for-cli

Simple CLI to interact with the REST API for foreman or the smart-proxy. http://theforeman.org/ Written in Python.

Make sure to change the default username/password and baseurl for your foreman installation or use the --username/password/url/port flags.

Query for facts

Get all hosts and values for a specific fact (kernelversion)

for-cli -q facts kernelversion

Get all facts and values for a specific host (FQDN)

for-cli -q facts --host=host.example.com

Query for status

System status (result ok/failed, database lag in miliseconds)

for-cli -q status

Summary statistcs (total hosts, active hosts, hosts in error etc)

for-cli -q dashboard

Query for reports

Retrieve the lastest report

for-cli -q reports

Retrieve the latest report for a specific host (FQDN)

for-cli -q reports --host=host.example.com

Get full lists

Retrieve a list of Facts

for-cli -q facts

Retrieve a list of Operatingsystems

for-cli -q os

Retrieve a list of Hosts

for-cli -q hosts

Retrieve a list of Hostsgroups

for-cli -q hostgroups

Retrieve a list of all puppet certificates

for-cli -q ca

Post requests

Trigger puppet run / kick on a specific host (FQDN)

for-cli -q run --host=host.example.com