theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule module – Manage Host Discovery Rules

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 4.2.0).

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

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

New in theforeman.foreman 3.5.0

Synopsis 

Manage Host Discovery Rules

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
enabled boolean	Enable or disable the rule Choices: `false` `true`
hostgroup string	Hostgroup to assign hosts to Required if state=present
hostname string	Hostname to assign to discovered host(s) When matching multiple hosts, must provide unique hostnames for each of the discovered hosts
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
max_count integer	Maximum amount of hosts to provision with the rule 0 means no limit
name string / required	Name of the Discovery Rule
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.
priority integer	Priority of the rule
search string	Expression to match newly discovered hosts with Required if state=present
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"`
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: 'Ensure Discovery Rule'
  theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule:
    username: 'admin'
    password: 'secret_password'
    server_url: 'https://foreman.example.com'
    name: 'my-first-disco'
    search: 'mac = bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb'
    hostgroup: 'RedHat7-Base'
    hostname: 'servera'
    max_count: 1
    organizations:
      - 'MyOrg'
    locations:
      - 'DC1'

- name: 'Remove Discovery Rule'
  theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule:
    username: 'admin'
    password: 'secret_password'
    server_url: 'https://foreman.example.com'
    name: 'my-first-disco'
    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
discovery_rules list / elements=dictionary	List of discovery rules. Returned: success

Authors

Jeffrey van Pelt (@Thulium-Drake)

theforeman.foreman.discovery_rule module – Manage Host Discovery Rules

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Examples

Return Values