awx.awx.tower_workflow_launch – Run a workflow in Ansible Tower

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 17.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.tower_workflow_launch.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
extra_vars
dictionary
Any extra vars required to launch the job.
interval
float
Default:
1
The interval to request an update from Tower.
inventory
string
Inventory to use for the job ran with this workflow, only used if prompt for inventory is set.
limit
string
Limit to use for the job_template.
name
string / required
The name of the workflow template to run.

aliases: workflow_template
organization
string
Organization the workflow job template exists in.
Used to help lookup the object, cannot be modified using this module.
If not provided, will lookup by name only, which does not work with duplicates.
scm_branch
string
A specific branch of the SCM project to run the template on.
This is only applicable if your project allows for branch override.
timeout
integer
If waiting for the workflow to complete this will abort after this amount of seconds
tower_config_file
path
Path to the Tower or AWX config file.
If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
tower_host
string
URL to your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_HOST and then config files
If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used
tower_oauthtoken
raw
added in 3.7 of awx.awx
The Tower OAuth token to use.
This value can be in one of two formats.
A string which is the token itself. (i.e. bqV5txm97wqJqtkxlMkhQz0pKhRMMX)
A dictionary structure as returned by the tower_token module.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files
tower_password
string
Password for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_PASSWORD and then config files
tower_username
string
Username for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_USERNAME and then config files
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower or AWX.
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

aliases: tower_verify_ssl
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Wait for the workflow to complete.

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 with a timeout of 10 seconds
  tower_workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test Workflow"
    timeout: 10

- name: Launch a Workflow with extra_vars without waiting
  tower_workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test workflow"
    extra_vars:
      var1: My First Variable
      var2: My Second Variable
    wait: False

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


Authors

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