theforeman.foreman.subnet module – Manage Subnets

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.subnet.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete Subnets

Requirements

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

  • ipaddress

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bmc_proxy

string

added in theforeman.foreman 2.1.0

BMC Smart proxy for this subnet

boot_mode

string

Boot mode used by hosts in this subnet

Choices:

  • "DHCP" ← (default)

  • "Static"

cidr

integer

CIDR prefix length; Required if network_type=IPv4 and no mask provided

description

string

Description of the subnet

dhcp_proxy

string

DHCP Smart proxy for this subnet

discovery_proxy

string

Discovery Smart proxy for this subnet

This option is only available if the discovery plugin is installed.

dns_primary

string

Primary DNS server for this subnet

dns_proxy

string

Reverse DNS Smart proxy for this subnet

dns_secondary

string

Secondary DNS server for this subnet

domains

list / elements=string

List of DNS domains the subnet should assigned to

externalipam_group

string

added in theforeman.foreman 1.5.0

External IPAM group for this subnet.

Only relevant if ipam=External IPAM.

externalipam_proxy

string

External IPAM proxy for this subnet.

Only relevant if ipam=External IPAM.

from_ip

string

First IP address of the host IP allocation pool

gateway

string

Subnet gateway IP address

httpboot_proxy

string

HTTP Boot Smart proxy for this subnet

ipam

string

IPAM mode for this subnet

Choices:

  • "DHCP" ← (default)

  • "Internal DB"

  • "Random DB"

  • "EUI-64"

  • "External IPAM"

  • "None"

locations

list / elements=string

List of locations the entity should be assigned to

mask

string

Subnet netmask. Required if network_type=IPv4 and no cidr prefix length provided

mtu

integer

MTU

name

string / required

Subnet name

network

string / required

Subnet IP address

network_type

string

Subnet type

Choices:

  • "IPv4" ← (default)

  • "IPv6"

organizations

list / elements=string

List of organizations the entity should be assigned to

parameters

list / elements=dictionary

Subnet specific host parameters

name

string / required

Name of the parameter

parameter_type

string

Type of the parameter

Choices:

  • "string" ← (default)

  • "boolean"

  • "integer"

  • "real"

  • "array"

  • "hash"

  • "yaml"

  • "json"

value

any / required

Value of the parameter

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.

remote_execution_proxies

list / elements=string

Remote execution Smart proxies for this subnet

This option is only available if the remote_execution plugin is installed.

This will always report changed=true when used with remote_execution < 4.1.0, due to a bug in the plugin.

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"

template_proxy

string

Template Smart proxy for this subnet

tftp_proxy

string

TFTP Smart proxy for this subnet

to_ip

string

Last IP address of the host IP allocation pool

updated_name

string

New subnet name. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.

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)

vlanid

integer

VLAN ID

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: My subnet
  theforeman.foreman.subnet:
    name: "My subnet"
    description: "My description"
    network: "192.168.0.0"
    mask: "255.255.255.192"
    gateway: "192.168.0.1"
    from_ip: "192.168.0.2"
    to_ip: "192.168.0.42"
    boot_mode: "Static"
    dhcp_proxy: "smart-proxy1.foo.example.com"
    tftp_proxy: "smart-proxy1.foo.example.com"
    dns_proxy: "smart-proxy2.foo.example.com"
    template_proxy: "smart-proxy2.foo.example.com"
    vlanid: 452
    mtu: 9000
    domains:
    - "foo.example.com"
    - "bar.example.com"
    organizations:
    - "Example Org"
    locations:
    - "Toulouse"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

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

subnets

list / elements=dictionary

List of subnets.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)