redhat.satellite.smart_proxy – Manage Smart Proxies

Note

This plugin is part of the redhat.satellite collection (version 3.1.0).

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 redhat.satellite.

To use it in a playbook, specify: redhat.satellite.smart_proxy.

New in version 1.4.0: of redhat.satellite

Synopsis

• Create, update and delete Smart Proxies

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
download_policy string	The download policy for the Smart Proxy Only available for Katello installations. Choices: background immediate on_demand
lifecycle_environments list / elements=string	Lifecycle Environments synced to the Smart Proxy. Only available for Katello installations.
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
name string / required	Name of the Smart Proxy
organizations list / elements=string	List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
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 SATELLITE_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 SATELLITE_SERVER_URL will be used instead.
state string	State of the entity Choices: present ← (default) absent
url string / required	URL of the Smart Proxy
username string / required	Username accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SATELLITE_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 SATELLITE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Even with state=present this module does not install a new Smart Proxy.

• It can only associate an existing Smart Proxy listening at the specified url.

• Consider using foreman-installer to create Smart Proxies.

Examples

# Create a local Smart Proxy
- name: "Create Smart Proxy"
  redhat.satellite.smart_proxy:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    url: "https://{{ ansible_fqdn }}:9090"
    download_policy: "immediate"
    lifecycle_environments:
      - "Development"
    organizations:
      - "Default Organization"
    locations:
      - "Default Location"
    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
smart_proxies list / elements=dictionary	List of smart_proxies. Returned: success

Authors

• James Stuart (@jstuart)

• Matthias M Dellweg (@mdellweg)

• Jeffrey van Pelt (@Thulium-Drake)