check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_show_tasks module – Retrieve all tasks and show their progress and details.

Note

This module is part of the check_point.mgmt collection (version 4.0.0).

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 check\_point.mgmt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_show_tasks.

New in check_point.mgmt 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • Retrieve all tasks and show their progress and details.

  • All operations are performed over Web Services API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

details_level

string

The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.

Choices:

  • "uid"

  • "standard"

  • "full"

from_date

string

The date from which tracking tasks is to be performed, by the task’s last update date. ISO 8601. If timezone isn’t specified in the input, the Management server’s timezone is used.

initiator

string

Initiator’s name. If name isn’t specified, tasks from all initiators will be shown.

limit

integer

The maximal number of returned results.

offset

integer

Number of the results to initially skip.

order

list / elements=dictionary

Sorts results by the given field. By default the results are sorted in the descending order by the task’s last update date.

ASC

string

Sorts results by the given field in ascending order.

Choices:

  • "name"

DESC

string

Sorts results by the given field in descending order.

Choices:

  • "name"

status

string

Status.

Choices:

  • "successful"

  • "failed"

  • "in-progress"

  • "all"

to_date

string

The date until which tracking tasks is to be performed, by the task’s last update date. ISO 8601. If timezone isn’t specified in the input, the Management server’s timezone is used.

version

string

Version of checkpoint. If not given one, the latest version taken.

wait_for_task

boolean

Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_task_timeout

integer

How many minutes to wait until throwing a timeout error.

Default: 30

Examples

- name: show-tasks
  cp_mgmt_show_tasks:
    from_date: '2018-05-23T08:00:00'
    initiator: admin1
    status: successful

Return Values

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

Key

Description

cp_mgmt_show_tasks

dictionary

The checkpoint show-tasks output.

Returned: always.

Authors

  • Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)