Host creation is one of the most complex commands in the hammer's foreman plugin. The majority of its parameters is obvious but there are some that need further explanation as their values differ with the type of a compute resource.
Warning:
Output of hammer host create -h may vary with the Foreman server used and plugins installed.
Sample help output for hammer-cli-foreman 0.15.0 and Foreman 1.20 follows:
$ hammer host create -h
Usage:
hammer host create [OPTIONS]
Options:
--architecture ARCHITECTURE_NAME Architecture name
--architecture-id ARCHITECTURE_ID
--ask-root-password ASK_ROOT_PW One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--autoheal AUTOHEAL Sets whether the Host will autoheal subscriptions upon checkin
One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--build BUILD One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--comment COMMENT Additional information about this host
--compute-attributes COMPUTE_ATTRS Compute resource attributes
Comma-separated list of key=value
--compute-profile COMPUTE_PROFILE_NAME Name to search by
--compute-profile-id COMPUTE_PROFILE_ID
--compute-resource COMPUTE_RESOURCE_NAME Compute resource name
--compute-resource-id COMPUTE_RESOURCE_ID
--config-group-ids CONFIG_GROUP_IDS IDs of associated config groups
Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--config-groups CONFIG_GROUP_NAMES Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--content-source CONTENT_SOURCE_NAME Content Source name
--content-source-id CONTENT_SOURCE_ID
--content-view CONTENT_VIEW_NAME Name to search by
--content-view-id CONTENT_VIEW_ID Content view numeric identifier
--domain DOMAIN_NAME Domain name
--domain-id DOMAIN_ID Numerical ID or domain name
--enabled ENABLED Include this host within Foreman reporting
One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--hostgroup HOSTGROUP_NAME Hostgroup name
--hostgroup-id HOSTGROUP_ID
--hostgroup-title HOSTGROUP_TITLE Hostgroup title
--hypervisor-guest-uuids HYPERVISOR_GUEST_UUIDS List of hypervisor guest uuids
Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--image IMAGE_NAME Name to search by
--image-id IMAGE_ID
--installed-products-attributes INSTALLED_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES List of products installed on the host
Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--interface INTERFACE Interface parameters
Comma-separated list of key=value
Can be specified multiple times.
--ip IP Not required if using a subnet with DHCP proxy
--kickstart-repository REPOSITORY_NAME Kickstart repository name
--kickstart-repository-id KICKSTART_REPOSITORY_ID Repository Id associated with the kickstart repo used for provisioning
--lifecycle-environment LIFECYCLE_ENVIRONMENT_NAME Name to search by
--lifecycle-environment-id LIFECYCLE_ENVIRONMENT_ID ID of the environment
--location LOCATION_NAME Location name
--location-id LOCATION_ID
--location-title LOCATION_TITLE Location title
--mac MAC Required for managed host that is bare metal, not required if it's a
Virtual machine
--managed MANAGED True/False flag whether a host is managed or unmanaged. Note: this value
Also determines whether several parameters are required or not
One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--medium MEDIUM_NAME Medium name
--medium-id MEDIUM_ID
--model MODEL_NAME Model name
--model-id MODEL_ID
--name NAME
--operatingsystem OPERATINGSYSTEM_TITLE Operating system title
--operatingsystem-id OPERATINGSYSTEM_ID
--organization ORGANIZATION_NAME Organization name
--organization-id ORGANIZATION_ID Organization ID
--organization-title ORGANIZATION_TITLE Organization title
--overwrite OVERWRITE One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
Default: "true"
--owner OWNER_LOGIN Login of the owner
--owner-id OWNER_ID ID of the owner
--owner-type OWNER_TYPE Host's owner type
Possible value(s): 'User', 'Usergroup'
--parameters PARAMS Host parameters
Comma-separated list of key=value
--partition-table PARTITION_TABLE_NAME Partition table name
--partition-table-id PARTITION_TABLE_ID
--product PRODUCT_NAME Name to search by
--product-id PRODUCT_ID Product numeric identifier
--progress-report-id PROGRESS_REPORT_ID UUID to track orchestration tasks status, GET
/api/orchestration/:UUID/tasks
--provision-method PROVISION_METHOD The method used to provision the host.
Possible value(s): 'build', 'image'
--puppet-ca-proxy PUPPET_CA_PROXY_NAME
--puppet-ca-proxy-id PUPPET_CA_PROXY_ID Puppet CA proxy ID
--puppet-class-ids PUPPET_CLASS_IDS Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--puppet-classes PUPPET_CLASS_NAMES Comma separated list of values. Values containing comma should be quoted or escaped with backslash
--puppet-environment PUPPET_ENVIRONMENT_NAME Puppet Environment name
--puppet-environment-id PUPPET_ENVIRONMENT_ID
--puppet-proxy PUPPET_PROXY_NAME
--puppet-proxy-id PUPPET_PROXY_ID Puppet proxy ID
--pxe-loader PXE_LOADER DHCP filename option (Grub2/PXELinux by default)
Possible value(s): 'None', 'PXELinux BIOS', 'PXELinux UEFI', 'Grub UEFI', 'Grub2 UEFI', 'Grub2 UEFI SecureBoot', 'Grub2 UEFI HTTP', 'Grub2 UEFI HTTPS', 'Grub2 UEFI HTTPS SecureBoot', 'iPXE Embedded', 'iPXE UEFI HTTP', 'iPXE Chain BIOS', 'iPXE Chain UEFI'
--realm REALM_NAME Name to search by
--realm-id REALM_ID Numerical ID or realm name
--release-version RELEASE_VERSION Release version for this Host to use (7Server, 7.1, etc)
--root-password ROOT_PW Required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group or default password in settings
--service-level SERVICE_LEVEL Service level to be used for autoheal
--subnet SUBNET_NAME Subnet name
--subnet-id SUBNET_ID
--volume VOLUME Volume parameters
Comma-separated list of key=value
Can be specified multiple times.
-h, --help Print help
An example command for creating a host with 2 volumes (5GB raw + 10 GB qcow2) using a default network interface on a libvirt provider can look like this:
hammer host create
--hostgroup=my_hostgroup # most of the settings is done in the hostgroup
--compute-resource=libvirt # set the libvirt provider
--compute-attributes="cpus=2" # specify the provider specific options, see the list below
--interface="primary=true,compute_type=network,compute_network=default" # add a network interface, can be passed multiple times
--volume="capacity=5G" # add a volume, can be passed multiple times
--volume="capacity=10G,format_type=qcow2" # add another volume with different size and type
--name="test-host"Please note that volumes, interfaces and compute attributes differ significantly across compute resource types. See the list of all possible option keys below.
Please note that managed hosts need to have one primary interface. Always set primary=true for one of your interfaces.
Available keys for --interface:
mac
ip
type # One of interface, bmc, bond
name
subnet_id
domain_id
identifier
managed # true/false
primary # true/false, each managed hosts needs to have one primary interface.
provision # true/false
virtual # true/false
# for virtual interfaces:
tag # VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.
attached_to # Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs, e.g. eth1.
# for bonds:
mode # One of balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb
attached_devices # Identifiers of slave interfaces, e.g. [eth1,eth2].
bond_options
# for BMCs:
provider # always IPMI
username
password
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
flavor_id # select one of available flavours
availability_zone
security_group_ids
managed_ip
groups
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
machine_type # one of available flavors
network
associate_external_ip
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
cpus # number of CPUs
memory # string, amount of memory, value in bytes
start # Must be a 1 or 0, whether to start the machine or not
Available keys for --interface:
compute_type # one of [bridge, network]
compute_network / compute_bridge # name of interface according to type
compute_model # one of [virtio, rtl8139, ne2k_pci, pcnet, e1000]
Available keys for --volume:
pool_name # list of available storage pools
capacity # string value, e.g. 10G
format_type # one of [raw, qcow2]
allocation # initial allocation, e.g. 0G
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
availability_zone
boot_from_volume
flavor_ref
image_ref
tenant_id
security_groups
network
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
cluster
template # hardware profile to use
cores # int value, number of cores
sockets # int value, number of sockets
memory # amount of memory, int value in bytes
start # Must be a 1 or 0, whether to start the machine or not
Available keys for --interface:
compute_name # eg. eth0
compute_network # select one of available networks for a cluster
compute_interface # interface type
Available keys for --volume:
size_gb # volume size in GB, integer value
storage_domain # select one of available storage domains
bootable # boolean, only one volume can be bootable
preallocate # boolean, set true to preallocate
wipe_after_delete # boolean, set true to wipe disk after delete
Available keys for --compute-attributes:
cpus CPU count
corespersocket Number of cores per socket (applicable to hardware versions < 10 only)
memory_mb Integer number, amount of memory in MB
firmware automatic/bios/efi
cluster Cluster ID from VMware
resource_pool Resource Pool ID from VMware
path Path to folder
guest_id Guest OS ID form VMware
hardware_version Hardware version ID from VMware
add_cdrom Must be a 1 or 0, Add a CD-ROM drive to the virtual machine
cpuHotAddEnabled Must be a 1 or 0, lets you add memory resources while the machine is on
memoryHotAddEnabled Must be a 1 or 0, lets you add CPU resources while the machine is on the machine or not
annotation Annotation Notes
scsi_controllers List with SCSI controllers definitions
type - ID of the controller from VMware
key - Key of the controller (e.g. 1000)
start # Must be a 1 or 0, whether to start the machine or not
Available keys for --interface:
compute_type # Type of the network adapter, for example one of:
# VirtualVmxnet3
# VirtualE1000
# See documentation center for your version of vSphere to find
# more details about available adapter types:
# https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/
compute_network # network ID from VMware
Available keys for --volume:
name
storage_pod Storage Pod ID from VMware
datastore Datastore ID from VMware
size_gb Integer number, volume size in GB
thin true/false
eager_zero true/false
mode persistent/independent_persistent/independent_nonpersistent
controller_key Associated SCSI controller key