rhn_channel - Adds or removes Red Hat software channels

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
- Support
- Author

Synopsis

Adds or removes Red Hat software channels.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name required		Name of the software channel.
password required		RHN/Satellite password.
state	Default: present	Whether the channel should be present or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.
sysname required		Name of the system as it is known in RHN/Satellite.
url required		The full URL to the RHN/Satellite API.
user required		RHN/Satellite login.

Notes

Note

This module fetches the system id from RHN.
This module doesn’t support check_mode.

Examples

- rhn_channel:
    name: rhel-x86_64-server-v2vwin-6
    sysname: server01
    url: https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/api
    user: rhnuser
    password: guessme
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

Vincent Van der Kussen (@vincentvdk)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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