admin'
    password: 'secret_password'
    server_url: 'https://foreman.example.com'
    name: 'my-first-disco'
    search: 'mac = bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb'
    hostgroup: 'RedHat7-Base'
    hostname: 'servera'
    max_count: 1
    organizations:
      - 'MyOrg'
    locations:
      - 'DC1'

- name: 'Remove Discovery Rule'
  theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule:
    username: 'admin'
    password: 'secret_password'
    server_url: 'https://foreman.example.com'
    name: 'my-first-disco'
    state: 'absent'

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
discovery_rules list / elements=dictionary	List of discovery rules. Returned: success

Authors

• Jeffrey van Pelt (@Thulium-Drake)

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