redhat.satellite.host_collection module – Manage Host Collections

Note

This module is part of the redhat.satellite collection (version 3.11.0).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install redhat.satellite. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in redhat.satellite 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Create and Manage host collections

Aliases: katello_host_collection

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
description string	Description of the host collection
name string / required	Name of the host collection
organization string / required	Organization that the entity is in
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"
updated_name string	New name of the host collection. 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 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: 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 Foo host collection"
  redhat.satellite.host_collection:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://satellite.example.com"
    name: "Foo"
    description: "Foo host collection for Foo servers"
    organization: "My Cool new Organization"
    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
host_collections list / elements=dictionary	List of host collections. Returned: success

Authors

• Maxim Burgerhout (@wzzrd)

• Christoffer Reijer (@ephracis)

Collection links

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