awx.awx.workflow_launch module – Run a workflow in Automation Platform Controller

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_launch.

Synopsis

Aliases: tower_workflow_launch

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

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

extra_vars

dictionary

Any extra vars required to launch the job.

interval

float

The interval to request an update from the controller.

Default: 2.0

inventory

string

Inventory name, ID, or named URL to use for the job ran with this workflow, only used if prompt for inventory is set.

limit

string

Limit to use for the job_template.

name

aliases: workflow_template

string / required

The name of the workflow template to run.

organization

string

Organization name, ID, or named URL the workflow job template exists in.

Used to help lookup the object, cannot be modified using this module.

If not provided, will lookup by name only, which does not work with duplicates.

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

scm_branch

string

A specific branch of the SCM project to run the template on.

This is only applicable if your project allows for branch override.

skip_tags

list / elements=string

Specific tags to skip from the job_template.

tags

list / elements=string

Specific tags to apply from the job_template.

timeout

integer

If waiting for the workflow 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

wait

boolean

Wait for the workflow to complete.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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 a workflow with a timeout of 10 seconds
  workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test Workflow"
    timeout: 10

- name: Launch a Workflow with extra_vars without waiting
  workflow_launch:
    workflow_template: "Test workflow"
    extra_vars:
      var1: My First Variable
      var2: My Second Variable
    wait: False

Return Values

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

Key

Description

job_info

dictionary

dictionary containing information about the workflow executed

Returned: If workflow launched

Authors

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