tower_workflow_launch – Run a workflow in Ansible Tower

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2

  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
extra_vars
-
Any extra vars required to launch the job.
timeout
-
If waiting for the workflow to complete this will abort after this amount of seconds
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.
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
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Wait for the workflow to complete.
workflow_template
- / required
The name of the workflow template to run.

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: Launch a workflow
  tower_workflow_launch:
    name: "Test Workflow"
  delegate_to: localhost
  run_once: true
  register: workflow_results

- name: Launch a Workflow with parameters without waiting
  tower_workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test workflow"
    extra_vars: "---
my: var"
    wait: False
  delegate_to: localhost
  run_once: true
  register: workflow_task_info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
job_info
dictionary
 If workflow launched
dictionary containing information about the workflow executed
tower_version
string
 If connection to Tower works
The version of Tower we connected to

Sample:
3.4.0


Status

Authors

  • John Westcott IV (@john-westcott-iv)

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