rhn_register: added force option to allow forced registering (#1454) (#1455)

* rhn_register: added force option to allow forced registering (#1454)

* rhn_register: added disable=bad-option-value to pylint disables for backwards compat

* rhn_register: including version_added for force parameter

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* [1455] added changelog fragment

* removed unnecessary pylint disables

* Updated changelogs/fragments/1455-rhn-register-force.yml to have issue # instead of PR #

Co-authored-by: Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Co-authored-by: Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>

changelogs/fragments/1455-rhn-register-force.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - rhn_register - added ``force`` parameter to allow forced registering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1454).

plugins/modules/packaging/os/rhn_register.py

@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ options:
         description:
             - Supply an profilename for use with registration.
         type: str
+    force:
+        description:
+            - Force registration, even if system is already registered.
+        type: bool
+        default: no
+        version_added: 2.0.0
     ca_cert:
         description:
             - Supply a custom ssl CA certificate file for use with registration.
@@ -114,6 +120,14 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     username: joe_user
     password: somepass
     channels: rhel-x86_64-server-6-foo-1,rhel-x86_64-server-6-bar-1
+
+- name: Force-register as user with password to ensure registration is current on server
+  community.general.rhn_register:
+    state: present
+    username: joe_user
+    password: somepass
+    server_url: https://xmlrpc.my.satellite/XMLRPC
+    force: yes
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''
@@ -346,6 +360,7 @@ def main():
             ca_cert=dict(type='path', aliases=['sslcacert']),
             systemorgid=dict(type='str'),
             enable_eus=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            force=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             nopackages=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             channels=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=[]),
         ),
@@ -365,6 +380,7 @@ def main():
     password = module.params['password']
 
     state = module.params['state']
+    force = module.params['force']
     activationkey = module.params['activationkey']
     profilename = module.params['profilename']
     sslcacert = module.params['ca_cert']
@@ -395,7 +411,7 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg="Missing arguments, If registering without an activationkey, must supply username or password")
 
         # Register system
-        if rhn.is_registered:
+        if rhn.is_registered and not force:
             module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="System already registered.")
 
         try: