community.general.jenkins_job – Manage jenkins jobs

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.jenkins_job.

Synopsis

• Manage Jenkins jobs by using Jenkins REST API.

Requirements

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

• python-jenkins >= 0.4.12

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
config string		config in XML format. Required if job does not yet exist. Mutually exclusive with enabled. Considered if state=present.
enabled boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether the job should be enabled or disabled. Mutually exclusive with config. Considered if state=present.
name string / required		Name of the Jenkins job.
password string		Password to authenticate with the Jenkins server.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Attribute that specifies if the job has to be created or deleted.
token string		API token used to authenticate alternatively to password.
url string	Default: "http://localhost:8080"	URL where the Jenkins server is accessible.
user string		User to authenticate with the Jenkins server.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.3.0 of community.general	Choices: no yes ←	If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates as it avoids verifying the source site. The python-jenkins library only handles this by using the environment variable PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY.

Examples

- name: Create a jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    config: "{{ lookup('file', 'templates/test.xml') }}"
    name: test
    password: admin
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Create a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    config: "{{ lookup('template', 'templates/test.xml.j2') }}"
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Delete a jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    password: admin
    state: absent
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Delete a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    state: absent
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Disable a jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    password: admin
    enabled: False
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Disable a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    enabled: False
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
enabled boolean	success	Whether the jenkins job is enabled or not. Sample: True
name string	success	Name of the jenkins job. Sample: test-job
state string	success	State of the jenkins job. Sample: present
url string	success	Url to connect to the Jenkins server. Sample: https://jenkins.mydomain.com
user string	success	User used for authentication. Sample: admin

Authors

• Sergio Millan Rodriguez (@sermilrod)