community.general.manageiq_tags module – Management of resource tags in ManageIQ

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.5.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_tags.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_tags module supports adding, updating and deleting tags in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

manageiq_connection

dictionary

ManageIQ connection configuration information.

ca_cert

aliases: ca_bundle_path

string

The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates.

password

string

ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

token

string

ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.

url

string

ManageIQ environment URL. MIQ_URL environment variable if set. Otherwise, it is required to pass it.

username

string

ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

validate_certs

aliases: verify_ssl

boolean

Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

resource_id

integer

added in community.general 2.2.0

The ID of the resource at which tags will be controlled.

Must be specified if resource_name is not set. Both options are mutually exclusive.

resource_name

string

The name of the resource at which tags will be controlled.

Must be specified if resource_id is not set. Both options are mutually exclusive.

resource_type

string / required

The relevant resource type in manageiq.

Choices:

  • "provider"

  • "host"

  • "vm"

  • "blueprint"

  • "category"

  • "cluster"

  • "data store"

  • "group"

  • "resource pool"

  • "service"

  • "service template"

  • "template"

  • "tenant"

  • "user"

state

string

absent - tags should not exist,

present - tags should exist.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

tags

list / elements=dictionary

tags - list of dictionaries, each includes name and category keys.

Required if state is present or absent.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create new tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
      - category: environment
        name: prod
      - category: owner
        name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false # only do this when connecting to localhost!

- name: Create new tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    resource_id: 23000000790497
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
      - category: environment
        name: prod
      - category: owner
        name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false # only do this when connecting to localhost!

- name: Remove tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    state: absent
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
      - category: environment
        name: prod
      - category: owner
        name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false # only do this when connecting to localhost!

Authors

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)