tower_job_launch - Launch an Ansible Job.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

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
Credential to use for job, only used if prompt for credential is set.
extra_vars
Extra_vars to use for the job_template. Prepend @ if a file.
inventory
Inventory to use for the job, only used if prompt for inventory is set.
job_explanation
Job explanation field.
job_template
required
Name of the job template to use.
job_type
    Choices:
  • run
  • check
  • scan
Job_type to use for the job, only used if prompt for job_type is set.
limit
Limit to use for the job_template.
tags
Specific tags to use for from playbook.
tower_config_file
Path to the Tower config file. See notes.
tower_host
URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password
Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username
Username for your Tower instance.
tower_verify_ssl
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • 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
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
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.

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

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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