rhn_channel – Adds or removes Red Hat software channels

Synopsis

• Adds or removes Red Hat software channels.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name - / required		Name of the software channel.
password - / required		RHN/Satellite password.
state -	Default: "present"	Whether the channel should be present or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.
sysname - / required		Name of the system as it is known in RHN/Satellite.
url - / required		The full URL to the RHN/Satellite API.
user - / required		RHN/Satellite login.

Notes

Note

• This module fetches the system id from RHN.
• This module doesn’t support check_mode.

Examples

- rhn_channel:
    name: rhel-x86_64-server-v2vwin-6
    sysname: server01
    url: https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/api
    user: rhnuser
    password: guessme
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Vincent Van der Kussen (@vincentvdk)

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