awx.awx.credential_type module – Create, update, or destroy custom Automation Platform Controller credential type.

Note

This module is part of the awx.awx collection (version 24.6.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.credential_type.

Synopsis

Aliases: tower_credential_type

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

controller_config_file

aliases: tower_config_file

path

Path to the controller config file.

If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.

controller_host

aliases: tower_host

string

URL to your Automation Platform Controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_HOST and then config files

If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used

controller_oauthtoken

aliases: tower_oauthtoken

any

added in awx.awx 3.7.0

The OAuth token to use.

This value can be in one of two formats.

A string which is the token itself. (i.e. bqV5txm97wqJqtkxlMkhQz0pKhRMMX)

A dictionary structure as returned by the token module.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files

controller_password

aliases: tower_password

string

Password for your controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_PASSWORD and then config files

controller_username

aliases: tower_username

string

Username for your controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_USERNAME and then config files

description

string

The description of the credential type to give more detail about it.

injectors

dictionary

Enter injectors using either JSON or YAML syntax. Refer to the Automation Platform Controller documentation for example syntax.

inputs

dictionary

Enter inputs using either JSON or YAML syntax. Refer to the Automation Platform Controller documentation for example syntax.

kind

string

The type of credential type being added. Note that only cloud and net can be used for creating credential types. Refer to the Ansible for more information.

Choices:

  • "ssh"

  • "vault"

  • "net"

  • "scm"

  • "cloud"

  • "insights"

name

string / required

The name of the credential type.

new_name

string

Setting this option will change the existing name (looked up via the name field.

request_timeout

float

Specify the timeout Ansible should use in requests to the controller host.

Defaults to 10s, but this is handled by the shared module_utils code

state

string

Desired state of the resource.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "exists"

validate_certs

aliases: tower_verify_ssl

boolean

Whether to allow insecure connections to AWX.

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

Choices:

  • false

  • true

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your host information.

  • config_file should be in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- credential_type:
    name: Nexus
    description: Credentials type for Nexus
    kind: cloud
    inputs: "{{ lookup('file', 'credential_inputs_nexus.json') }}"
    injectors: {'extra_vars': {'nexus_credential': 'test' }}
    state: present
    validate_certs: false

- credential_type:
    name: Nexus
    state: absent

Authors

  • Adrien Fleury (@fleu42)