theforeman.foreman.config_group module – Manage (Puppet) Config Groups

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 5.7.0).

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.config_group.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis 

Create, update, and delete (Puppet) config groups

Aliases: foreman_config_group

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
ca_path path	PEM formatted file that contains a CA certificate to be used for validation. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_CA_PATH` will be used instead.
name string / required	The config group name
password string	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.
puppetclasses list / elements=string	List of puppet classes to include in this group
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 Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
updated_name string	New config group name. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.
use_gssapi boolean	Use GSSAPI to perform the authentication, typically this is for Kerberos or Kerberos through Negotiate authentication. Requires the Python library requests-gssapi to be installed. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_USE_GSSAPI` will be used instead. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
username string	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 new config group
  theforeman.foreman.config_group:
    name: "My config group"
    puppetclasses:
      - ntp
      - mymodule::myclass
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    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
config_groups list / elements=dictionary	List of config groups. Returned: success

Authors

Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)

theforeman.foreman.config_group module – Manage (Puppet) Config Groups

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Examples

Return Values