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theforeman.foreman.partition_table – Manage Partition Table Templates
Note
This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 1.5.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.partition_table
.
New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman
Synopsis
- Manage Partition Table Templates
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
file_name
path
|
The path of a template file, that shall be imported.
Either this or layout is required as a source for the Partition Template "content".
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|
layout
string
|
The content of the Partitioning Table Template
Either this or file_name is required as a source for the Partition Template "content".
|
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locations
list / elements=string
|
List of locations the entity should be assigned to
|
|
locked
boolean
|
|
Determines whether the template shall be locked
|
name
string
|
The name of the Partition Table.
If omited, will be determined from the
name header of the template or the filename (in that order).
The special value "*" can be used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing Partition Tables.
|
|
organizations
list / elements=string
|
List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
|
|
os_family
string
|
|
The OS family the template shall be assigned with.
|
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 FOREMAN_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 FOREMAN_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
|
updated_name
string
|
New name of the template. When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.
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|
username
string / required
|
Username accessing the Foreman server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_USERNAME will be used instead.
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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 FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.
|
Examples
# Keep in mind, that in this case, the inline parameters will be overwritten
- name: "Create a Partition Table inline"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
name: A New Partition Template
state: present
layout: |
<%#
name: A Partition Template
%>
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
autopart
locations:
- Gallifrey
organizations:
- TARDIS INC
- name: "Create a Partition Template from a file"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
state: present
locations:
- Gallifrey
organizations:
- TARDIS INC
- name: "Delete a Partition Template"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
name: timeywimey
layout: |
<%#
dummy:
%>
state: absent
- name: "Create a Partition Template from a file and modify with parameter(s)"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
name: Wibbly Wobbly Template
state: present
locations:
- Gallifrey
organizations:
- TARDIS INC
# Providing a name in this case wouldn't be very sensible.
# Alternatively make use of with_filetree to parse recursively with filter.
- name: "Parsing a directory of partition templates"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
file_name: "{{ item }}"
state: present
locations:
- SKARO
organizations:
- DALEK INC
with_fileglob:
- "./arsenal_templates/*.erb"
# If the templates are stored locally and the ansible module is executed on a remote host
- name: Ensure latest version of all Ptable Community Templates
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
state: present
layout: '{{ lookup("file", item.src) }}'
with_filetree: '/path/to/partition/tables'
when: item.state == 'file'
# with name set to "*" bulk actions can be performed
- name: "Delete *ALL* partition tables"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
name: "*"
state: absent
- name: "Assign all partition tables to the same organization(s)"
theforeman.foreman.partition_table:
username: "admin"
password: "changeme"
server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
name: "*"
state: present
organizations:
- DALEK INC
- sky.net
- Doc Brown's garage
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
entity
dictionary
|
success |
Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
|
|
ptables
list / elements=dictionary
|
success |
List of partition tables.
|
Authors
- Bernhard Hopfenmueller (@Fobhep) ATIX AG
- Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/theforeman/foreman/partition_table_module.html