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community.general.manageiq_group – Management of groups in ManageIQ.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

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.

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

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_group module supports adding, updating and deleting groups in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
belongsto_filters
list / elements=string
A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
belongsto_filters_merge_mode
string
    Choices:
  • merge
  • replace ←
In merge mode existing settings are merged with the supplied belongsto_filters.
In replace mode current values are replaced with the supplied belongsto_filters.
description
string / required
The group description.
managed_filters
dictionary
The tag values per category
managed_filters_merge_mode
string
    Choices:
  • merge
  • replace ←
In merge mode existing categories are kept or updated, new categories are added.
In replace mode all categories will be replaced with the supplied managed_filters.
manageiq_connection
dictionary
ManageIQ connection configuration information.
ca_cert
string
The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.

aliases: ca_bundle_path
password
string
ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
token
string
ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
url
string
ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
username
string
ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.

aliases: verify_ssl
role
string
The the group role name
The role_id has precedence over the role when supplied.
role_id
integer
The the group role id
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
absent - group should not exist, present - group should be.
tenant
string
The tenant for the group identified by the tenant name.
The tenant_id has precedence over the tenant when supplied.
Tenant names are case sensitive.
tenant_id
integer
The tenant for the group identified by the tenant id.

Examples

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant 'my_tenant'
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: 'my_tenant'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant with tenant_id 4
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant_id: 4
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name:
  - Create or update a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant my_tenant.
  - Apply 3 prov_max_cpu and 2 department tags to the group.
  - Limit access to a cluster for the group.
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: my_tenant
    managed_filters:
      prov_max_cpu:
      - '1'
      - '2'
      - '4'
      department:
      - defense
      - engineering
    managed_filters_merge_mode: replace
    belongsto_filters:
    - "/belongsto/ExtManagementSystem|ProviderName/EmsFolder|Datacenters/EmsFolder|dc_name/EmsFolder|host/EmsCluster|Cluster name"
    belongsto_filters_merge_mode: merge
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
group
complex
success
The group.
belongsto_filters
list / elements=string
success
A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
created_on
string
success
Group creation date

Sample:
2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00
description
string
success
The group description
group_type
string
success
The group type, system or user
id
integer
success
The group id
managed_filters
dictionary
success
The tag values per category
role
string
success
The group role name
tenant
string
success
The group tenant name
updated_on
integer
success
Group update date

Sample:
2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00


Authors

  • Evert Mulder (@evertmulder)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/manageiq_group_module.html