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theforeman.foreman.global_parameter – Manage Global Parameters

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 1.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.global_parameter.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Manage Global Parameter Entities

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
hidden_value
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether the value should be hidden in the GUI
name
string / required
Name of the Global Parameter
parameter_type
string
    Choices:
  • string ←
  • boolean
  • integer
  • real
  • array
  • hash
  • yaml
  • json
Type of value
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
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • present_with_defaults
  • absent
State of the entity
present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won't update existing ones
updated_name
string
New name of the Global Parameter. 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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.
value
raw
Value of the Global Parameter

Notes

Note

  • The parameter_type only has an effect on Foreman >= 1.22

Examples

- name: "Create a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    value: "42"
    state: present_with_defaults

- name: "Update a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    value: "43"
    state: present

- name: "Delete a Global Parameter"
  theforeman.foreman.global_parameter:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "TheAnswer"
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
entity
dictionary
success
Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
global_parameters
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of global parameters.


Authors

  • Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG
  • Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG
  • Manisha Singhal (@manisha15) ATIX AG

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/theforeman/foreman/global_parameter_module.html