ripclawffb.helix_core.helix_core_server_info module – Get server specification information from Perforce Helix Core

Note

This module is part of the ripclawffb.helix_core collection (version 1.3.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ripclawffb.helix_core. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ripclawffb.helix_core.helix_core_server_info.

New in ripclawffb.helix_core 1.2.0

Synopsis

  • Retrieves server specifications from Perforce Helix Core.

  • When name is provided, returns a single server spec.

  • When name is omitted, returns a list of all servers.

  • This is a read-only module that does not make any changes.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • P4Python pip module is required

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

charset

aliases: p4charset

string

Character set used for translation of unicode files

Can also use ‘P4CHARSET’ environment variable

Default: "none"

name

string

The server ID to retrieve.

If omitted, all servers are listed.

password

aliases: p4passwd

string / required

The login password

Can also use ‘P4PASSWD’ environment variable

server

aliases: p4port

string / required

The hostname/ip and port of the server (perforce:1666)

Can also use ‘P4PORT’ environment variable

user

aliases: p4user

string / required

A user with access to perform this operation

Can also use ‘P4USER’ environment variable

See Also

See also

Helix Core Server

Manage server specs

P4Python Pip Module

Python module to interact with Helix Core

Examples

# Get a specific server
- name: Get server info
  ripclawffb.helix_core.helix_core_server_info:
    name: master.1
    server: '1666'
    user: bruno
    charset: auto
    password: ''
  register: server_info

# List all servers
- name: List all servers
  ripclawffb.helix_core.helix_core_server_info:
    server: '1666'
    user: bruno
    charset: auto
    password: ''
  register: all_servers

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

changed

boolean

Always False as this is a read-only module.

Returned: always

Sample: false

info

any

When name is provided, a dict with the server spec fields.

When name is omitted, a list of server summary dicts.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Asif Shaikh (@ripclawffb)