jira – create and modify issues in a JIRA instance

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
boolean
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • no
  • 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

Authors

  • Steve Smith (@tarka)

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