rhn_channel - Adds or removes Red Hat software channels¶

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- 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.

Maintenance ¶

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

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

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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