theforeman.foreman.snapshot – Manage Snapshots

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.snapshot.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Manage Snapshots for Host Entities
This module can create, update, revert and delete snapshots
This module requires the foreman_snapshot_management plugin set up in the server
See: https://github.com/ATIX-AG/foreman_snapshot_management

Requirements

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

requests

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
description string		Description of Snapshot
host string / required		Name of related Host
name string / required		Name of Snapshot
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 ← reverted absent	State of Snapshot
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.

Examples

- name: "Create a Snapshot"
  theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
    host: "server.example.com"
    state: present

- name: "Update a Snapshot"
  theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
    host: "server.example.com"
    description: "description of snapshot"
    state: present

- name: "Revert a Snapshot"
  theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
    host: "server.example.com"
    state: reverted

- name: "Delete a Snapshot"
  theforeman.foreman.snapshot:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "snapshot_before_software_upgrade"
    host: "server.example.com"
    state: absent

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

Authors

Manisha Singhal (@Manisha15) 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/snapshot_module.html