community.general.nomad_job module – Launch a Nomad Job

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 4.8.3).

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 community.general.

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

New in version 1.3.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • Launch a Nomad job.

  • Stop a Nomad job.

  • Force start a Nomad job

Requirements

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

  • python-nomad

Parameters

Parameter

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client_cert

path

Path of certificate for TLS/SSL.

client_key

path

Path of certificate’s private key for TLS/SSL.

content

string

Content of Nomad job.

Either this or name must be specified.

content_format

string

Type of content of Nomad job.

Choices:

  • hcl ← (default)

  • json

force_start

boolean

Force job to started.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

host

string / required

FQDN of Nomad server.

name

string

Name of job for delete, stop and start job without source.

Name of job for delete, stop and start job without source.

Either this or content must be specified.

namespace

string

Namespace for Nomad.

state

string / required

Deploy or remove job.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

timeout

integer

Timeout (in seconds) for the request to Nomad.

Default: 5

token

string

ACL token for authentification.

use_ssl

boolean

Use TLS/SSL connection.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

validate_certs

boolean

Enable TLS/SSL certificate validation.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • check_mode is supported.

See Also

See also

Nomad jobs documentation

Complete documentation for Nomad API jobs.

Examples

- name: Create job
  community.general.nomad_job:
    host: localhost
    state: present
    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'job.hcl') }}"
    timeout: 120

- name: Stop job
  community.general.nomad_job:
    host: localhost
    state: absent
    name: api

- name: Force job to start
  community.general.nomad_job:
    host: localhost
    state: present
    name: api
    timeout: 120
    force_start: true

Authors

  • FERREIRA Christophe (@chris93111)