awx.awx.ad_hoc_command module – create, update, or destroy Automation Platform Controller ad hoc commands.

Note

This module is part of the awx.awx collection (version 24.6.1).

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.

New in awx.awx 4.0.0

Synopsis

Aliases: tower_ad_hoc_command

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

become_enabled

boolean

If the become flag should be set.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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

any

added in awx.awx 3.7.0

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

string / required

Credential name, ID, or named URL to use for ad hoc command.

diff_mode

boolean

Show the changes made by Ansible tasks where supported

Choices:

  • false

  • true

execution_environment

string

Execution Environment name, ID, or named URL to use for the ad hoc command.

extra_vars

dictionary

Extra variables to use for the ad hoc command..

forks

integer

The number of forks to use for this ad hoc execution.

interval

float

The interval to request an update from the controller.

Default: 2.0

inventory

string / required

Inventory name, ID, or named URL to use for the ad hoc command.

job_type

string

Job_type to use for the ad hoc command.

Choices:

  • "run"

  • "check"

limit

string

Limit to use for the ad hoc command.

module_args

string

The arguments to pass to the module.

module_name

string / required

The Ansible module to execute.

request_timeout

float

Specify the timeout Ansible should use in requests to the controller host.

Defaults to 10s, but this is handled by the shared module_utils code

timeout

integer

If waiting for the command to complete this will abort after this amount of seconds

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:

  • false

  • true

verbosity

integer

Verbosity level for this ad hoc command run

Choices:

  • 0

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

wait

boolean

Wait for the command to complete.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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: Launch an Ad Hoc Command waiting for it to finish
  ad_hoc_command:
    inventory: Demo Inventory
    credential: Demo Credential
    module_name: command
    module_args: echo I <3 Ansible
    wait: true

Return Values

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

Key

Description

id

integer

id of the newly launched command

Returned: success

Sample: 86

status

string

status of newly launched command

Returned: success

Sample: "pending"

Authors

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