Hi there On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:01:15 -0400 Alvin Starr <[email protected]> wrote: > I would +1 for the idea of using the CSV tools to upload a configuration. > > I have tried to use the CSV files to rebuild a configuration from > scratch and it kind of works but needs some work to fill out the corner > cases. > > The upside of using the CSV import is that it will be part of the code > base and should see fixes as the code changes over time. > > It should be possible to build a generator to take your client > configuration and generate a set of CSV files. > Once you have the CSV files you can then run them against the hammer > interface and you have a fully configured system. [...]
You could also use the Python CLI tool foreman-yml [1]. It allows you to
basically define your whole Foreman configuration in a YAML file and then
execute it to apply it to your Foreman instance. In addition it can also dump
an existing Foreman configuration into a YAML file.
The advantage to other CLI tools like hammer is that you don't need to resolve
all the template IDs etc. on your own. Instead you can define the canonical
name for it and foreman-yml will take care of resolving all IDs and linking
them accordingly. Here an example to add a new operating system:
os:
- name: Ubuntu
major: 14
minor: 4
description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
family: Debian
release-name: trusty
password-hash: SHA512
architecture:
- name: x86_64
provisioning-template:
- name: Ubuntu PXE
- name: Ubuntu Preseed
medium:
- name: Ubuntu Mirror
partition-table:
- name: Ubuntu Default
parameters:
version: "14.04"
codename: "trusty"
Maybe not all possible configuration options are currently implement. I think
the Location and Organization part is missing as we haven't had any use for it
so far but feel free to contribute or open pull requests and issues. :)
Please note that the tool can currently on create or dump configs. Already
existing objects won't be updated but this shouldn't be too hard to implement.
[1] https://github.com/adfinis-sygroup/foreman-yml
Cheers
Michael
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