manageiq_policies - Management of resource policy_profiles in ManageIQ.

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• The manageiq_policies module supports adding and deleting policy_profiles in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

• manageiq-client https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api-client-python/

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
manageiq_connection required			ManageIQ connection configuration information.
	username		ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
	verify_ssl	Default: yes	Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.
	url required		ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
	ca_bundle_path		The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.
	password		ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
	token		ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
policy_profiles			list of dictionaries, each includes the policy_profile 'name' key. required if state is present or absent.
resource_name required			the name of the resource to which the profile should be [un]assigned
resource_type required		Choices: provider host vm blueprint category cluster data store group resource pool service service template template tenant user	the type of the resource to which the profile should be [un]assigned
state		Choices: absent present ← list	absent - policy_profiles should not exist, present - policy_profiles should exist, list - list current policy_profiles and policies.

Examples

- name: Assign new policy_profile for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_policies:
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    policy_profiles:
      - name: openscap profile
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Unassign a policy_profile for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_policies:
    state: absent
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    policy_profiles:
      - name: openscap profile
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: List current policy_profile and policies for a provider in ManageIQ
  manageiq_policies:
    state: list
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
manageiq_policies dict	always	List current policy_profile and policies for a provider in ManageIQ Sample: { "changed": false, "profiles": [ { "policies": [ { "active": true, "description": "OpenSCAP", "name": "openscap policy" }, { "active": true, "description": "Analyse incoming container images", "name": "analyse incoming container images" }, { "active": true, "description": "Schedule compliance after smart state analysis", "name": "schedule compliance after smart state analysis" } ], "profile_description": "OpenSCAP profile", "profile_name": "openscap profile" } ] }

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

• Daniel Korn (@dkorn)

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