theforeman.foreman.content_view module – Manage Content Views

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.content_view.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis 

Create and manage content views

Aliases: katello_content_view

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
auto_publish boolean	Auto publish composite view when a new version of a component content view is created. Also note auto publish will only happen when the component is marked “latest”. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
components list / elements=dictionary	List of content views to includes content_view and either version or latest. Ignored if composite=False.
content_view string / required	Content View name to be added to the Composite Content View
content_view_version aliases: version string	Version of the Content View to add
latest boolean	Always use the latest Content View Version Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
composite boolean	A composite view contains other content views. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
description string	Description of the Content View
import_only boolean added in theforeman.foreman 3.14.0	Designate this Content View for importing from upstream servers only. Choices: `false` `true`
label string	Label of the Content View. This field cannot be updated.
name string / required	Name of the Content View
organization string / required	Organization that the entity is in
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.
repositories list / elements=dictionary	List of repositories that include name and product. Cannot be combined with composite=True.
name string / required	Name of the Repository to be added
product string / required	Product of the Repository to be added
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.
solve_dependencies boolean	Solve RPM dependencies by default on Content View publish Choices: `false` `true`
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"`
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 or update Fedora content view"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Fedora CV"
    organization: "My Cool new Organization"
    repositories:
      - name: 'Fedora 26'
        product: 'Fedora'

- name: "Create a composite content view"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Fedora CCV"
    organization: "My Cool new Organization"
    composite: true
    auto_publish: true
    components:
      - content_view: Fedora CV
        content_view_version: 1.0
      - content_view: Internal CV
        latest: true

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
content_views list / elements=dictionary	List of content views. Returned: success

Authors

Eric D Helms (@ehelms)

theforeman.foreman.content_view module – Manage Content Views

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Examples

Return Values