community.general.manageiq_group – Management of groups in ManageIQ.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_group.

Synopsis

• The manageiq_group module supports adding, updating and deleting groups in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

• manageiq-client

• manageiq-client https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api-client-python/

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
belongsto_filters list / elements=string			A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
belongsto_filters_merge_mode string		Choices: merge replace ←	In merge mode existing settings are merged with the supplied belongsto_filters. In replace mode current values are replaced with the supplied belongsto_filters.
description string / required			The group description.
managed_filters dictionary			The tag values per category
managed_filters_merge_mode string		Choices: merge replace ←	In merge mode existing categories are kept or updated, new categories are added. In replace mode all categories will be replaced with the supplied managed_filters.
manageiq_connection dictionary			ManageIQ connection configuration information.
	ca_cert string		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		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
role string			The the group role name The role_id has precedence over the role when supplied.
role_id integer			The the group role id
state string		Choices: absent present ←	absent - group should not exist, present - group should be.
tenant string			The tenant for the group identified by the tenant name. The tenant_id has precedence over the tenant when supplied. Tenant names are case sensitive.
tenant_id integer			The tenant for the group identified by the tenant id.

Examples

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant 'my_tenant'
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: 'my_tenant'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant with tenant_id 4
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant_id: 4
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name:
  - Create or update a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant my_tenant.
  - Apply 3 prov_max_cpu and 2 department tags to the group.
  - Limit access to a cluster for the group.
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: my_tenant
    managed_filters:
      prov_max_cpu:
      - '1'
      - '2'
      - '4'
      department:
      - defense
      - engineering
    managed_filters_merge_mode: replace
    belongsto_filters:
    - "/belongsto/ExtManagementSystem|ProviderName/EmsFolder|Datacenters/EmsFolder|dc_name/EmsFolder|host/EmsCluster|Cluster name"
    belongsto_filters_merge_mode: merge
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
group complex		success	The group.
	belongsto_filters list / elements=string	success	A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
	created_on string	success	Group creation date Sample: 2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00
	description string	success	The group description
	group_type string	success	The group type, system or user
	id integer	success	The group id
	managed_filters dictionary	success	The tag values per category
	role string	success	The group role name
	tenant string	success	The group tenant name
	updated_on integer	success	Group update date Sample: 2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00

Authors

• Evert Mulder (@evertmulder)