Plugins » Katello

So, we call set_default_overrides when the new record is created, due to https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/c6488ec90d08569368137c4a365b1a384824a34b/app/models/katello/concerns/location_extensions.rb#L7

It is not called when the record is updated, and doing so would mean that users wanting to opt-in to Location scoped HGs or PTs would be unable to remove those ignored_types

Removing these defaults entirely, making HGs and PTs Location scoped by default, however, seems like kind of an annoyance for users / would undo this feature, https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/5619

It is not pretty but, for an ansible modules user who wants to create a Location without HGs or PTs in ignored_types, could we add documentation suggesting that their playbook should have this task twice, first to create the Location, and again to update it? That way they do reach the desired state after the 1st time their playbook runs.

No, that would not help, as (quoting above):

When the location is created and all Hostgroups/Templates are added to it, the user needs to first remove HG/PT from the ignore_types list, and then remove all HGs/PTs they did not want to be assigned in the first place.

This is a) tedious, b) not solved by executing the same ansible task twice.

I am not asking you to revert that change from 2014 (even tho I wouldn't be opposed to that solution), just make it smarter that if the user provided a choice, the choice is honored.

Bumping to 4.13