theforeman.foreman.job_template module – Manage Job Templates

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 4.2.0).

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 theforeman.foreman. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.job_template.

New in theforeman.foreman 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage Remote Execution Job Templates

Aliases: foreman_job_template

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• requests

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
audit_comment string	Content of the audit comment field
description_format string	description of the job template. Template inputs can be referenced.
file_name path	The path of a template file, that shall be imported. Either this or template is required as a source for the Job Template “content”.
job_category string	The category the template should be assigend to
locations list / elements=string	List of locations the entity should be assigned to
locked boolean	Determines whether the template shall be locked Choices: false ← (default) true
name string	The name of the Job Template. If omited, will be determined from the name header of the template or the filename (in that order). The special value “*” can be used to perform bulk actions (modify, delete) on all existing templates.
organizations list / elements=string	List of organizations the entity should be assigned to
password string / required	Password of the user accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_PASSWORD will be used instead.
provider_type string	Determines via which provider the template shall be executed
server_url string / required	URL of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_SERVER_URL will be used instead.
snippet boolean	Determines whether the template shall be a snippet Choices: false true
state string	State of the entity present_with_defaults will ensure the entity exists, but won’t update existing ones Choices: "present" ← (default) "present_with_defaults" "absent"
template string	The content of the Job Template. Either this or file_name is required as a source for the Job Template “content”.
template_inputs list / elements=dictionary	The template inputs used in the Job Template
advanced boolean	Template Input is advanced Choices: false true
default string added in theforeman.foreman 3.8.0	Default value for user input
description string	description of the Template Input
fact_name string	Fact name to use. Required when input_type=fact.
hidden_value boolean	The value contains sensitive information and should’t be normally visible, useful e.g. for passwords Choices: false true
input_type string / required	input type Choices: "user" "fact" "variable" "puppet_parameter"
name string / required	name of the Template Input
options list / elements=any	Template values for user inputs. Must be an array of any type.
puppet_class_name string	Puppet class name. Required when input_type=puppet_parameter.
puppet_parameter_name string	Puppet parameter name. Required when input_type=puppet_parameter.
required boolean	Is the input required Choices: false true
resource_type string	Type of the resource
value_type string	Type of the value Choices: "plain" "search" "date" "resource"
variable_name string	Variable name to use. Required when input_type=variable.
username string / required	Username accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_USERNAME will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead. Choices: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode

Examples

- name: "Create a Job Template inline"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: A New Job Template
    state: present
    template: |
      <%#
          name: A Job Template
      %>
      rm -rf <%= input("toDelete") %>
    template_inputs:
      - name: toDelete
        input_type: user
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "Create a Job Template from a file"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: a new job template
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    template_inputs:
      - name: a new template input
        input_type: user
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "remove a job template's template inputs"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: a new job template
    template_inputs: []
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

- name: "Delete a Job Template"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: timeywimey
    state: absent

- name: "Create a Job Template from a file and modify with parameter(s)"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: timeywimey_template.erb
    name: Wibbly Wobbly Template
    state: present
    locations:
      - Gallifrey
    organizations:
      - TARDIS INC

# Providing a name in this case wouldn't be very sensible.
# Alternatively make use of with_filetree to parse recursively with filter.
- name: Parsing a directory of Job templates
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    file_name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
    locations:
      - SKARO
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
  with_fileglob:
    - "./arsenal_templates/*.erb"

# If the templates are stored locally and the ansible module is executed on a remote host
- name: Ensure latest version of all your Job Templates
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    state: present
    template: '{{ lookup("file", item.src) }}'
    name: '{{ item.path }}'
  with_filetree: '/path/to/job/templates'
  when: item.state == 'file'


# with name set to "*" bulk actions can be performed
- name: "Delete *ALL* Job Templates"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: absent

- name: "Assign all Job Templates to the same organization(s)"
  theforeman.foreman.job_template:
    username: "admin"
    password: "changeme"
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    name: "*"
    state: present
    organizations:
      - DALEK INC
      - sky.net
      - Doc Brown's garage

Return Values

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

Key	Description
entity dictionary	Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type. Returned: success
job_templates list / elements=dictionary	List of job templates. Returned: success
template_inputs list / elements=dictionary	List of template inputs associated with the job template. Returned: success

Authors

• Manuel Bonk (@manuelbonk) ATIX AG

• Matthias Dellweg (@mdellweg) ATIX AG

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)