community.general.omapi_host module – Setup OMAPI hosts

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.omapi_host.

Synopsis

  • Manage OMAPI hosts into compatible DHCPd servers

Requirements

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

  • pypureomapi

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ddns

boolean

Enable dynamic DNS updates for this host.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

host

string

Sets OMAPI server host to interact with.

Default: "localhost"

hostname

aliases: name

string

Sets the host lease hostname (mandatory if state=present).

ip

string

Sets the lease host IP address.

key

string / required

Sets the TSIG key content for authenticating against OMAPI server.

key_name

string / required

Sets the TSIG key name for authenticating against OMAPI server.

macaddr

string / required

Sets the lease host MAC address.

port

integer

Sets the OMAPI server port to interact with.

Default: 7911

state

string / required

Create or remove OMAPI host.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present"

statements

list / elements=string

Attach a list of OMAPI DHCP statements with host lease (without ending semicolon).

Default: []

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: Add a host using OMAPI
  community.general.omapi_host:
    key_name: defomapi
    key: +bFQtBCta6j2vWkjPkNFtgA==
    host: 10.98.4.55
    macaddr: 44:dd:ab:dd:11:44
    name: server01
    ip: 192.168.88.99
    ddns: true
    statements:
    - filename "pxelinux.0"
    - next-server 1.1.1.1
    state: present

- name: Remove a host using OMAPI
  community.general.omapi_host:
    key_name: defomapi
    key: +bFQtBCta6j2vWkjPkNFtgA==
    host: 10.1.1.1
    macaddr: 00:66:ab:dd:11:44
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

lease

complex

dictionary containing host information

Returned: success

hardware-address

string

MAC address

Returned: success

Sample: "00:11:22:33:44:55"

hardware-type

integer

hardware type, generally ‘1’

Returned: success

Sample: 1

ip-address

string

IP address, if there is.

Returned: success

Sample: "192.168.1.5"

name

string

hostname

Returned: success

Sample: "mydesktop"

Authors

  • Loic Blot (@nerzhul)