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# katello – Manage Katello Resources

- DEPRECATED
- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Examples
- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
| version: 2.12
Why: | Replaced by re-designed individual modules living at https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules
Alternative: | https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules

## 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

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
action - | Choices: sync publish promote | action associated to the entity resource to set or edit in dictionary format. Possible Action in relation to Entitys. sync (available when entity=product or entity=repository) publish (available when entity=content_view) promote (available when entity=content_view)
entity - / required | Choices: repository manifest repository_set sync_plan content_view lifecycle_environment activation_key product | The Foreman resource that the action will be performed on (e.g. organization, host).
params - / required |  | Parameters associated to the entity resource and action, to set or edit in dictionary format. Each choice may be only available with specific entitys and actions. Possible Choices are in the format of param_name ([entry,action,action,...],[entity,..],...). The action "None" means no action specified. Possible Params in relation to entity and action. name ([product,sync,None], [repository,sync], [repository_set,None], [sync_plan,None], [content_view,promote,publish,None], [lifecycle_environment,None], [activation_key,None]) organization ([product,sync,None] ,[repository,sync,None], [repository_set,None], [sync_plan,None], [content_view,promote,publish,None], [lifecycle_environment,None], [activation_key,None]) content ([manifest,None]) product ([repository,sync,None], [repository_set,None], [sync_plan,None]) basearch ([repository_set,None]) releaserver ([repository_set,None]) sync_date ([sync_plan,None]) interval ([sync_plan,None]) repositories ([content_view,None]) from_environment ([content_view,promote]) to_environment([content_view,promote]) prior ([lifecycle_environment,None]) content_view ([activation_key,None]) lifecycle_environment ([activation_key,None])
password - / required |  | Password for user accessing Foreman server.
server_url - / required |  | URL of Foreman server.
task_timeout - added in 2.7 | Default: 1000 | The timeout in seconds to wait for the started Foreman action to finish. If the timeout is reached and the Foreman action did not complete, the ansible task fails. However the foreman action does not get canceled.
username - / required |  | Username on Foreman server.
verify_ssl boolean | Choices: no ← yes | verify the ssl/https connection (e.g for a valid certificate)

## 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)

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