awx.awx.ad_hoc_command_cancel – Cancel an Ad Hoc Command.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 19.4.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

command_id

integer / required

ID of the command to cancel

controller_config_file

aliases: tower_config_file

path

Path to the controller config file.

If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.

controller_host

aliases: tower_host

string

URL to your Automation Platform Controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_HOST and then config files

If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used

controller_oauthtoken

aliases: tower_oauthtoken

raw

added in 3.7.0 of awx.awx

The 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 token module.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files

controller_password

aliases: tower_password

string

Password for your controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_PASSWORD and then config files

controller_username

aliases: tower_username

string

Username for your controller instance.

If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_USERNAME and then config files

fail_if_not_running

boolean

Fail loudly if the command_id can not be canceled

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

interval

float

The interval in seconds, to request an update from .

Default: 1

timeout

integer

Maximum time in seconds to wait for a job to finish.

Not specifying means the task will wait until the controller cancels the command.

validate_certs

aliases: tower_verify_ssl

boolean

Whether to allow insecure connections to 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 CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your host information.

  • config_file should be in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- name: Cancel command
  ad_hoc_command_cancel:
    command_id: command.id

Return Values

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

Key

Description

id

integer

command id requesting to cancel

Returned: success

Sample: 94

Authors

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