katello – Manage Katello Resources

• DEPRECATED
• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

DEPRECATED

Synopsis

• Allows the management of Katello resources inside your Foreman server.

Requirements

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

• nailgun >= 0.28.0
• python >= 2.6
• datetime

Parameters

Examples

---
# Simple Example:

- name: Create Product
  katello:
      username: admin
      password: admin
      server_url: https://fakeserver.com
      entity: product
      params:
        name: Centos 7
  delegate_to: localhost

# Abstraction Example:
# katello.yml
---
- name: "{{ name }}"
  katello:
      username: admin
      password: admin
      server_url: https://fakeserver.com
      entity: "{{ entity }}"
      params: "{{ params }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

# tasks.yml
---
- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: Create Dev Environment
    entity: lifecycle_environment
    params:
      name: Dev
      prior: Library
      organization: Default Organization

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: Create Centos Product
    entity: product
    params:
      name: Centos 7
      organization: Default Organization

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
    name: Create 7.2 Repository
    entity: repository
    params:
      name: Centos 7.2
      product: Centos 7
      organization: Default Organization
      content_type: yum
      url: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
      name: Create Centos 7 View
      entity: content_view
      params:
        name: Centos 7 View
        organization: Default Organization
        repositories:
          - name: Centos 7.2
            product: Centos 7

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
      name: Enable RHEL Product
      entity: repository_set
      params:
        name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs)
        product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
        organization: Default Organization
        basearch: x86_64
        releasever: 7

- include: katello.yml
  vars:
      name: Promote Contentview Environment with longer timeout
      task_timeout: 10800
      entity: content_view
      action: promote
      params:
        name: MyContentView
        organization: MyOrganisation
        from_environment: Testing
        to_environment: Production

# Best Practices

# In Foreman, things can be done in parallel.
# When a conflicting action is already running,
# the task will fail instantly instead of waiting for the already running action to complete.
# So you should use a "until success" loop to catch this.

- name: Promote Contentview Environment with increased Timeout
  katello:
  username: ansibleuser
  password: supersecret
  task_timeout: 10800
  entity: content_view
  action: promote
  params:
    name: MyContentView
    organization: MyOrganisation
    from_environment: Testing
    to_environment: Production
  register: task_result
  until: task_result is success
  retries: 9
  delay: 120

Status

• This module will be removed in version 2.12. [deprecated]
• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Eric D Helms (@ehelms)