jira - create and modify issues in a JIRA instance

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

• Create and modify issues in a JIRA instance.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
assignee		Sets the assignee on create or transition operations. Note not all transitions will allow this.
comment		The comment text to add.
description		The issue description, where appropriate.
fields		This is a free-form data structure that can contain arbitrary data. This is passed directly to the JIRA REST API (possibly after merging with other required data, as when passed to create). See examples for more information, and the JIRA REST API for the structure required for various fields.
inwardissue (added in 2.3)		Set issue from which link will be created.
issue		An existing issue key to operate on.
issuetype		The issue type, for issue creation.
linktype (added in 2.3)		Set type of link, when action 'link' selected.
operation required	Choices: create comment edit fetch transition link	The operation to perform. aliases: command
outwardissue (added in 2.3)		Set issue to which link will be created.
password required		The password to log-in with.
project		The project for this operation. Required for issue creation.
status		The desired status; only relevant for the transition operation.
summary		The issue summary, where appropriate.
timeout (added in 2.3)	Default: 10	Set timeout, in seconds, on requests to JIRA API.
uri required		Base URI for the JIRA instance.
username required		The username to log-in with.
validate_certs (added in 2.5)	Default: yes	Require valid SSL certificates (set to `false` if you'd like to use self-signed certificates)

Notes

Note

• Currently this only works with basic-auth.

Examples

# Create a new issue and add a comment to it:
- name: Create an issue
  jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: create
    summary: Example Issue
    description: Created using Ansible
    issuetype: Task
  register: issue

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

# Assign an existing issue using edit
- name: Assign an issue using free-form fields
  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
  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
  jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: edit
  args:
    fields:
        labels:
          - autocreated
          - ansible

# Retrieve metadata for an issue and use it to create an account
- name: Get an issue
  jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: fetch
    issue: ANS-63
  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
  jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    operation: link
    linktype: Relates
    inwardissue: HSP-1
    outwardissue: MKY-1

# Transition an issue by target status
- name: Close the issue
  jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: transition
    status: Done

Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Steve Smith (@tarka)

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