tower_job_template - create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower job template.¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

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

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: 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"

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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