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.. Anchors

.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.host_info module -- Fetch information about Hosts
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This module is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/theforeman/foreman>`_ (version 3.4.0).

    You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ``ansible`` package.
    It is not included in ``ansible-core``.
    To check whether it is installed, run :code:`ansible-galaxy collection list`.

    To install it, use: :code:`ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman`.

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`theforeman.foreman.host_info`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

.. contents::
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.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Fetch information about Hosts


.. Aliases


.. Requirements

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

- requests






.. Options

Parameters
----------


.. rst-class:: ansible-option-table

.. list-table::
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  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1

  * - Parameter
    - Comments

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-location"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-location:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **location**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-location" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Label of the Location to scope the search for.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-name:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **name**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Name of the resource to fetch information for.

      Mutually exclusive with \ :emphasis:`search`\ .


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-organization"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-organization:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **organization**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-organization" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Name of the Organization to scope the search for.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-password:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **password**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Password of the user accessing the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_PASSWORD`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-search"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-search:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **search**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-search" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Search query to use

      If None, and \ :emphasis:`name`\  is not set, all resources are returned.

      Mutually exclusive with \ :emphasis:`name`\ .


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_url"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-server_url:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **server_url**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_url" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      URL of the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_SERVER\_URL`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-username:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **username**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`string` / :ansible-option-required:`required`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Username accessing the Foreman server.

      If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_USERNAME`\  will be used instead.


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__parameter-validate_certs:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **validate_certs**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`boolean`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      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 \ :literal:`FOREMAN\_VALIDATE\_CERTS`\  will be used instead.


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`no`
      - :ansible-option-default-bold:`yes` :ansible-option-default:`← (default)`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>


.. Attributes


.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: "Show a host"
      theforeman.foreman.host_info:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "host.example.com"

    - name: "Show all hosts with domain example.com"
      theforeman.foreman.host_info:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        search: "domain = example.com"




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

.. rst-class:: ansible-option-table

.. list-table::
  :width: 100%
  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1

  * - Key
    - Description

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-host"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__return-host:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **host**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-host" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      Details about the found host


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` success and \ :emphasis:`name`\  was passed


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-hosts"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.host_info_module__return-hosts:

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-title

      **hosts**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-hosts" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>

      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-type-line

      :ansible-option-type:`list` / :ansible-option-elements:`elements=dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of all found hosts and their details


      .. rst-class:: ansible-option-line

      :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` success and \ :emphasis:`search`\  was passed


      .. raw:: html

        </div>



..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Evgeni Golov (@evgeni)



.. Extra links

Collection links
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. raw:: html

  <p class="ansible-links">
    <a href="https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/issues" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Issue Tracker</a>
    <a href="https://theforeman.org/" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Homepage</a>
    <a href="https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules" aria-role="button" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">Repository (Sources)</a>
  </p>

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