tower_notification – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower notification

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower notifications. 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
account_sid -		The Twillio account SID. Required if notification_type=twillio.
account_token -		The Twillio account token. Required if notification_type=twillio.
api_url -		The HipChat API URL. Required if notification_type=hipchat.
channels list		The destination Slack channels. Required if notification_type=slack.
client_name -		The PagerDuty client identifier. Required if notification_type=pagerduty.
color -	Choices: yellow green red purple gray random	The notification color. Required if notification_type=hipchat.
description -		The description of the notification.
from_number -		The source phone number. Required if notification_type=twillio.
headers -		The HTTP headers as JSON string. Required if notification_type=webhook.
host -		The mail server host. Required if notification_type=email.
message_from -		The label to be shown with the notification. Required if notification_type=hipchat.
name - / required		The name of the notification.
nickname -		The IRC nickname. Required if notification_type=irc.
notification_configuration -		The notification configuration file. Note providing this field would disable all notification-configuration-related fields.
notification_type - / required	Choices: email slack twilio pagerduty hipchat webhook irc	The type of notification to be sent.
notify boolean	Choices: no yes	The notify channel trigger. Required if notification_type=hipchat.
organization -		The organization the notification belongs to.
password -		The mail server password. Required if notification_type=email or if notification_type=irc.
port -		The mail server port. Required if notification_type=email or if notification_type=irc.
recipients -		The recipients email addresses. Required if notification_type=email.
rooms list		HipChat rooms to send the notification to. Required if notification_type=hipchat.
sender -		The sender email address. Required if notification_type=email.
server -		The IRC server address. Required if notification_type=irc.
service_key -		The PagerDuty service/integration API key. Required if notification_type=pagerduty.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Desired state of the resource.
subdomain -		The PagerDuty subdomain. Required if notification_type=pagerduty.
targets list		The destination channels or users. Required if notification_type=irc.
to_numbers -		The destination phone numbers. Required if notification_type=twillio.
token -		The access token. Required if notification_type=slack, if notification_type=pagerduty or if notification_type=hipchat.
tower_config_file path		Path to the Tower config file.
tower_host string		URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password string		Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username string		Username for your Tower instance.
url -		The target URL. Required if notification_type=webhook.
use_ssl boolean	Choices: no yes	The SSL trigger. Required if notification_type=email or if notification_type=irc.
use_tls boolean	Choices: no yes	The TLS trigger. Required if notification_type=email.
username -		The mail server username. Required if notification_type=email.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether to 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. aliases: tower_verify_ssl

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 Slack notification
  tower_notification:
    name: slack notification
    notification_type: slack
    channels:
      - general
    token: cefda9e2be1f21d11cdd9452f5b7f97fda977f42
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add webhook notification
  tower_notification:
    name: webhook notification
    notification_type: webhook
    url: http://www.example.com/hook
    headers:
      X-Custom-Header: value123
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add email notification
  tower_notification:
    name: email notification
    notification_type: email
    username: user
    password: s3cr3t
    sender: [email protected]
    recipients:
      - [email protected]
    host: smtp.example.com
    port: 25
    use_tls: no
    use_ssl: no
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add twilio notification
  tower_notification:
    name: twilio notification
    notification_type: twilio
    account_token: a_token
    account_sid: a_sid
    from_number: '+15551112222'
    to_numbers:
      - '+15553334444'
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add PagerDuty notification
  tower_notification:
    name: pagerduty notification
    notification_type: pagerduty
    token: a_token
    subdomain: sub
    client_name: client
    service_key: a_key
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add HipChat notification
  tower_notification:
    name: hipchat notification
    notification_type: hipchat
    token: a_token
    message_from: user1
    api_url: https://hipchat.example.com
    color: red
    rooms:
      - room-A
    notify: yes
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add IRC notification
  tower_notification:
    name: irc notification
    notification_type: irc
    nickname: tower
    password: s3cr3t
    targets:
      - user1
    port: 8080
    server: irc.example.com
    use_ssl: no
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Delete notification
  tower_notification:
    name: old notification
    notification_type: email
    state: absent
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Samuel Carpentier (@samcarpentier)

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