theforeman.foreman.compute_resource module – Manage Compute Resources

Note

This module 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.compute_resource.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete Compute Resources

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

compute resource description

locations

list / elements=string

List of locations the entity should be assigned to

name

string / required

compute resource name

organizations

list / elements=string

List of organizations the entity should be assigned to

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.

provider

string

Compute resource provider. Required if state=present_with_defaults.

Choices:

  • vmware

  • libvirt

  • ovirt

  • proxmox

  • EC2

  • AzureRm

  • GCE

provider_params

dictionary

Parameter specific to compute resource provider. Required if state=present_with_defaults.

app_ident

string

AzureRM client id

caching_enabled

boolean

enable caching for provider=vmware

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

cloud

string

added in 2.1.0 of theforeman.foreman

cloud for provider=AzureRm

Choices:

  • azure

  • azureusgovernment

  • azurechina

  • azuregermancloud

datacenter

string

Datacenter the compute resource is in, not valid for provider=libvirt

display_type

string

Display type to use for the remote console, only valid for provider=libvirt

email

string

Email for provider=GCE

key_path

string

Certificate path for provider=GCE

keyboard_layout

string

added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

Default VNC Keyboard for provider=ovirt

Choices:

  • ar

  • da

  • de

  • de-ch

  • en-gb

  • en-us

  • es

  • et

  • fi

  • fo

  • fr

  • fr-be

  • fr-ca

  • fr-ch

  • hr

  • hu

  • is

  • it

  • ja

  • lt

  • lv

  • mk

  • nl

  • nl-be

  • no

  • pl

  • pt

  • pt-br

  • ru

  • sl

  • sv

  • th

  • tr

ovirt_quota

string

oVirt quota ID, only valid for provider=ovirt

password

string

Password for the compute resource connection, not valid for provider=libvirt

project

string

Project id for provider=GCE

public_key

string

added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

X509 Certification Authorities, only valid for provider=ovirt

region

string

AWS region, AZURE region

set_console_password

boolean

added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

Set a randomly generated password on the display connection for provider=vmware and provider=libvirt

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

ssl_verify_peer

boolean

verify ssl from provider provider=proxmox

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

sub_id

string

added in 2.1.0 of theforeman.foreman

Subscription ID for provider=AzureRm

tenant

string

AzureRM tenant

url

string

URL of the compute resource

use_v4

boolean

Use oVirt API v4, only valid for provider=ovirt

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

user

string

Username for the compute resource connection, not valid for provider=libvirt

zone

string

zone for provider=GCE

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

present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • present_with_defaults

  • absent

updated_name

string

new compute resource name

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)

Examples

- name: Create livirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: libvirt
    provider_params:
      url: libvirt.example.com
      display_type: vnc
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Update libvirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    description: updated compute resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: libvirt
    provider_params:
      url: libvirt.example.com
      display_type: vnc
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Delete libvirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: absent

- name: Create vmware compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: vmware
    provider_params:
      caching_enabled: false
      url: vsphere.example.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
      datacenter: ax01
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Create ovirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: ovirt_compute_resource
    locations:
      - France/Toulouse
    organizations:
      - Example Org
    provider: ovirt
    provider_params:
      url: ovirt.example.com
      user: [email protected]
      password: ovirtsecret
      datacenter: aa92fb54-0736-4066-8fa8-b8b9e3bd75ac
      ovirt_quota: 24868ab9-c2a1-47c3-87e7-706f17d215ac
      use_v4: true
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Create proxmox compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: proxmox_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: proxmox
    provider_params:
      url: https://proxmox.example.com:8006/api2/json
      user: root@pam
      password: secretpassword
      ssl_verify_peer: true
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: create EC2 compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: EC2_compute_resource
    description: EC2
    locations:
      - AWS
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: EC2
    provider_params:
      user: AWS_ACCESS_KEY
      password: AWS_SECRET_KEY
      region: eu-west-1
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: create Azure compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: AzureRm_compute_resource
    description: AzureRm
    locations:
      - Azure
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: AzureRm
    provider_params:
      sub_id: SUBSCRIPTION_ID
      tenant: TENANT_ID
      app_ident: CLIENT_ID
      password: CLIENT_SECRET
      region: westeurope
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: create GCE compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: GCE compute resource
    description: Google Cloud Engine
    locations:
      - GCE
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: GCE
    provider_params:
      project: orcharhino
      email: [email protected]
      key_path: "/usr/share/foreman/gce_orcharhino_key.json"
      zone: europe-west3-b
    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

compute_resources

list / elements=dictionary

List of compute resources.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Philipp Joos (@philippj)

  • Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)

  • Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG

  • Mark Hlawatschek (@hlawatschek) ATIX AG