awx.awx.export module – export resources from Automation Platform Controller.

Note

This module 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.export.

New in version 3.7.0: of awx.awx

Synopsis

  • Export assets from Automation Platform Controller.

Requirements

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

  • awxkit >= 9.3.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

all

boolean

Export all assets

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

Default: “False”

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

credential_types

string

credential type name to export

credentials

string

credential name to export

execution_environments

string

execution environment name to export

inventory

string

inventory name to export

inventory_sources

string

inventory soruce to export

job_templates

string

job template name to export

notification_templates

string

notification template name to export

organizations

string

organization name to export

projects

string

project name to export

teams

string

team name to export

users

string

user name to export

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

workflow_job_templates

string

workflow name to export

Notes

Note

  • Specifying a name of “all” for any asset type will export all items of that asset type.

  • 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: Export all assets
  export:
    all: True

- name: Export all inventories
  export:
    inventory: 'all'

- name: Export a job template named "My Template" and all Credentials
  export:
    job_template: "My Template"
    credential: 'all'

Authors

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