redhat.satellite.hostgroup_info module – Get information about hostgroup(s)

Note

This module is part of the redhat.satellite collection (version 4.2.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in redhat.satellite 3.9.0

Synopsis

  • Get information about hostgroup(s)

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

location

string

Label of the Location to scope the search for.

name

string

Name of the resource to fetch information for.

Mutually exclusive with search.

organization

string

Name of the Organization to scope the search for.

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.

string

Search query to use

If None, and name is not set, all resources are returned.

Mutually exclusive with name.

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.

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: "Show a hostgroup"
  redhat.satellite.hostgroup_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://satellite.example.com"
    name: "Default Hostgroup"

- name: "Show all hostgroups with 'name ~ Default'"
  redhat.satellite.hostgroup_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://satellite.example.com"
    search: "name ~ Default"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

hostgroup

dictionary

Details about the found hostgroup

Returned: success and name was passed

hostgroups

list / elements=dictionary

List of all found hostgroups and their details

Returned: success and search was passed

Authors

  • Louis Tiches (@TheRedGreek)