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theforeman.foreman.compute_resource module – Manage Compute Resources

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 3.15.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Create, update, and delete Compute Resources

Aliases: foreman_compute_resource

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" "Openstack"
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: false true
cloud string added in theforeman.foreman 2.1.0	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
domain string	Auth domain for users, only valid for provider=Openstack
email string	Email for provider=GCE
key_path string	Certificate path for provider=GCE
keyboard_layout string added in theforeman.foreman 2.0.0	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
project_domain_id string	Project domain id, only valid for provider=Openstack
project_domain_name string	Project domain name, only valid for provider=Openstack
public_key string added in theforeman.foreman 2.0.0	X509 Certification Authorities, only valid for provider=ovirt
region string	AWS region, AZURE region
set_console_password boolean added in theforeman.foreman 2.0.0	Set a randomly generated password on the display connection for provider=vmware and provider=libvirt Choices: false true
ssl_verify_peer boolean	verify ssl from provider provider=proxmox Choices: false true
sub_id string added in theforeman.foreman 2.1.0	Subscription ID for provider=AzureRm
tenant string	AzureRM tenant, Openstack project name
url string	URL of the compute resource
use_v4 boolean	Use oVirt API v4, only valid for provider=ovirt Choices: false true
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: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode

Examples

- name: Create libvirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: libvirt
    provider_params:
      url: qemu+ssh://[email protected]/system
      display_type: spice
    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: qemu+ssh://[email protected]/system
      display_type: spice
    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

- name: create Openstack compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: Openstack compute resource
    description: Openstack
    locations:
      - DC1
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: Openstack
    provider_params:
      url: "https://Openstack.example.com:5000/v3"
      user: admin
      password: secret
      tenant: "MyProject"
      domain: "example.com"
      project_domain_name: "example.com"
      project_domain_id: "0123456789a0123456789b0123456789"
    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

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)