redhat.satellite.global_parameter module – Manage Global Parameters

Note

This module is part of the redhat.satellite collection (version 3.6.0).

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.global_parameter.

New in version 1.0.0: of redhat.satellite

Synopsis

  • Manage Global Parameter Entities

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

hidden_value

boolean

Whether the value should be hidden in the GUI

Choices:

  • false

  • true

name

string / required

Name of the Global Parameter

parameter_type

string

Type of value

Choices:

  • string ← (default)

  • boolean

  • integer

  • real

  • array

  • hash

  • yaml

  • json

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

present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • present_with_defaults

  • absent

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 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)

value

any

Value of the Global Parameter

Notes

Note

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

Examples

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

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

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

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

global_parameters

list / elements=dictionary

List of global parameters.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG

  • Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG

  • Manisha Singhal (@manisha15) ATIX AG