Maybe this will help you: is definitely possibile to use the varaibles defined in Foreman in an Ansible Playbook: by definig some parameters in Foreman on the host, and then executing a role with something like: *- debug: msg="Here all the host variables {{ hostvars }}" *all the host's variables are shown. Organizing them with a JSON formatter like *https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/* and then searching for the variable name, it can be see that all the host parameters are inside foreman_params. Therefore, they can be accessed inside a playbook with something like *{{ foreman_params['my_parameter'] }}* .
With that, I have created some roles to try to extend the functionalities of the Ansible Plugin. Using parameters and by writing roles that use those parameters, I can write a list of tasks to execute on a host, launch a single playbook on an host, using options like --syntax-check; I can also import the roles inside a git repository specifying the user's credentials, import a given role from ansible-galaxy. The sky is the limit with the freedom of user-defined parameters! So far, my host has 10 variables, with pretty random names, that has been used successfully in the roles I've created (they don't have to start with "ansible_" to be used in a playbook): the only thing is that you have to launch the role from the plugin inside Foreman, using Anbile from the command line in the host doesn't work. An other thing: is that if the parameter has some of the YAML special chars, to make it work you can wrap the entire value with something like *{% raw %}* *var_value* *{% endraw %}*: otherwise it can't be used and there will be issues even with roles that use other parameters. I'm sorry if this post is inappropriate: if you need, feel free to remove it. I'm finishing a 2-months internship that had the objective to integrate Ansible with Foreman and Katello using the roles, so this was part of the work I've done. Thank you for your work, I look forward to see the next Foreman Community Demo. Best Pietro Gabelli On Monday, July 17, 2017 at 2:54:30 PM UTC+2, Daniel Lobato wrote: > > On 07/14, juraj....@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > first of all, I'd like to thank you for the great work you've done so > far. > > I really admire all of you guys. > > My programming skills are not so good so I'll only lend my hand in > > proposing an idea or two that might be useful. > > > > Before I run Ansible role directly I can specify certain connection > > parameters in an Ansible inventory file. > > As you know the same option is available in the Foreman GUI interface > via > > parameters (Global parameters, Host group parameters etc.). > > However, there is one limitation and that is the list of parameters > > administrators can specify is limited. To get an idea which parameters > are > > available > > one can take a look in the following ruby scripts > > > > > /opt/theforeman/tfm/root/usr/share/gems/gems/foreman_ansible-1.4.5/app/services/foreman_ansible/inventory_creator.rb > > > > and > > > /opt/theforeman/tfm/root/usr/share/gems/gems/foreman_ansible-1.4.5/app/models/setting/ansible.rb > > > > . > > > > The problem arise when somebody needs a parameter that is not listed > there. > > Okay, you can edit both above mentioned scripts and then restart > Foreman, > > but every time the official update is applied, you have to add all > > necessary code changes again. This sucks and I believe everyone agrees > with > > me. > > > > So the idea I'd suggest is that, let administrators define what > parameter > > they need/want without hard-coding into Foreman Ansible plugin ruby > > scripts, OR > > make them hard-coded but the list of available parameter must be > complete. > > > > What do you think? > > I think it makes a lot of sense and at this point it's an easier thing > to implement than having to add a new parameter every time someone > requests it (or Ansible releases something new). I would expect > something like that for Foreman-Ansible 1.5 or 1.6 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "foreman-dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to foreman-dev...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Daniel Lobato Garcia > > @dLobatog > blog.daniellobato.me > daniellobato.me > > GPG: http://keys.gnupg.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7A92D6DD38D6DE30 > Keybase: https://keybase.io/elobato > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.