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.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Title

theforeman.foreman.snapshot module -- Manage Snapshots
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This module is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/theforeman/foreman/>`_ (version 5.2.0).

    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`.
    You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
    see :ref:`Requirements <ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module_requirements>` for details.

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

.. version_added

.. rst-class:: ansible-version-added

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

.. contents::
   :local:
   :depth: 1

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Manage Snapshots for Host Entities
- This module can create, update, revert and delete snapshots
- This module requires the foreman\_snapshot\_management plugin set up in the server
- See: \ `https://github.com/ATIX-AG/foreman\_snapshot\_management <https://github.com/ATIX-AG/foreman_snapshot_management>`__


.. Aliases

Aliases: foreman_snapshot

.. Requirements

.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module_requirements:

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

- requests






.. Options

Parameters
----------

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.. list-table::
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  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1
  :class: longtable ansible-option-table

  * - Parameter
    - Comments

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-description:

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

      **description**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Description of Snapshot


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-host:

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

      **host**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

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

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Name of related Host


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-id:

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

      **id**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Id of Snapshot


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-include_ram:

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

      **include_ram**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`boolean`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Option to add RAM (only available for VMWare compute-resource)


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

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-name:

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

      **name**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

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

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Name of Snapshot


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-password:

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

      **password**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. 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-quiesce"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-quiesce:

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

      **quiesce**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`boolean`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Option to create quiesce snapshot (only available for VMWare compute-resource)


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

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_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>

      .. 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-state"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-state:

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

      **state**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`string`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      State of Snapshot


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

      :ansible-option-choices:`Choices:`

      - :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`"present"` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"reverted"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"absent"`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry:`"new\_snapshot"`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__parameter-username:

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

      **username**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. 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.snapshot_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>

      .. 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:`false`
      - :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` :ansible-option-choices-default-mark:`← (default)`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


.. Attributes


Attributes
----------

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  * - Attribute
    - Support
    - Description

  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="attribute-check_mode"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__attribute-check_mode:

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

      **check_mode**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#attribute-check_mode" title="Permalink to this attribute"></a>

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      :ansible-attribute-support-label:`Support: \ `\ :ansible-attribute-support-full:`full`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Can run in check\_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="attribute-diff_mode"></div>

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__attribute-diff_mode:

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

      **diff_mode**

      .. raw:: html

        <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#attribute-diff_mode" title="Permalink to this attribute"></a>

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      :ansible-attribute-support-label:`Support: \ `\ :ansible-attribute-support-full:`full`


      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check\_mode), when in diff mode


      .. raw:: html

        </div>



.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    - name: "Create a Snapshot"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: present

    - name: "Create Snapshots with same name"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: new_snapshot

    - name: "Update a Snapshot"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        description: "description of snapshot"
        state: present

    - name: "Update a Snapshot with same name"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        description: "description of snapshot"
        state: present
        id: "snapshot-id"

    - name: "Revert a Snapshot"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: reverted

    - name: "Delete a Snapshot"
      theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
        host: "server.example.com"
        state: absent



.. Facts


.. Return values

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

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  :widths: auto
  :header-rows: 1
  :class: longtable ansible-option-table

  * - Key
    - Description

  * - .. raw:: html

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

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__return-entity:

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

      **entity**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

        :ansible-option-type:`dictionary`

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

    - .. raw:: html

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

      Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.


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

      :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` success


      .. raw:: html

        </div>


  * - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
        <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity/snapshots"></div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \hspace{0.02\textwidth}\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\textwidth}

      .. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.snapshot_module__return-entity/snapshots:

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

      **snapshots**

      .. raw:: html

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

      .. ansible-option-type-line::

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

      .. raw:: html

        </div>

      .. raw:: latex

        \end{minipage}

    - .. raw:: html

        <div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">

      List of snapshots.


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

      :ansible-option-returned-bold:`Returned:` success


      .. raw:: html

        </div>




..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG



.. Extra links

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

.. ansible-links::

  - title: "Issue Tracker"
    url: "https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/issues"
    external: true
  - title: "Homepage"
    url: "https://theforeman.org/"
    external: true
  - title: "Repository (Sources)"
    url: "https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules"
    external: true


.. Parsing errors