tower_host – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower host.

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
description
-
The description to use for the host.
enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If the host should be enabled.
inventory
- / required
Inventory the host should be made a member of.
name
- / required
The name to use for the host.
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
boolean
    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.
variables
-
Variables to use for the host. Use @ for a file.

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: Add tower host
  tower_host:
    name: localhost
    description: "Local Host Group"
    inventory: "Local Inventory"
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

Status

Authors

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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