community.general.manageiq_group – Management of groups in ManageIQ.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_group.

Synopsis

The manageiq_group module supports adding, updating and deleting groups in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

manageiq-client
manageiq-client https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api-client-python/

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
belongsto_filters list / elements=string			A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
belongsto_filters_merge_mode string		Choices: merge replace ←	In merge mode existing settings are merged with the supplied `belongsto_filters`. In replace mode current values are replaced with the supplied `belongsto_filters`.
description string / required			The group description.
managed_filters dictionary			The tag values per category
managed_filters_merge_mode string		Choices: merge replace ←	In merge mode existing categories are kept or updated, new categories are added. In replace mode all categories will be replaced with the supplied `managed_filters`.
manageiq_connection dictionary			ManageIQ connection configuration information.
	ca_cert string		The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None. aliases: ca_bundle_path
	password string		ManageIQ password. `MIQ_PASSWORD` env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
	token string		ManageIQ token. `MIQ_TOKEN` env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
	url string		ManageIQ environment url. `MIQ_URL` env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
	username string		ManageIQ username. `MIQ_USERNAME` env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True. aliases: verify_ssl
role string			The the group role name The `role_id` has precedence over the `role` when supplied.
role_id integer			The the group role id
state string		Choices: absent present ←	absent - group should not exist, present - group should be.
tenant string			The tenant for the group identified by the tenant name. The `tenant_id` has precedence over the `tenant` when supplied. Tenant names are case sensitive.
tenant_id integer			The tenant for the group identified by the tenant id.

Examples

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant 'my_tenant'
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: 'my_tenant'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Create a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant with tenant_id 4
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant_id: 4
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name:
  - Create or update a group in ManageIQ with the role EvmRole-user and tenant my_tenant.
  - Apply 3 prov_max_cpu and 2 department tags to the group.
  - Limit access to a cluster for the group.
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    role: 'EvmRole-user'
    tenant: my_tenant
    managed_filters:
      prov_max_cpu:
      - '1'
      - '2'
      - '4'
      department:
      - defense
      - engineering
    managed_filters_merge_mode: replace
    belongsto_filters:
    - "/belongsto/ExtManagementSystem|ProviderName/EmsFolder|Datacenters/EmsFolder|dc_name/EmsFolder|host/EmsCluster|Cluster name"
    belongsto_filters_merge_mode: merge
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://manageiq_server'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'

- name: Delete a group in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_group:
    state: 'absent'
    description: 'MyGroup-user'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
group complex		success	The group.
	belongsto_filters list / elements=string	success	A list of strings with a reference to the allowed host, cluster or folder
	created_on string	success	Group creation date Sample: 2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00
	description string	success	The group description
	group_type string	success	The group type, system or user
	id integer	success	The group id
	managed_filters dictionary	success	The tag values per category
	role string	success	The group role name
	tenant string	success	The group tenant name
	updated_on integer	success	Group update date Sample: 2018-08-12T08:37:55+00:00

Authors

Evert Mulder (@evertmulder)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/manageiq_group_module.html

Docs

Docs4dev

Title here