theforeman.foreman.content_export_library module – Manage content exports

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 3.5.0).

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_export_library.

New in version 3.5.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Export library content to a directory.

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

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chunk_size_gb

integer

Split the exported content into archives no greater than the specified size in gigabytes.

destination_server

string

Destination server name; optional parameter to differentiate between exports

fail_on_missing_content

boolean

Fails if any of the repositories belonging to this organization are unexportable.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

from_history_id

string

Export history identifier used for incremental export. If not provided the most recent export history will be used.

incremental

boolean

Export only the content that has changed since the last export.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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.

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.

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)

Examples

- name: "Export library content (full)"
  content_export_library:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    destination_server: "airgapped.example.com"

- name: "Export library content (full) and fail if any repos are unexportable"
  content_export_library:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    destination_server: "airgapped.example.com"
    fail_on_missing_content: true

- name: "Export library content (full) in chunks of 10 GB"
  content_export_library:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    chunk_size_gb: 10
    organization: "Default Organization"
    destination_server: "airgapped.example.com"

- name: "Export library content (incremental) since the most recent export"
  content_export_library:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    destination_server: "airgapped.example.com"
    incremental: true

- name: "Export library content (incremental) since a specific export"
  content_export_library:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    destination_server: "airgapped.example.com"
    incremental: true
    from_history_id: "12345"

Authors

  • Jeremy Lenz (@jeremylenz)