theforeman.foreman.sync_plan module – Manage Sync Plans

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.sync_plan.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage sync plans

Aliases: katello_sync_plan

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
cron_expression string	A cron expression as found in crontab files This must be provided together with interval=’custom cron’.
description string	Description of the sync plan
enabled boolean / required	Whether the sync plan is active Choices: false true
interval string / required	How often synchronization should run Choices: "hourly" "daily" "weekly" "custom cron"
name string / required	Name of the sync plan
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.
products list / elements=string	List of products to include in the sync plan
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 present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones Choices: "present" ← (default) "present_with_defaults" "absent"
sync_date string / required	Start date and time of the first synchronization
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 weekly RHEL sync plan"
  theforeman.foreman.sync_plan:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Weekly RHEL Sync"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    interval: "weekly"
    enabled: false
    sync_date: "2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
    products:
      - 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server'
    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
sync_plans list / elements=dictionary	List of sync plans. Returned: success

Authors

• Andrew Kofink (@akofink)

• Matthis Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX-AG

Collection links

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