cobbler_system - Manage system objects in Cobbler¶

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Add, modify or remove systems in Cobbler

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
host	Default: 127.0.0.1	The name or IP address of the Cobbler system.
interfaces		A list of dictionaries containing interface options.
name		The system name to manage.
password required		The password to log in to Cobbler.
port		Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.
properties		A dictionary with system properties.
state	Choices: absent present ← query	Whether the system should be present, absent or a query is made.
sync bool	Choices: no ← yes	Sync on changes. Concurrently syncing Cobbler is bound to fail.
use_ssl bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username	Default: cobbler	The username to log in to Cobbler.
validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `no` when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes ¶

Note

Concurrently syncing Cobbler is bound to fail with weird errors.
On python 2.7.8 and older (i.e. on RHEL7) you may need to tweak the python behaviour to disable certificate validation. More information at Certificate verification in Python standard library HTTP clients.

Examples ¶

- name: Ensure the system exists in Cobbler
  cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: myhost
    properties:
      profile: CentOS6-x86_64
      name_servers: [ 2.3.4.5, 3.4.5.6 ]
      name_servers_search: foo.com, bar.com
    interfaces:
      eth0:
        macaddress: 00:01:02:03:04:05
        ipaddress: 1.2.3.4
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable network boot in Cobbler
  cobbler_system:
    host: bdsol-aci-cobbler-01
    username: cobbler
    password: ins3965!
    name: bdsol-aci51-apic1.cisco.com
    properties:
      netboot_enabled: yes
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query all systems in Cobbler
  cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
  register: cobbler_systems
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query a specific system in Cobbler
  cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
  register: cobbler_properties
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Ensure the system does not exist in Cobbler
  cobbler_system:
    host: cobbler01
    username: cobbler
    password: MySuperSecureP4sswOrd
    name: myhost
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
system dict	when `name` is provided	(Resulting) information about the system we are working with
systems list	`state=query` and `name` is not provided	List of systems

Status ¶

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

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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