manageiq-vmdb

The manageiq-vmdb role allows for users of ManageIQ to modify and/or change VMDB objects via an Ansible Playbook. The role includes a module manageiq_vmdb which does all the heavy lifting needed to modify or change objects in the database.

Requirements

ManageIQ has to be Gaprindashvili (G Release) or higher.

The example playbook makes use of the manageiq_vmdb module which is also included as part of this role.

If you have a requirement to include this Role in Ansible Tower or Embedded Ansible, simply add an empty roles directory at the root of your playbook and include a requirements.yml file with the following contents inside that directory:

---
- src: syncrou.manageiq-vmdb

Role Variables

Validate Certs: manageiq_validate_certs defaults to True. If set to False in the manageiq_connection dictionary then the lookup will allow self signed certificates to be used when using SSL REST API connection urls.

ManageIQ: manageiq_connection is a dictionary with connection default keys. Use of this connection information is ONLY needed if the role is used outside of a ManageIQ appliance. A ManageIQ appliance passes in manageiq_connection via extra_vars so connection information is included automatically. Remember to use Ansible Vault for passwords.

    manageiq_connection:
        url: 'http://localhost:3000'
        username: 'admin'
        password: 'password'
        manageiq_validate_certs: false

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

An example which provisions a VM to EC2. The playbook links that vm to a service in the ManageIQ VMDB using the manageiq_vmdb module. The example shows two ways to pass the VMDB object to the module, either via an href slug or via a variable.

- name: Service Linking VM's to an existing service
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  vars:
  - key: db
  - name: db-test-provision-1
  - instance_type: t2.nano
  - security_group: sg-sdf234
  - image: ami-234234lkj
  - region: us-east-1
  - subnet: subnet-adsf098
  # Only needed if this playbook is NOT run on a ManageIQ Appliance
  - manageiq_connection:
      url: 'https://localhost.ssl:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      manageiq_validate_certs: false

  roles:
  - syncrou.manageiq-vmdb

  tasks:
  - name: Get a vmdb object
    manageiq_vmdb:
      href: "services/80"
    register: vmdb_object

  - name: Create Ec2 Instance
    ec2:
      key_name: "{{ key }}"
      instance_tags: {Name: "{{ name }}"}
      group_id: "{{ security_group }}"
      instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
      region: "{{ region }}"
      image: "{{ image }}"
      wait: yes
      count: 1
      vpc_subnet_id: "{{ subnet }}"
      assign_public_ip: yes
    register: ec2

  - name: Service Linking via an href slug
    manageiq_vmdb:
      href: "href_slug::services/80"
      action: add_provider_vms
      data:
        uid_ems:
          - "{{ ec2.instances[0].id }}"
        provider:
          id: 24

  - name: Service Linking via an object
    manageiq_vmdb:
      vmdb: "{{ vmdb_object }}"
      action: add_provider_vms
      data:
        uid_ems:
          - "asdf234"
        provider:
          id: 24

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