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theforeman.foreman.smart_proxy – Manage Smart Proxies

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 1.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.smart_proxy.

New in version 1.4.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update and delete Smart Proxies

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
download_policy
string
    Choices:
  • background
  • immediate
  • on_demand
The download policy for the Smart Proxy
Only available for Katello installations.
lifecycle_environments
list / elements=string
Lifecycle Environments synced to the Smart Proxy.
Only available for Katello installations.
locations
list / elements=string
List of locations the entity should be assigned to
name
string / required
Name of the Smart Proxy
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.
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
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the entity
url
string / required
URL of the Smart Proxy
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.

Notes

Note

  • Even with state=present this module does not install a new Smart Proxy.
  • It can only associate an existing Smart Proxy listening at the specified url.
  • Consider using foreman-installer to create Smart Proxies.

Examples

# Create a local Smart Proxy
- name: "Create Smart Proxy"
  theforeman.foreman.smart_proxy:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    url: "https://{{ ansible_fqdn }}:9090"
    download_policy: "immediate"
    lifecycle_environments:
      - "Development"
    organizations:
      - "Default Organization"
    locations:
      - "Default Location"
    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.

smart_proxies
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of smart_proxies.



Authors

  • James Stuart (@jstuart)
  • Matthias M Dellweg (@mdellweg)
  • Jeffrey van Pelt (@Thulium-Drake)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/theforeman/foreman/smart_proxy_module.html