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awx.awx.tower_job_template – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower job templates.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.tower_job_template.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allow_simultaneous
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Allow simultaneous runs of the job template.

aliases: concurrent_jobs_enabled
ask_credential_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for credential on launch.

aliases: ask_credential
ask_diff_mode_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user to enable diff mode (show changes) to files when supported by modules.

aliases: ask_diff_mode
ask_inventory_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for inventory on launch.

aliases: ask_inventory
ask_job_type_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for job type on launch.

aliases: ask_job_type
ask_limit_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for a limit on launch.

aliases: ask_limit
ask_scm_branch_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for (scm branch) on launch.
ask_skip_tags_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for job tags to skip on launch.

aliases: ask_skip_tags
ask_tags_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for job tags on launch.

aliases: ask_tags
ask_variables_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user for (extra_vars) on launch.

aliases: ask_extra_vars
ask_verbosity_on_launch
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Default:
"False"
Prompt user to choose a verbosity level on launch.

aliases: ask_verbosity
become_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Activate privilege escalation.
credential
string
Name of the credential to use for the job template.
Deprecated, use 'credentials'.
credentials
list / elements=string
List of credentials to use for the job template.
custom_virtualenv
string
Local absolute file path containing a custom Python virtualenv to use.
description
string
Description to use for the job template.
diff_mode
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable diff mode for the job template.

aliases: diff_mode_enabled
extra_vars
dictionary
Specify extra_vars for the template.
force_handlers
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable forcing playbook handlers to run even if a task fails.

aliases: force_handlers_enabled
forks
integer
The number of parallel or simultaneous processes to use while executing the playbook.
host_config_key
string
Allow provisioning callbacks using this host config key.
inventory
string
Name of the inventory to use for the job template.
job_slice_count
integer
Default:
"1"
The number of jobs to slice into at runtime. Will cause the Job Template to launch a workflow if value is greater than 1.
job_tags
string
Comma separated list of the tags to use for the job template.
job_type
string
    Choices:
  • run
  • check
The job type to use for the job template.
labels
list / elements=string
The labels applied to this job template
limit
string
A host pattern to further constrain the list of hosts managed or affected by the playbook
name
string / required
Name to use for the job template.
new_name
string
Setting this option will change the existing name (looed up via the name field.
notification_templates_error
list / elements=string
list of notifications to send on error
notification_templates_started
list / elements=string
list of notifications to send on start
notification_templates_success
list / elements=string
list of notifications to send on success
organization
string
Organization the job template exists in.
Used to help lookup the object, cannot be modified using this module.
The Organization is inferred from the associated project
If not provided, will lookup by name only, which does not work with duplicates.
Requires Tower Version 3.7.0 or AWX 10.0.0 IS NOT backwards compatible with earlier versions.
playbook
string
Path to the playbook to use for the job template within the project provided.
project
string
Name of the project to use for the job template.
scm_branch
string
Default:
""
Branch to use in job run. Project default used if blank. Only allowed if project allow_override field is set to true.
skip_tags
string
Comma separated list of the tags to skip for the job template.
start_at_task
string
Start the playbook at the task matching this name.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
survey_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable a survey on the job template.
survey_spec
dictionary
JSON/YAML dict formatted survey definition.
timeout
integer
Maximum time in seconds to wait for a job to finish (server-side).
tower_config_file
path
Path to the Tower or AWX config file.
If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
tower_host
string
URL to your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_HOST and then config files
If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used
tower_oauthtoken
raw
added in 3.7 of awx.awx
The Tower 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 tower_token module.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files
tower_password
string
Password for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_PASSWORD and then config files
tower_username
string
Username for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_USERNAME and then config files
use_fact_cache
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable use of fact caching for the job template.

aliases: fact_caching_enabled
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower or 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 TOWER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

aliases: tower_verify_ssl
vault_credential
string
Name of the vault credential to use for the job template.
Deprecated, use 'credentials'.
verbosity
integer
    Choices:
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Default:
0
Control the output level Ansible produces as the playbook runs. 0 - Normal, 1 - Verbose, 2 - More Verbose, 3 - Debug, 4 - Connection Debug.
webhook_credential
string
Personal Access Token for posting back the status to the service API
webhook_service
string
    Choices:
  • github
  • gitlab
Service that webhook requests will be accepted from

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Create Tower Ping job template
  tower_job_template:
    name: "Ping"
    job_type: "run"
    organization: "Default"
    inventory: "Local"
    project: "Demo"
    playbook: "ping.yml"
    credentials:
      - "Local"
    state: "present"
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"
    survey_enabled: yes
    survey_spec: "{{ lookup('file', 'my_survey.json') }}"
    custom_virtualenv: "/var/lib/awx/venv/custom-venv/"

- name: Add start notification to Job Template
  tower_job_template:
    name: "Ping"
    notification_templates_started:
      - Notification1
      - Notification2

- name: Remove Notification1 start notification from Job Template
  tower_job_template:
    name: "Ping"
    notification_templates_started:
      - Notification2

Authors

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/awx/awx/tower_job_template_module.html