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theforeman.foreman.content_view_version – Manage Content View Versions
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.content_view_version.
New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman
Synopsis
- Publish, Promote or Remove a Content View Version
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| content_view
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the content view
         | 
     |
| current_lifecycle_environment
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The lifecycle environment that is already associated with the content view version
        
       
        Helpful for promoting a content view version
         | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Description of the Content View Version
         | 
     |
| force_promote
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Force content view promotion and bypass lifecycle environment restriction
        
       aliases: force  | 
     
| force_yum_metadata_regeneration
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Force metadata regeneration when performing Publish and Promote tasks
         | 
     
| lifecycle_environments
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        The lifecycle environments the Content View Version should be in.
         | 
     |
| organization
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Organization that the entity is in
         | 
     |
| 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
         | 
     
| 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.
        | 
     
| version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The content view version number (i.e. 1.0)
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- You cannot use this to remove a Content View Version from a Lifecycle environment, you should promote another version first.
 - For idempotency you must specify either 
versionorcurrent_lifecycle_environment. 
Examples
- name: "Ensure content view version 2.0 is in Test & Pre Prod"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view_version:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    content_view: "CV 1"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    version: "2.0"
    lifecycle_environments:
      - Test
      - Pre Prod
- name: "Ensure content view version in Test is also in Pre Prod"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view_version:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    content_view: "CV 1"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    current_lifecycle_environment: Test
    lifecycle_environments:
      - Pre Prod
- name: "Publish a content view, not idempotent"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view_version:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    content_view: "CV 1"
    organization: "Default Organization"
- name: "Publish a content view and promote that version to Library & Dev, not idempotent"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view_version:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    content_view: "CV 1"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    lifecycle_environments:
      - Library
      - Dev
- name: "Ensure content view version 1.0 doesn't exist"
  theforeman.foreman.content_view_version:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    content_view: "Web Servers"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    version: "1.0"
    state: absent
# Obtain information about a Content View and its versions
- name: find all CVs
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    resource: content_views
    search: 'name="Example Content"'
  register: example_content
# Obtain more details about all versions of a specific Content View
- name: "find content view versions of {{ cv_id }}"
  theforeman.foreman.resource_info:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    resource: content_view_versions
    params:
      content_view_id: "{{ example_content.resources[0].id }}"
  register: version_information
  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.
          | 
     |
| content_view_versions
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of content view versions.
          | 
     |
Authors
- Sean O’Keeffe (@sean797)
 
© 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/content_view_version_module.html