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theforeman.foreman.sync_plan – Manage Sync Plans
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.sync_plan.
New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman
Synopsis
- Manage sync plans
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- requests
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| cron_expression
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A cron expression as found in crontab files
        
       
        This must be provided together with interval='custom cron'.
         | 
     |
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Description of the sync plan
         | 
     |
| enabled
        
        boolean / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the sync plan is active
         | 
     
| interval
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        How often synchronization should run
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the sync plan
         | 
     |
| 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.
        | 
     |
| products
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        List of products to include in the sync plan
         | 
     |
| 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
        | 
     
| sync_date
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Start date and time of the first synchronization
         | 
     |
| 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 or update weekly RHEL sync plan"
  theforeman.foreman.sync_plan:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "Weekly RHEL Sync"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    interval: "weekly"
    enabled: false
    sync_date: "2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC"
    products:
      - 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server'
    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.
          | 
     |
| sync_plans
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        List of sync plans.
          | 
     |
Authors
- Andrew Kofink (@akofink)
 - Matthis Dellweg (@mdellweg) 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/sync_plan_module.html