theforeman.foreman.content_view module – Manage Content Views

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 3.14.0).

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

Aliases: katello_content_view

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

import_only

boolean

added in theforeman.foreman 3.14.0

Designate this Content View for importing from upstream servers only.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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)