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rhn_channel - Adds or removes Red Hat software channels¶

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Notes
- Status
- Maintenance Info

Synopsis ¶

Adds or removes Red Hat software channels

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
name	yes			Name of the software channel.
password	yes			RHN/Satellite password
state	no	present		Whether the channel should be present or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.
sysname	yes			Name of the system as it is known in RHN/Satellite.
url	yes			The full URL to the RHN/Satellite API.
user	yes			RHN/Satellite login

Examples ¶

- rhn_channel:
    name: rhel-x86_64-server-v2vwin-6
    sysname: server01
    url: https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/api
    user: rhnuser
    password: guessme

Notes ¶

Note

This module fetches the system id from RHN.
This module doesn’t support check_mode.

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance Info ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s this support of this module, please refer to this knowledge base article<https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-top-support-policies>

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