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ForemanSnapshotManagement

ForemanSnapshotManagement is a Foreman plugin to manage snapshots. As Hypervisor the following systems are supported:

Features

  • List existing snapshots of a virtual machine.
  • Create a snapshot of a virtual machine.
  • Revert existing virtual machines to a previously created snapshot.
  • Remove existing snapshots of a virtual machine.

Installation

You can install Foreman Snapshot Management plug-in using foreman-installer. For more information, see Installing the Snapshot Management Plug-in in Foreman documentation.

Compatibility

Foreman Version Plugin Version
>= 3.13 >= 4.0.0
>= 3.7 >= 3.0.0
>= 2.3 >= 2.0.0
1.24 >= 1.7.0
1.23 >= 1.7.0
1.22 >= 1.6.0
1.21 >= 1.5.0
1.20 >= 1.5.0
1.19 >= 1.5.0
1.18 >= 1.5.0
1.17 >= 1.5.0

Usage

You will get a new tab named "Snapshots" in the hosts page in Foreman.

Following rights are required to view snapshots:

  • Snapshot Viewer
  • Viewer

Following additional rights are required for creating, modifying, deleting and rollback:

  • Snapshot Manger
  • Site Manager

API usage examples

Documentation for the api v2 endpoints provided by this Plugin can be found at https://<your.foreman.installation>/apidoc/v2/snapshots.html. Some examples using curl and jq are given here.

The api user requires the same rights as a normal one.

Environment

Environment variables used in this examples, edit to your needs.

FOREMAN="foreman.example.lan"            # fqdn or ip to foreman
AUTH="snapper:mysupersecretpassword123"  # foreman user
HOST="vm001.example.lan"                 # the servers name or id

List all snapshots

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots" \
    | jq
{
  "total": 2,
  "subtotal": 2,
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 30,
  "search": null,
  "sort": {
    "by": null,
    "order": null
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "description": "",
      "id": "snapshot-646",
      "name": "clean",
      "created_at": "2018-10-08 08:07:30 UTC",
      "parent_id": null,
      "children_ids": [
        "snapshot-658"
      ]
    },
    {
      "description": "test",
      "id": "snapshot-658",
      "name": "test",
      "created_at": "2018-10-18 09:50:03 UTC",
      "parent_id": null,
      "children_ids": []
    }
  ]
}

Show a snapshot

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots/${SNAP_ID}" \
    | jq
{
  "description": "test",
  "id": "snapshot-658",
  "name": "test",
  "created_at": "2018-10-18 09:50:03 UTC",
  "parent_id": null,
  "children_ids": []
}

Create a snapshot

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    -X POST \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data "{ \"name\": \"${SNAP_NAME}\", \"description\": \"${DESCRIPTION}\" }" \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots" \
    | jq
{
  "description": "A wonderful snapshot.",
  "id": null,
  "name": "wonderful",
  "created_at": null,
  "parent_id": null,
  "children_ids": []
}

Delete a snapshot

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    -X DELETE \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots/${SNAP_ID}" \
    | jq
{
  "description": "A wonderful snapshot.",
  "id": null,
  "name": "wonderful",
  "created_at": "2018-10-19 07:03:37 UTC",
  "parent_id": null,
  "children_ids": []
}

Update a snapshot

This updates only name and description, not the data.

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data "{ \"name\": \"${SNAP_NAME}\", \"description\": \"${DESCRIPTION}\" }" \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots/${SNAP_ID}" \
    | jq
{
  "description": "An exceptional snapshot.",
  "id": "snapshot-666",
  "name": "exceptional",
  "created_at": "2018-10-19 07:11:24 UTC",
  "parent_id": null,
  "children_ids": []
}

Revert a snapshot

This request will block until the snapshot is reverted. Make sure to check your timeouts.

curl -s -u "$AUTH" \
    --max-time 600 \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    "https://${FOREMAN}/api/v2/hosts/${HOST}/snapshots/${SNAP_ID}/revert" \
    | jq
{
  "description": "test",
  "id": "snapshot-658",
  "name": "test",
  "created_at": "2018-10-18 09:50:03 UTC",
  "parent_id": null,
  "children_ids": []
}

Contributing

Fork and send a Pull Request. Thanks!

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2024 ATIX AG - http://www.atix.de

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/.