theforeman.foreman.subnet – Manage Subnets

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 2.2.0).

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 theforeman.foreman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.subnet.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete Subnets

Requirements

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

  • ipaddress

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bmc_proxy

string

added in 2.1.0 of theforeman.foreman

BMC Smart proxy for this subnet

boot_mode

string

Boot mode used by hosts in this subnet

Choices:

  • DHCP ← (default)

  • Static

cidr

integer

CIDR prefix length; Required if network_type=IPv4 and no mask provided

description

string

Description of the subnet

dhcp_proxy

string

DHCP Smart proxy for this subnet

discovery_proxy

string

Discovery Smart proxy for this subnet

This option is only available if the discovery plugin is installed.

dns_primary

string

Primary DNS server for this subnet

dns_proxy

string

Reverse DNS Smart proxy for this subnet

dns_secondary

string

Secondary DNS server for this subnet

domains

list / elements=string

List of DNS domains the subnet should assigned to

externalipam_group

string

added in 1.5.0 of theforeman.foreman

External IPAM group for this subnet.

Only relevant if ipam=External IPAM.

externalipam_proxy

string

External IPAM proxy for this subnet.

Only relevant if ipam=External IPAM.

from_ip

string

First IP address of the host IP allocation pool

gateway

string

Subnet gateway IP address

httpboot_proxy

string

HTTP Boot Smart proxy for this subnet

ipam

string

IPAM mode for this subnet

Choices:

  • DHCP ← (default)

  • Internal DB

  • Random DB

  • EUI-64

  • External IPAM

  • None

locations

list / elements=string

List of locations the entity should be assigned to

mask

string

Subnet netmask. Required if network_type=IPv4 and no cidr prefix length provided

mtu

integer

MTU

name

string / required

Subnet name

network

string / required

Subnet IP address

network_type

string

Subnet type

Choices:

  • IPv4 ← (default)

  • IPv6

organizations

list / elements=string

List of organizations the entity should be assigned to

parameters

list / elements=dictionary

Subnet specific host parameters

name

string / required

Name of the parameter

parameter_type

string

Type of the parameter

Choices:

  • string ← (default)

  • boolean

  • integer

  • real

  • array

  • hash

  • yaml

  • json

value

raw / required

Value of the parameter

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.

remote_execution_proxies

list / elements=string

Remote execution Smart proxies for this subnet

This option is only available if the remote_execution plugin is installed.

This will always report changed=true when used with remote_execution < 4.1.0, due to a bug in the plugin.

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

State of the entity

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

template_proxy

string

Template Smart proxy for this subnet

tftp_proxy

string

TFTP Smart proxy for this subnet

to_ip

string

Last IP address of the host IP allocation pool

updated_name

string

New subnet 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

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

vlanid

integer

VLAN ID

Examples

- name: My subnet
  theforeman.foreman.subnet:
    name: "My subnet"
    description: "My description"
    network: "192.168.0.0"
    mask: "255.255.255.192"
    gateway: "192.168.0.1"
    from_ip: "192.168.0.2"
    to_ip: "192.168.0.42"
    boot_mode: "Static"
    dhcp_proxy: "smart-proxy1.foo.example.com"
    tftp_proxy: "smart-proxy1.foo.example.com"
    dns_proxy: "smart-proxy2.foo.example.com"
    template_proxy: "smart-proxy2.foo.example.com"
    vlanid: 452
    mtu: 9000
    domains:
    - "foo.example.com"
    - "bar.example.com"
    organizations:
    - "Example Org"
    locations:
    - "Toulouse"
    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

Description

entity

dictionary

Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.

Returned: success

subnets

list / elements=dictionary

List of subnets.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)