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theforeman.foreman.hardware_model – Manage Hardware Models
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.hardware_model.
New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman
Synopsis
- Manage hardware models
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| hardware_model
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The class of CPU supplied in this machine.
        
       
        This is primarily used by Sparc Solaris builds and can be left blank for other architectures.
         | 
     |
| info
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        General description of the hardware model
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the hardware model
         | 
     |
| 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.
        | 
     
| vendor_class
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The class of the machine as reported by the OpenBoot PROM.
        
       
        This is primarily used by Solaris SPARC builds and can be left blank for other architectures.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: "Create ACME Laptop model"
  theforeman.foreman.hardware_model:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "acme laptop"
    info: "this is the acme laptop"
    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.
          | 
     |
| hardware_models
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of hardware models.
          | 
     |
Authors
- Evgeni Golov (@evgeni)
 
© 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/hardware_model_module.html