theforeman.foreman.repository – Manage Repositories

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.repository.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create and manage repositories

Requirements

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

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
ansible_collection_requirements
string
Contents of requirement yaml file to sync from URL
auto_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
repositories will be automatically enabled on a registered host subscribed to this product
checksum_type
string
    Choices:
  • sha1
  • sha256
Checksum of the repository
content_type
string / required
    Choices:
  • deb
  • docker
  • file
  • ostree
  • puppet
  • yum
  • ansible_collection
The content type of the repository
deb_architectures
string
comma separated list of architectures to be synced from deb-archive
only available for content_type=deb
deb_components
string
comma separated list of repo components to be synced from deb-archive
only available for content_type=deb
deb_errata_url
string
URL to sync Debian or Ubuntu errata information from
only available on Orcharhino
only available for content_type=deb
deb_releases
string
comma separated list of releases to be synced from deb-archive
only available for content_type=deb
description
string
Description of the repository
docker_tags_whitelist
list / elements=string
list of tags to sync for Container Image repository
only available for content_type=docker
docker_upstream_name
string
name of the upstream docker repository
only available for content_type=docker
download_policy
string
    Choices:
  • background
  • immediate
  • on_demand
download policy for sync from upstream
gpg_key
string
Repository GPG key
http_proxy
string
Name of the http proxy to use for content synching
Should be combined with http_proxy_policy='use_selected_http_proxy'
http_proxy_policy
string
    Choices:
  • global_default_http_proxy
  • none
  • use_selected_http_proxy
Which proxy to use for content synching
ignorable_content
list / elements=string
List of content units to ignore while syncing a yum repository.
Must be subset of rpm,drpm,srpm,distribution,erratum.
ignore_global_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether content sync should use or ignore the global http proxy setting
This is deprecated with Katello 3.13
It has been superseeded by http_proxy_policy
label
string
label of the repository
mirror_on_sync
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
toggle "mirror on sync" where the state of the repository mirrors that of the upstream repository at sync time
name
string / required
Name of the repository
organization
string / required
Organization that the entity is in
os_versions
list / elements=string
    Choices:
  • rhel-6
  • rhel-7
  • rhel-8
Identifies whether the repository should be disabled on a client with a non-matching OS version.
A maximum of one OS version can be selected.
Set to [] to disable filtering again.
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.
product
string / required
Product to which the repository lives in
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.
ssl_ca_cert
string
Repository SSL CA certificate
ssl_client_cert
string
Repository SSL client certificate
ssl_client_key
string
Repository SSL client private key
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • present_with_defaults
  • absent
State of the entity
present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won't update existing ones
unprotected
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
publish the repository via HTTP
upstream_password
string
password to access upstream repository
upstream_username
string
username to access upstream repository
url
string
Repository URL to sync from
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.
verify_ssl_on_sync
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
verify the upstream certifcates are signed by a trusted CA

Notes

Note

  • You can configure certain aspects of existing Red Hat Repositories (like download_policy) using this module, but you can’t create (enable) or delete (disable) them.
  • If you want to enable or disable Red Hat Repositories available through your subscription, please use the theforeman.foreman.repository_set module instead.

Examples

- name: "Create repository"
  theforeman.foreman.repository:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "My repository"
    state: present
    content_type: "yum"
    product: "My Product"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    url: "http://yum.theforeman.org/plugins/latest/el7/x86_64/"
    mirror_on_sync: true
    download_policy: background

- name: "Create repository with content credentials"
  theforeman.foreman.repository:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "My repository 2"
    state: present
    content_type: "yum"
    product: "My Product"
    organization: "Default Organization"
    url: "http://yum.theforeman.org/releases/latest/el7/x86_64/"
    download_policy: background
    mirror_on_sync: true
    gpg_key: RPM-GPG-KEY-my-product2

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.
repositories
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of repositories.


Authors

  • Eric D Helms (@ehelms)

© 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/repository_module.html