awx.awx.workflow_approval module – Approve an approval node in a workflow job.

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.workflow_approval.

Synopsis

Aliases: tower_workflow_approval

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

action

string

Type of action to take.

Choices:

  • "approve" ← (default)

  • "deny"

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

interval

float

The interval in sections, to request an update from the controller.

Default: 1.0

name

string / required

Name of the Approval node to approve or deny.

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

Maximum time in seconds to wait for a workflow job to to reach approval node.

Default: 10

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

workflow_job_id

integer / required

ID of the workflow job to monitor for approval.

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: Create a workflow approval node
  workflow_job_template_node:
    identifier: approval_test
    approval_node:
      name: approval_jt_name
      timeout: 900
    workflow: "Test Workflow"

- name: Launch the workflow with a timeout of 10 seconds
  workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test Workflow"
    wait: False
  register: workflow

- name: Wait for approval node to activate and approve
  workflow_approval:
    workflow_job_id: "{{ workflow.id }}"
    name: approval_jt_name
    interval: 10
    timeout: 20
    action: deny

Authors

  • Sean Sullivan (@sean-m-sullivan)