theforeman.foreman.partition_table module – Manage Partition Table Templates

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.partition_table.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage Partition Table Templates

Aliases: foreman_ptable

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
file_name path	The path of a template file, that shall be imported. Either this or layout is required as a source for the Partition Template “content”.
layout string	The content of the Partitioning Table Template Either this or file_name is required as a source for the Partition Template “content”.
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
locked boolean	Determines whether the template shall be locked Choices: false true
name string	The name of the Partition Table. If omited, will be determined from the name header of the template or the filename (in that order). The special value “*” can be used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing Partition Tables.
organizations list / elements=string	List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
os_family string	The OS family the template shall be assigned with. Choices: "AIX" "Altlinux" "Archlinux" "Coreos" "Debian" "Fcos" "Freebsd" "Gentoo" "Junos" "NXOS" "Rancheros" "Redhat" "Rhcos" "Solaris" "Suse" "VRP" "Windows" "Xenserver"
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.
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 name of the template. 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: 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

# Keep in mind, that in this case, the inline parameters will be overwritten
- name: "Create a Partition Table inline"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: A New Partition Template
    state: present
    layout: |
      <%#
        name: A Partition Template
      %>
        zerombr
        clearpart --all --initlabel
        autopart
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "Create a Partition Template from a file"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "Delete a Partition Template"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: timeywimey
    layout: |
      <%#
          dummy:
      %>
    state: absent

- name: "Create a Partition Template from a file and modify with parameter(s)"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    name: Wibbly Wobbly Template
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

# Providing a name in this case wouldn't be very sensible.
# Alternatively make use of with_filetree to parse recursively with filter.
- name: "Parsing a directory of partition templates"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    locations:
      - SKARO
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
  with_fileglob:
    - "./arsenal_templates/*.erb"

# If the templates are stored locally and the ansible module is executed on a remote host
- name: Ensure latest version of all Ptable Community Templates
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
    layout: '{{ lookup("file", item.src) }}'
  with_filetree: '/path/to/partition/tables'
  when: item.state == 'file'


# with name set to "*" bulk actions can be performed
- name: "Delete *ALL* partition tables"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: absent

- name: "Assign all partition tables to the same organization(s)"
  theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: present
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
      - sky.net
      - Doc Brown's garage

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
ptables list / elements=dictionary	List of partition tables. Returned: success

Authors

• Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG

• Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)