theforeman.foreman.job_template module – Manage Job Templates

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 5.1.0).

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
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• Repository (Sources)