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theforeman.foreman.config_group module – Manage (Puppet) Config Groups

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.config_group.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Attributes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Create, update, and delete (Puppet) config groups

Aliases: foreman_config_group

Requirements

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

requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
name string / required	The config group name
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.
puppetclasses list / elements=string	List of puppet classes to include in this group
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"`
updated_name string	New config group name. 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

- name: create new config group
  theforeman.foreman.config_group:
    name: "My config group"
    puppetclasses:
      - ntp
      - mymodule::myclass
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present

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
config_groups list / elements=dictionary	List of config groups. Returned: success

Authors

Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/theforeman/foreman/config_group_module.html