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community.general.cobbler_system – Manage system objects in Cobbler

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

• Add, modify or remove systems in Cobbler

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
host string	The name or IP address of the Cobbler system. Default: “127.0.0.1”
interfaces dictionary	A list of dictionaries containing interface options.
name string	The system name to manage.
password string	The password to log in to Cobbler.
port integer	Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter use_ssl.
properties dictionary	A dictionary with system properties.
state string	Whether the system should be present, absent or a query is made. Choices: absent present ← (default) query
sync boolean	Sync on changes. Concurrently syncing Cobbler is bound to fail. Choices: no ← (default) yes
use_ssl boolean	If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection. Choices: no yes ← (default)
username string	The username to log in to Cobbler. Default: “cobbler”
validate_certs boolean	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to no when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Concurrently syncing Cobbler is bound to fail with weird errors.

• On python 2.7.8 and older (i.e. on RHEL7) you may need to tweak the python behaviour to disable certificate validation. More information at Certificate verification in Python standard library HTTP clients.

Examples

- name: Ensure the system exists in Cobbler
  community.general.cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: myhost
    properties:
      profile: CentOS6-x86_64
      name_servers: [ 2.3.4.5, 3.4.5.6 ]
      name_servers_search: foo.com, bar.com
    interfaces:
      eth0:
        macaddress: 00:01:02:03:04:05
        ipaddress: 1.2.3.4
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable network boot in Cobbler
  community.general.cobbler_system:
    host: bdsol-aci-cobbler-01
    username: cobbler
    password: ins3965!
    name: bdsol-aci51-apic1.cisco.com
    properties:
      netboot_enabled: yes
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all systems in Cobbler
  community.general.cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    state: query
  register: cobbler_systems
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a specific system in Cobbler
  community.general.cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    state: query
  register: cobbler_properties
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Ensure the system does not exist in Cobbler
  community.general.cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: myhost
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Description
system dictionary	(Resulting) information about the system we are working with Returned: when name is provided
systems list / elements=string	List of systems Returned: state=query and name is not provided

Authors

• Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)