community.general.manageiq_tags module – Management of resource tags in ManageIQ

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_tags.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_tags module supports adding, updating and deleting tags in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

manageiq_connection

dictionary

ManageIQ connection configuration information.

ca_cert

aliases: ca_bundle_path

string

The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates.

password

string

ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

token

string

ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.

url

string

ManageIQ environment URL. MIQ_URL environment variable if set. Otherwise, it is required to pass it.

username

string

ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

validate_certs

aliases: verify_ssl

boolean

Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

resource_id

integer

added in community.general 2.2.0

The ID of the resource at which tags will be controlled.

Must be specified if resource_name is not set. Both options are mutually exclusive.

resource_name

string

The name of the resource at which tags will be controlled.

Must be specified if resource_id is not set. Both options are mutually exclusive.

resource_type

string / required

The relevant resource type in manageiq.

Choices:

  • "provider"

  • "host"

  • "vm"

  • "blueprint"

  • "category"

  • "cluster"

  • "data store"

  • "group"

  • "resource pool"

  • "service"

  • "service template"

  • "template"

  • "tenant"

  • "user"

state

string

absent - tags should not exist.

present - tags should exist.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

tags

list / elements=dictionary

tags - list of dictionaries, each includes name and category keys.

Required if state is present or absent.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create new tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
    - category: environment
      name: prod
    - category: owner
      name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when connecting to localhost!

- name: Create new tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    resource_id: 23000000790497
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
    - category: environment
      name: prod
    - category: owner
      name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when connecting to localhost!

- name: Remove tags for a provider in ManageIQ.
  community.general.manageiq_tags:
    state: absent
    resource_name: 'EngLab'
    resource_type: 'provider'
    tags:
    - category: environment
      name: prod
    - category: owner
      name: prod_ops
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when connecting to localhost!

Authors

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)