theforeman.foreman.resource_info module – Gather information about resources

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 4.2.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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.resource_info.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Gather information about resources

Aliases: foreman_search_facts

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

full_details

aliases: info

boolean

If True all details about the found resources are returned

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

organization

string

Scope the searched resource by organization

params

dictionary

Add parameters to the API call if necessary

If not specified, no additional parameters are passed

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.

resource

string / required

Resource to search

Set to an invalid choice like foo see all available options.

string

Search query to use

If None, all resources are returned

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)

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

Notes

Note

  • Some resources don’t support scoping and will return errors when you pass organization or unknown data in params.

Examples

- name: "Read a Setting"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: settings
    search: name = foreman_url
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result.resources[0].value

- name: "Read all Registries"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: registries
  register: result
- debug:
    var: item.name
  with_items: "{{ result.resources }}"

- name: "Read all Organizations with full details"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: organizations
    full_details: true
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result.resources

- name: Get all existing subscriptions for organization with id 1
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: subscriptions
    params:
      organization_id: 1
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result

- name: Get all existing activation keys for organization ACME
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    resource: activation_keys
    organization: ACME
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

resources

list / elements=string

Resource information

Returned: always

Authors

  • Sean O’Keeffe (@sean797)