theforeman.foreman.installation_medium – Manage Installation Media

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.installation_medium.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete Installation Media

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
locations
list / elements=string
List of locations the entity should be assigned to
name
string / required
The full installation medium name.
The special name "*" (only possible as parameter) is used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing partition tables.
operatingsystems
list / elements=string
List of operating systems the entity should be assigned to.
Operating systems are looked up by their title which is composed as "<name> <major>.<minor>".
You can omit the version part as long as you only have one operating system by that name.
organizations
list / elements=string
List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
os_family
string
    Choices:
  • AIX
  • Altlinux
  • Archlinux
  • Coreos
  • Debian
  • Freebsd
  • Gentoo
  • Junos
  • NXOS
  • Rancheros
  • Redhat
  • Solaris
  • Suse
  • Windows
  • Xenserver
The OS family the template shall be assigned with.
If no os_family is set but a operatingsystem, the value will be derived from it.
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.
path
string
Path to the installation medium
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 full installation medium name. 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.

Examples

- name: create new debian medium
  theforeman.foreman.installation_medium:
    name: "wheezy"
    locations:
      - "Munich"
    organizations:
      - "ACME"
    operatingsystems:
      - "Debian"
    path: "http://debian.org/mirror/"
    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 Returned Description
entity
dictionary
success
Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.

 
media
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of installation media.



Authors

  • Manuel Bonk(@manuelbonk) ATIX AG