tower_job_launch - Launch an Ansible Job.
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- Launch an Ansible Tower jobs. See https://www.ansible.com/tower for an overview.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| credential | Default: None | Credential to use for job, only used if prompt for credential is set. |
| extra_vars | Default: None | Extra_vars to use for the job_template. Prepend '@' if a file. |
| inventory | Default: None | Inventory to use for the job, only used if prompt for inventory is set. |
| job_explanation | Default: None | Job explanation field. |
| job_template required | Name of the job_template to use. | |
| job_type |
None | Job_type to use for the job, only used if prompt for job_type is set. |
| limit | Default: None | Limit to use for the job_template. |
| tags | Default: None | Specific tags to use for from playbook. |
| tower_config_file | Default: None | Path to the Tower config file. See notes. |
| tower_host | Default: None | URL to your Tower instance. |
| tower_password | Default: None | Password for your Tower instance. |
| tower_username | Default: None | Username for your Tower instance. |
| tower_verify_ssl | Default: yes | 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 | Default: no | Disable launching jobs from job template. |
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
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, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id int | success | job id of the newly launched job Sample: 86 |
| status string | success | status of newly launched job Sample: pending |
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Author
- Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/tower_job_launch_module.html