tower_job_launch - Launch an Ansible Job.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2

Options

parameter required default choices comments
credential
 no
Credential to use for job, only used if prompt for credential is set.
extra_vars
 no
Extra_vars to use for the job_template. Prepend '@' if a file.
inventory
 no
Inventory to use for the job, only used if prompt for inventory is set.
job_explanation
 no
Job explanation field.
job_template
 yes
Name of the job_template to use.
job_type
 no
  • run
  • check
  • scan
Job_type to use for the job, only used if prompt for job_type is set.
limit
 no
Limit to use for the job_template.
tags
 no
Specific tags to use for from playbook.
tower_config_file
 no
Path to the Tower config file. See notes.
tower_host
 no
URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password
 no
Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username
 no
Username for your Tower instance.
tower_verify_ssl
 no True
Dis/allow insecure connections to Tower. If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
use_job_endpoint
 no
Disable launching jobs from job template.

Examples

- name: Launch a job
  tower_job_launch:
    job_template: "My Job Template"
  register: job
- name: Wait for job max 120s
  tower_job_wait:
    job_id: job.id
    timeout: 120

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
id
job id of the newly launched job
 success int 86
status
status of newly launched job
 success string pending

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your Tower host information.
  • config_file should contain Tower configuration in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/tower_job_launch_module.html