No host collections group from Satellite 6 Ansible Collection

Solution In Progress - Updated 2023-05-14T14:54:17+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9
• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• The redhat.satellite.foreman Ansible Collection plugin does not create a group for host collections

Resolution

• Add the parameter use_reports_api: true to the foreman.yml file like the example below:

  # cat foreman.yml 
  plugin: redhat.satellite.foreman
  validate_certs: False
  url: https://satellite.example.com
  user: admin
  password: redhat
  cache: no
  want_hostcollections: true
  use_reports_api: true
  

Root Cause

• The need for this value with the option want_hostcollections: true is being evaluated here:
  https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/issues/1270

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