community.general.jira module – Create and modify issues in a JIRA instance

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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.jira.

Synopsis

• Create and modify issues in a JIRA instance.

Aliases: web_infrastructure.jira

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
account_id string added in community.general 2.5.0	Sets the account identifier for the assignee when operation is create, transition, or edit. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states.
assignee string	Sets the the assignee when operation is create, transition, or edit. Recent versions of JIRA no longer accept a user name as a user identifier. In that case, use account_id instead. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states.
attachment dictionary added in community.general 2.5.0	Information about the attachment being uploaded.
content string	The Base64 encoded contents of the file to attach. If not specified, the contents of attachment.filename will be used instead.
filename path / required	The path to the file to upload (from the remote node) or, if attachment.content is specified, the filename to use for the attachment.
mimetype string	The MIME type to supply for the upload. If not specified, best-effort detection will be done.
comment string	The comment text to add. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states.
comment_visibility dictionary added in community.general 3.2.0	Used to specify comment comment visibility. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/api-group-issue-comments/#api-rest-api-2-issue-issueidorkey-comment-post for details.
type string / required	Use type to specify which of the JIRA visibility restriction types will be used. Choices: "group" "role"
value string / required	Use value to specify value corresponding to the type of visibility restriction. For example name of the group or role.
description string	The issue description, where appropriate. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states.
fields dictionary	This is a free-form data structure that can contain arbitrary data. This is passed directly to the JIRA REST API (possibly after merging with other required data, as when passed to create). See examples for more information, and the JIRA REST API for the structure required for various fields. When passed to comment, the data structure is merged at the first level since community.general 4.6.0. Useful to add JIRA properties for example. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states. Default: {}
inwardissue string	Set issue from which link will be created.
issue aliases: ticket string	An existing issue key to operate on.
issuetype string	The issue type, for issue creation.
jql string added in community.general 0.2.0	Query JIRA in JQL Syntax, e.g. ‘CMDB Hostname’=’test.example.com’.
linktype string	Set type of link, when action ‘link’ selected.
maxresults integer added in community.general 0.2.0	Limit the result of operation=search. If no value is specified, the default jira limit will be used. Used when operation=search only, ignored otherwise.
operation aliases: command string / required	The operation to perform. worklog was added in community.general 6.5.0. Choices: "attach" "comment" "create" "edit" "fetch" "link" "search" "transition" "update" "worklog"
outwardissue string	Set issue to which link will be created.
password string	The password to log-in with. Must be used with username. Mutually exclusive with token.
project string	The project for this operation. Required for issue creation.
status string	Only used when operation is transition, and a bit of a misnomer, it actually refers to the transition name.
summary string	The issue summary, where appropriate. Note that JIRA may not allow changing field values on specific transitions or states.
timeout float	Set timeout, in seconds, on requests to JIRA API. Default: 10.0
token string added in community.general 4.2.0	The personal access token to log-in with. Mutually exclusive with username and password.
uri string / required	Base URI for the JIRA instance.
username string	The username to log-in with. Must be used with password. Mutually exclusive with token.
validate_certs boolean	Require valid SSL certificates (set to false if you would like to use self-signed certificates) Choices: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: none	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

• Currently this only works with basic-auth, or tokens.

• To use with JIRA Cloud, pass the login e-mail as the username and the API token as password.

Examples

# Create a new issue and add a comment to it:
- name: Create an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: create
    summary: Example Issue
    description: Created using Ansible
    issuetype: Task
  args:
    fields:
        customfield_13225: "test"
        customfield_12931: {"value": "Test"}
  register: issue

- name: Comment on issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: comment
    comment: A comment added by Ansible

- name: Comment on issue with restricted visibility
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: comment
    comment: A comment added by Ansible
    comment_visibility:
      type: role
      value: Developers

- name: Comment on issue with property to mark it internal
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: comment
    comment: A comment added by Ansible
    fields:
      properties:
        - key: 'sd.public.comment'
          value:
            internal: true

# Add an workog to an existing issue
- name: Worklog on issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: worklog
    comment: A worklog added by Ansible
    fields:
      timeSpentSeconds: 12000

- name: Workflow on issue with comment restricted visibility
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: worklog
    comment: A worklog added by Ansible
    comment_visibility:
      type: role
      value: Developers
    fields:
      timeSpentSeconds: 12000

- name: Workflow on issue with comment property to mark it internal
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: worklog
    comment: A worklog added by Ansible
    fields:
      properties:
        - key: 'sd.public.comment'
          value:
            internal: true
      timeSpentSeconds: 12000

# Assign an existing issue using edit
- name: Assign an issue using free-form fields
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key}}'
    operation: edit
    assignee: ssmith

# Create an issue with an existing assignee
- name: Create an assigned issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: create
    summary: Assigned issue
    description: Created and assigned using Ansible
    issuetype: Task
    assignee: ssmith

# Edit an issue
- name: Set the labels on an issue using free-form fields
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: edit
  args:
    fields:
        labels:
          - autocreated
          - ansible

# Updating a field using operations: add, set & remove
- name: Change the value of a Select dropdown
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: update
  args:
    fields:
      customfield_12931: [ {'set': {'value': 'Virtual'}} ]
      customfield_13820: [ {'set': {'value':'Manually'}} ]
  register: cmdb_issue
  delegate_to: localhost


# Retrieve metadata for an issue and use it to create an account
- name: Get an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: fetch
    issue: ANS-63
  register: issue

# Search for an issue
# You can limit the search for specific fields by adding optional args. Note! It must be a dict, hence, lastViewed: null
- name: Search for an issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    project: ANS
    operation: search
    maxresults: 10
    jql: project=cmdb AND cf[13225]="test"
  args:
    fields:
      lastViewed: null
  register: issue

- name: Create a unix account for the reporter
  become: true
  user:
    name: '{{ issue.meta.fields.creator.name }}'
    comment: '{{ issue.meta.fields.creator.displayName }}'

# You can get list of valid linktypes at /rest/api/2/issueLinkType
# url of your jira installation.
- name: Create link from HSP-1 to MKY-1
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    operation: link
    linktype: Relates
    inwardissue: HSP-1
    outwardissue: MKY-1

# Transition an issue
- name: Resolve the issue
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: '{{ issue.meta.key }}'
    operation: transition
    status: Resolve Issue
    account_id: 112233445566778899aabbcc
    fields:
      resolution:
        name: Done
      description: I am done! This is the last description I will ever give you.

# Attach a file to an issue
- name: Attach a file
  community.general.jira:
    uri: '{{ server }}'
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ pass }}'
    issue: HSP-1
    operation: attach
    attachment:
      filename: topsecretreport.xlsx

Authors

• Steve Smith (@tarka)

• Per Abildgaard Toft (@pertoft)

• Brandon McNama (@DWSR)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)
• Ask for help
• Submit a bug report
• Request a feature
• Communication