manageiq_tags – Management of resource tags in ManageIQ

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_tags module supports adding, updating and deleting tags in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
manageiq_connection
dictionary / required
ManageIQ connection configuration information.
ca_cert
path
The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.

aliases: ca_bundle_path
password
string
ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
token
string
ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
url
string / required
ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
username
string
ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.

aliases: verify_ssl
resource_name
- / required
the relevant resource name in manageiq
resource_type
- / required
    Choices:
  • provider
  • host
  • vm
  • blueprint
  • category
  • cluster
  • data store
  • group
  • resource pool
  • service
  • service template
  • template
  • tenant
  • user
the relevant resource type in manageiq
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • list
absent - tags should not exist,
present - tags should exist,
list - list current tags.
tags
-
tags - list of dictionaries, each includes 'name' and 'category' keys.
required if state is present or absent.

Examples

- name: Create new tags for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_tags:
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
    - category: environment
      name: prod
    - category: owner
      name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Remove tags for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_tags:
    state: absent
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
    - category: environment
      name: prod
    - category: owner
      name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: List current tags for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_tags:
    state: list
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

Status

Authors

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)

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