feat(wait_task): Add a wait_task module.

And a new module that simply expose the wait_for_task function

Signed-off-by: Julien Godin <julien.godin@camptocamp.com>

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ theforeman.foreman Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 0.8.1.
 
+v3.13.0
+=======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Add a wait for task module
+
 v3.12.0
 =======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@ releases:
     - 2023-06-26-forgotten-changelogs.yml
     - content_view_filter_deb_support.yml
     release_date: '2023-07-10'
+  3.13.0:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - Add a wait for task module
+    release_date: '2023-07-19'
   3.2.0:
     changes:
       bugfixes:

galaxy.yml

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ authors:
   - "metalcated <mike.gomon@gmail.com>"
   - "russianguppie <46544650+russianguppie@users.noreply.github.com>"
   - "willtome <willtome@gmail.com>"
+  - "Julien Godin <julien.godin@camptocamp.com>"
 version: "3.13.0-dev"
 license:
   - "GPL-3.0-or-later"

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ action_groups:
   - templates_import
   - user
   - usergroup
+  - wait_for_task
 plugin_routing:
   modules:
     foreman_architecture:
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ plugin_routing:
     foreman_user:
       redirect: theforeman.foreman.user
     foreman_usergroup:
-      redirect: theforeman.foreman.usergroup
+      redirect: theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task
     katello_activation_key:
       redirect: theforeman.foreman.activation_key
     katello_content_credential:

plugins/modules/wait_for_task.py

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# (c) 2023, Julien Godin <julien.godin@camptocamp.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: wait_for_task
+version_added: 3.13.0
+short_description: Wait for a task
+description:
+  - Wait for a task to finish
+author:
+  - "Julien Godin (@JGodin-C2C)"
+options:
+  task:
+    description:
+      - Task to wait for. Typical output of the resource_info module
+    required: true
+    type: dict
+  timeout:
+    description:
+      - How much time the task should take to be finished
+    required: false
+    type: int
+    default: 60
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+  - theforeman.foreman.foreman
+'''
+
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: wait for a task to finish in at least 10 seconds
+  theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task:
+    server_url:  "https://foreman.example.com"
+    password: changeme
+    username: admin
+    task: "{{ item }}"
+    timeout: 60
+  loop: "{{ tasks.resources }}"
+
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+entity:
+  description: Designated task is finished
+  returned: success
+  type: dict
+  contains:
+    task:
+        description: The finished task
+        type: dict
+'''
+
+
+from ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.plugins.module_utils.foreman_helper import ForemanAnsibleModule
+
+
+class ForemanWaitForTask(ForemanAnsibleModule):
+    pass
+
+
+def main():
+    module = ForemanWaitForTask(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            task=dict(type="dict", required=True),
+            timeout=dict(type="int", required=False, default=60),
+        )
+    )
+    module.task_timeout = module.foreman_params["timeout"]
+    with module.api_connection():
+        module.wait_for_task(module.foreman_params["task"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tests/fixtures/apidoc/wait_for_task.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foreman.json

tests/test_playbooks/tasks/wait_for_task.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+---
+- name: "Create katello content view version"
+  vars:
+    - content_view_name: "Test Content View"
+    - organization_name: "Test Organization"
+    - lifecycle_environments: Library
+  content_view_version:
+    username: "{{ foreman_username }}"
+    password: "{{ foreman_password }}"
+    server_url: "{{ foreman_server_url }}"
+    validate_certs: "{{ foreman_validate_certs }}"
+    content_view: "{{ content_view_name }}"
+    organization: "{{ organization_name }}"
+    description: "{{ description | default(omit)}}"
+    version: "{{ version | default(omit)}}"
+    lifecycle_environments: "{{ lifecycle_environments }}"
+    force_promote: "{{ force_promote | default(omit) }}"
+    force_yum_metadata_regeneration: "{{ force_yum_metadata_regeneration | default(omit) }}"
+    current_lifecycle_environment: "{{ current_lifecycle_environment | default(omit) }}"
+    state: "{{ state | default(omit) }}"
+  async: 9999
+
+- name: Wait for API to react
+  ansible.builtin.pause:
+    seconds: 10
+
+- name: "Search for previously created task"
+  resource_info:
+    username: "{{ foreman_username }}"
+    password: "{{ foreman_password }}"
+    server_url: "{{ foreman_server_url }}"
+    validate_certs: "{{ foreman_validate_certs }}"
+    resource: foreman_tasks
+    search: "(label = Actions::Katello::ContentView::Publish and state = running)"
+
+- name: wait for the task to finish
+  wait_for_task:
+    username: "{{ foreman_username }}"
+    password: "{{ foreman_password }}"
+    server_url: "{{ foreman_server_url }}"
+    validate_certs: "{{ foreman_validate_certs }}"
+    task: "{{ item }}" 
+    timeout: 900
+  loop: "{{ tasks.resources }}"
+
+
+- name: "Search for previously created task"
+  resource_info:
+    username: "{{ foreman_username }}"
+    password: "{{ foreman_password }}"
+    server_url: "{{ foreman_server_url }}"
+    validate_certs: "{{ foreman_validate_certs }}"
+    resource: foreman_tasks
+    search: "(label = Actions::Katello::ContentView::Publish and state = running)"
+  register: tasks
+- assert:
+    fail_msg: "Verification that '{{ resource }}' resource is not runing anymore"
+    that: result.resource | lenght == 0
+...

tests/test_playbooks/wait_for_task.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  collections:
+    - theforeman.foreman
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars_files:
+    - vars/server.yml
+  tasks:
+    - include_tasks: tasks/wait_task.yml