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tower_job_wait – Wait for Ansible Tower job to finish

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
job_id
- / required
ID of the job to monitor.
max_interval
-
Default:
30
Maximum interval in seconds, to request an update from Tower.
min_interval
-
Default:
1
Minimum interval in seconds, to request an update from Tower.
timeout
-
Maximum time in seconds to wait for a job to finish.
tower_config_file
path
Path to the Tower config file.
tower_host
string
URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password
string
Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username
string
Username for your Tower instance.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower.
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

aliases: tower_verify_ssl

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your Tower host information.
  • config_file should contain Tower configuration in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- name: Launch a job
  tower_job_launch:
    job_template: "My Job Template"
    register: job

- name: Wait for job max 120s
  tower_job_wait:
    job_id: "{{ job.id }}"
    timeout: 120

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
elapsed
float
success
total time in seconds the job took to run

Sample:
10.879
finished
string
success
timestamp of when the job finished running

Sample:
2017-03-01T17:04:04.078782Z
id
integer
success
job id that is being waited on

Sample:
99
started
string
success
timestamp of when the job started running

Sample:
2017-03-01T17:03:53.200234Z
status
string
success
current status of job

Sample:
successful


Status

Authors

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/tower_job_wait_module.html