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tower_job_template - create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower job_template.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.3

Options

parameter required default choices comments
ask_credential
 no
Prompt user for credential on launch.
ask_extra_vars
 no
Prompt user for extra_vars on launch.
ask_inventory
 no
Propmt user for inventory on launch.
ask_job_type
 no
Prompt user for job type on launch.
ask_tags
 no
Prompt user for job tags on launch.
become_enabled
 no
Should become_enabled.
cloud_credential
 no
Cloud_credential to use for the job_template.
description
 no
Description to use for the job_template.
extra_vars_path
 no
Path to the extra_vars yaml file.
forks
 no
The number of parallel or simultaneous processes to use while executing the playbook.
host_config_key
 no
Allow provisioning callbacks using this host config key.
inventory
 no
Inventory to use for the job_template.
job_tags
 no
The job_tags to use for the job_template.
job_type
 yes
  • run
  • check
  • scan
The job_type to use for the job_template.
limit
 no
A host pattern to further constrain the list of hosts managed or affected by the playbook
machine_credential
 no
Machine_credential to use for the job_template.
name
 yes
Name to use for the job_template.
network_credential
 no
The network_credential to use for the job_template.
playbook
 yes
Playbook to use for the job_template.
project
 yes
Project to use for the job_template.
skip_tags
 no
The skip_tags to use for the job_template.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
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.
verbosity
 no
  • verbose
  • debug
Control the output level Ansible produces as the playbook runs.

Examples

- name: Create tower Ping job template
  tower_job_template:
    name: Ping
    job_type: run
    inventory: Local
    project: Demo
    playbook: ping.yml
    machine_credential: Local
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

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.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/tower_job_template_module.html