theforeman.foreman.global_parameter – Manage Global Parameters

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 1.5.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.global_parameter.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

• Manage Global Parameter Entities

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hidden_value boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether the value should be hidden in the GUI
name string / required		Name of the Global Parameter
parameter_type string	Choices: string ← boolean integer real array hash yaml json	Type of value
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.
state string	Choices: present ← present_with_defaults absent	State of the entity present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won't update existing ones
updated_name string		New name of the Global Parameter. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.
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	Choices: no yes ←	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.
value raw		Value of the Global Parameter

Notes

Note

• The parameter_type only has an effect on Foreman >= 1.22

Examples

- name: "Create a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    value: "42"
    state: present_with_defaults

- name: "Update a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    value: "43"
    state: present

- name: "Delete a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
entity dictionary		success	Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
	global_parameters list / elements=dictionary	success	List of global parameters.

Authors

• Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG

• Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG

• Manisha Singhal (@manisha15) ATIX AG