community.general.jira – create and modify issues in a JIRA instance

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples

Synopsis

• Create and modify issues in a JIRA instance.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Create a new issue and add a comment to it:
- name: Create an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: create
    summary: Example Issue
    description: Created using Ansible
    issuetype: Task
  args:
    fields:
        customfield_13225: "test"
        customfield_12931: {"value": "Test"}
  register: issue

- name: Comment on issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: comment
    comment: A comment added by Ansible

- name: Comment on issue with restricted visibility
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: comment
    comment: A comment added by Ansible
    comment_visibility:
      type: role
      value: Developers

# Assign an existing issue using edit
- name: Assign an issue using free-form fields
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key}}'
    operation: edit
    assignee: ssmith

# Create an issue with an existing assignee
- name: Create an assigned issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: create
    summary: Assigned issue
    description: Created and assigned using Ansible
    issuetype: Task
    assignee: ssmith

# Edit an issue
- name: Set the labels on an issue using free-form fields
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: edit
  args:
    fields:
        labels:
          - autocreated
          - ansible

# Updating a field using operations: add, set & remove
- name: Change the value of a Select dropdown
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: update
  args:
    fields:
      customfield_12931: [ {'set': {'value': 'Virtual'}} ]
      customfield_13820: [ {'set': {'value':'Manually'}} ]
  register: cmdb_issue
  delegate_to: localhost


# Retrieve metadata for an issue and use it to create an account
- name: Get an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: fetch
    issue: ANS-63
  register: issue

# Search for an issue
# You can limit the search for specific fields by adding optional args. Note! It must be a dict, hence, lastViewed: null
- name: Search for an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: search
    maxresults: 10
    jql: project=cmdb AND cf[13225]="test"
  args:
    fields:
      lastViewed: null
  register: issue

- name: Create a unix account for the reporter
  become: true
  user:
    name: '{{ issue.meta.fields.creator.name }}'
    comment: '{{ issue.meta.fields.creator.displayName }}'

# You can get list of valid linktypes at /rest/api/2/issueLinkType
# url of your jira installation.
- name: Create link from HSP-1 to MKY-1
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    operation: link
    linktype: Relates
    inwardissue: HSP-1
    outwardissue: MKY-1

# Transition an issue
- name: Resolve the issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: transition
    status: Resolve Issue
    account_id: 112233445566778899aabbcc
    fields:
      resolution:
        name: Done
      description: I am done! This is the last description I will ever give you.

# Attach a file to an issue
- name: Attach a file
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: HSP-1
    operation: attach
    attachment:
      filename: topsecretreport.xlsx

Authors

• Steve Smith (@tarka)
• Per Abildgaard Toft (@pertoft)
• Brandon McNama (@DWSR)