create_network_group.yml

---
- name: Create Network Group
  hosts: localhost
  
  vars:
  - go_class: "{{ 'NetworkGroup'|urlencode }}"
  - association_hrefs: []
  # Input vars from dialog: firewall_group, go_name, description, network
  
  tasks:
  - set_fact:
      fwgroup_go_href: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/generic_objects/{{ firewall_group }}"
      
  - name: "Find the {{ go_class }} generic object class definition"
    uri:
      url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/generic_object_definitions?expand=resources&filter[]=name='{{ go_class }}'"
      method: GET
      validate_certs: no
      headers:
        X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
      body_format: json
    register: go_definition
    
  - set_fact:
      go_definition_href: "{{ go_definition.json.resources[0].href }}"
      
  - name: Get the requester's name
    uri:
      url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/{{ manageiq.user }}"
      method: GET
      validate_certs: no
      headers:
        X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
      body_format: json
    register: requester
          
  - name: "Create {{ go_name }} generic object"
    uri:
      url: "{{ manageiq.api_url }}/api/generic_objects"
      method: POST
      validate_certs: no
      headers:
        X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
      body_format: json
      body:
        action: create
        name: "{{ go_name }}"
        generic_object_definition:
          href: "{{ go_definition_href }}"
        property_attributes:
          network: "{{ network }}"
          description: "{{ description }}"
          requester: "{{ requester.json.name }}"
        associations:
          firewall_group:
          - href: "{{ fwgroup_go_href }}"
    register: new_go
  
  - set_fact:
      new_go_href: "{{ new_go.json.results[0].href }}"
    
  - name: Get the existing network_groups associations of the Firewall Group
    uri:
      url: "{{ fwgroup_go_href }}?associations=network_groups"
      method: GET
      validate_certs: no
      headers:
        X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
      body_format: json
    register: associations
    
  - set_fact:
      association_hrefs: "{{ association_hrefs + [ { 'href': item } ] }}"
    with_items: "{{ associations|json_query('json.network_groups[*].href') }}"
    
  - set_fact:
      association_hrefs: "{{ association_hrefs + [ { 'href': new_go_href } ] }}"
      
  - name: Create the corresponding association in the Firewall Group back to the new action
    uri:
      url: "{{ fwgroup_go_href }}"
      method: POST
      validate_certs: no
      headers:
        X-Auth-Token: "{{ manageiq.api_token }}"
      body_format: json
      body:
        action: edit
        associations:
          network_groups:
            "{{ association_hrefs }}"
    register: output