theforeman.foreman.scap_content module – Manage SCAP content

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.scap_content.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete SCAP content

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

locations

list / elements=string

List of locations the entity should be assigned to

organizations

list / elements=string

List of organizations the entity should be assigned to

original_filename

string

Original file name of the XML file.

If unset, the filename of scap_file will be used.

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.

scap_file

path

File containing XML DataStream content.

Required when creating a new DataStream.

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

title

string / required

Title of SCAP content.

updated_title

string

New SCAP content title.

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)

Examples

- name: Create SCAP content
  theforeman.foreman.scap_content:
    title: "Red Hat firefox default content"
    scap_file: "/home/user/Downloads/ssg-firefox-ds.xml"
    original_filename: "ssg-firefox-ds.xml"
    organizations:
      - "Default Organization"
    locations:
      - "Default Location"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Update SCAP content
  theforeman.foreman.scap_content:
    title: "Red Hat firefox default content"
    updated_title: "Updated scap content title"
    scap_file: "/home/user/Downloads/updated-ssg-firefox-ds.xml"
    original_filename: "updated-ssg-firefox-ds.xml"
    organizations:
      - "Org One"
      - "Org Two"
    locations:
      - "Loc One"
      - "Loc Two"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

- name: Delete SCAP content
  theforeman.foreman.scap_content:
    title: "Red Hat firefox default content"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: absent

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

scap_contents

list / elements=dictionary

List of scap contents.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Jameer Pathan (@jameerpathan111)