New in version 2.3.
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| auth | yes | Dictionary with values needed to create HTTP/HTTPS connection to oVirt: username[required] - The name of the user, something like admin@internal. Default value is set by OVIRT_USERNAME environment variable.password[required] - The password of the user. Default value is set by OVIRT_PASSWORD environment variable.url[required] - A string containing the base URL of the server, usually something like `https://server.example.com/ovirt-engine/api`. Default value is set by OVIRT_URL environment variable.token - Token to be used instead of login with username/password. Default value is set by OVIRT_TOKEN environment variable.insecure - A boolean flag that indicates if the server TLS certificate and host name should be checked.ca_file - A PEM file containing the trusted CA certificates. The certificate presented by the server will be verified using these CA certificates. If `ca_file` parameter is not set, system wide CA certificate store is used. Default value is set by OVIRT_CAFILE environment variable.kerberos - A boolean flag indicating if Kerberos authentication should be used instead of the default basic authentication.headers - Dictionary of HTTP headers to be added to each API call. | ||
| fetch_nested (added in 2.3)
| no | If True the module will fetch additional data from the API. It will fetch IDs of the VMs disks, snapshots, etc. User can configure to fetch other attributes of the nested entities by specifying nested_attributes. | ||
| name | no | Name of the external provider, can be used as glob expression. | ||
| nested_attributes (added in 2.3)
| no | Specifies list of the attributes which should be fetched from the API. This parameter apply only when fetch_nested is true. | ||
| type | yes |
| Type of the external provider. |
# Examples don't contain auth parameter for simplicity,
# look at ovirt_auth module to see how to reuse authentication:
# Gather facts about all image external providers named C<glance>:
- ovirt_external_provider_facts:
type: os_image
name: glance
- debug:
var: ovirt_external_providers
Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| name | description | returned | type | sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openstack_image_providers | List of dictionaries of all the openstack_image_provider attributes. External provider attributes can be found on your oVirt/RHV instance at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/openstack_image_provider. | On success and if parameter 'type: os_image' is used. | list | |
| external_host_providers | List of dictionaries of all the external_host_provider attributes. External provider attributes can be found on your oVirt/RHV instance at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/external_host_provider. | On success and if parameter 'type: foreman' is used. | list | |
| openstack_network_providers | List of dictionaries of all the openstack_network_provider attributes. External provider attributes can be found on your oVirt/RHV instance at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/openstack_network_provider. | On success and if parameter 'type: os_network' is used. | list | |
| openstack_volume_providers | List of dictionaries of all the openstack_volume_provider attributes. External provider attributes can be found on your oVirt/RHV instance at following url: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#types/openstack_volume_provider. | On success and if parameter 'type: os_volume' is used. | list |
Note
ovirt_external_providers fact, which contains a list of external_providers.This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
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