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theforeman.foreman.compute_resource – Manage Compute Resources
Note
This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 2.2.0).
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 theforeman.foreman.
To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.compute_resource.
New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman
Synopsis
- Create, update, and delete Compute Resources
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        compute resource description
         | 
     ||
| locations
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        List of locations the entity should be assigned to
         | 
     ||
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        compute resource name
         | 
     ||
| organizations
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
         | 
     ||
| 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.
        | 
     ||
| provider
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Compute resource provider. Required if state=present_with_defaults.
         | 
     |
| provider_params
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Parameter specific to compute resource provider. Required if state=present_with_defaults.
         | 
     ||
| app_ident
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AzureRM client id
         | 
     ||
| caching_enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        enable caching for provider=vmware
         | 
     |
| cloud
        
        string
        
       
        added in 2.1.0 of theforeman.foreman
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        cloud for provider=AzureRm
         | 
     |
| datacenter
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Datacenter the compute resource is in, not valid for provider=libvirt
         | 
     ||
| display_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Display type to use for the remote console, only valid for provider=libvirt
         | 
     ||
| email
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Email for provider=GCE
         | 
     ||
| key_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Certificate path for provider=GCE
         | 
     ||
| keyboard_layout
        
        string
        
       
        added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Default VNC Keyboard for provider=ovirt
         | 
     |
| ovirt_quota
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        oVirt quota ID, only valid for provider=ovirt
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Password for the compute resource connection, not valid for provider=libvirt
         | 
     ||
| project
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Project id for provider=GCE
         | 
     ||
| public_key
        
        string
        
       
        added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman
         | 
      
        
        X509 Certification Authorities, only valid for provider=ovirt
         | 
     ||
| region
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AWS region, AZURE region
         | 
     ||
| set_console_password
        
        boolean
        
       
        added in 2.0.0 of theforeman.foreman
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Set a randomly generated password on the display connection for provider=vmware and provider=libvirt
         | 
     |
| ssl_verify_peer
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        verify ssl from provider provider=proxmox
         | 
     |
| sub_id
        
        string
        
       
        added in 2.1.0 of theforeman.foreman
         | 
      
        
        Subscription ID for provider=AzureRm
         | 
     ||
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        AzureRM tenant
         | 
     ||
| url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        URL of the compute resource
         | 
     ||
| use_v4
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use oVirt API v4, only valid for provider=ovirt
         | 
     |
| user
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Username for the compute resource connection, not valid for provider=libvirt
         | 
     ||
| zone
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        zone for provider=GCE
         | 
     ||
| 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 compute resource name
         | 
     ||
| 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.
        | 
     ||
| 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
- name: Create livirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: libvirt
    provider_params:
      url: libvirt.example.com
      display_type: vnc
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: Update libvirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    description: updated compute resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: libvirt
    provider_params:
      url: libvirt.example.com
      display_type: vnc
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: Delete libvirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: absent
- name: Create vmware compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: example_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: vmware
    provider_params:
      caching_enabled: false
      url: vsphere.example.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
      datacenter: ax01
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: Create ovirt compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: ovirt_compute_resource
    locations:
      - France/Toulouse
    organizations:
      - Example Org
    provider: ovirt
    provider_params:
      url: ovirt.example.com
      user: ovirt-admin@example.com
      password: ovirtsecret
      datacenter: aa92fb54-0736-4066-8fa8-b8b9e3bd75ac
      ovirt_quota: 24868ab9-c2a1-47c3-87e7-706f17d215ac
      use_v4: true
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: Create proxmox compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: proxmox_compute_resource
    locations:
      - Munich
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: proxmox
    provider_params:
      url: https://proxmox.example.com:8006/api2/json
      user: root@pam
      password: secretpassword
      ssl_verify_peer: true
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: create EC2 compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: EC2_compute_resource
    description: EC2
    locations:
      - AWS
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: EC2
    provider_params:
      user: AWS_ACCESS_KEY
      password: AWS_SECRET_KEY
      region: eu-west-1
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: create Azure compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: AzureRm_compute_resource
    description: AzureRm
    locations:
      - Azure
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: AzureRm
    provider_params:
      sub_id: SUBSCRIPTION_ID
      tenant: TENANT_ID
      app_ident: CLIENT_ID
      password: CLIENT_SECRET
      region: westeurope
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
- name: create GCE compute resource
  theforeman.foreman.compute_resource:
    name: GCE compute resource
    description: Google Cloud Engine
    locations:
      - GCE
    organizations:
      - ACME
    provider: GCE
    provider_params:
      project: orcharhino
      email: myname@atix.de
      key_path: "/usr/share/foreman/gce_orcharhino_key.json"
      zone: europe-west3-b
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
  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.
          | 
     |
| compute_resources
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of compute resources.
          | 
     |
Authors
- Philipp Joos (@philippj)
 - Baptiste Agasse (@bagasse)
 - Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) ATIX AG
 - Mark Hlawatschek (@hlawatschek) ATIX AG
 
© 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/theforeman/foreman/compute_resource_module.html