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katello - Manage Katello Resources

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Allows the management of Katello resources inside your Foreman server

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • nailgun >= 0.28.0
  • python >= 2.6
  • datetime

Options

parameter required default choices comments
entity
yes
The Foreman resource that the action will be performed on (e.g. organization, host)
params
yes
Parameters associated to the entity resource to set or edit in dictionary format (e.g. name, description)
password
yes
Password for user accessing Foreman server
server_url
yes
URL of Foreman server
username
yes
Username on Foreman server

Examples

---
# Simple Example:

- name: "Create Product"
  local_action:
      module: katello
      username: "admin"
      password: "admin"
      server_url: "https://fakeserver.com"
      entity: "product"
      params:
        name: "Centos 7"

# Abstraction Example:
# katello.yml
---
- name: "{{ name }}"
  local_action:
      module: katello
      username: "admin"
      password: "admin"
      server_url: "https://fakeserver.com"
      entity: "{{ entity }}"
      params: "{{ params }}"

# tasks.yml
---
- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: "Create Dev Environment"
    entity: "lifecycle_environment"
    params:
      name: "Dev"
      prior: "Library"
      organization: "Default Organization"

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: "Create Centos Product"
    entity: "product"
    params:
      name: "Centos 7"
      organization: "Default Organization"

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: "Create 7.2 Repository"
    entity: "repository"
    params:
      name: "Centos 7.2"
      product: "Centos 7"
      organization: "Default Organization"
      content_type: "yum"
      url: "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/"

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
      name: "Create Centos 7 View"
      entity: "content_view"
      params:
        name: "Centos 7 View"
        organization: "Default Organization"
        repositories:
          - name: "Centos 7.2"
            product: "Centos 7"

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
      name: "Enable RHEL Product"
      entity: "repository_set"
      params:
        name: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs)"
        product: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
        organization: "Default Organization"
        basearch: "x86_64"
        releasever: "7"

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/katello_module.html