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.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.job_invocation -- Invoke Remote Execution Jobs
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This plugin is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/theforeman/foreman>`_ (version 2.1.2).

    To install it use: :code:`ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman`.

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`theforeman.foreman.job_invocation`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 1.4.0 of theforeman.foreman

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.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Invoke and schedule Remote Execution Jobs


.. Aliases


.. Requirements

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

- requests


.. Options

Parameters
----------

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                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-bookmark"></div>
                    <b>bookmark</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-bookmark" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Bookmark to infer the search query from</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-command"></div>
                    <b>command</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-command" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Command to be executed on host. Required for command templates</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-concurrency_control"></div>
                    <b>concurrency_control</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-concurrency_control" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Control concurrency level and distribution over time</div>
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                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-concurrency_control/concurrency_level"></div>
                    <b>concurrency_level</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-concurrency_control/concurrency_level" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Maximum jobs to be executed at once</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-concurrency_control/time_span"></div>
                    <b>time_span</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-concurrency_control/time_span" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Distribute tasks over given number of seconds</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-execution_timeout_interval"></div>
                    <b>execution_timeout_interval</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-execution_timeout_interval" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Override the timeout interval from the template for this invocation only</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-inputs"></div>
                    <b>inputs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-inputs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Inputs to use</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-job_template"></div>
                    <b>job_template</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-job_template" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Job template to execute</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>
                    <b>password</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Password of the user accessing the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-randomized_ordering"></div>
                    <b>randomized_ordering</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-randomized_ordering" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether to order the selected hosts randomly</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-recurrence"></div>
                    <b>recurrence</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-recurrence" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Schedule a recurring job</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-recurrence/cron_line"></div>
                    <b>cron_line</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-recurrence/cron_line" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>How often the job should occur, in the cron format</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-recurrence/end_time"></div>
                    <b>end_time</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-recurrence/end_time" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Perform no more executions after this time</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-recurrence/max_iteration"></div>
                    <b>max_iteration</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-recurrence/max_iteration" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                                                        </td>
                                <td>
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                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Repeat a maximum of N times</div>
                                                        </td>
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                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-scheduling"></div>
                    <b>scheduling</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-scheduling" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Schedule the job to start at a later time</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-scheduling/start_at"></div>
                    <b>start_at</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-scheduling/start_at" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Schedule the job for a future time</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
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                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-scheduling/start_before"></div>
                    <b>start_before</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-scheduling/start_before" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Indicates that the action should be cancelled if it cannot be started before this time.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                    
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-search_query"></div>
                    <b>search_query</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-search_query" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Search query to identify hosts</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_url"></div>
                    <b>server_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_url" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>URL of the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_SERVER_URL</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ssh"></div>
                    <b>ssh</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ssh" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>ssh related options</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ssh/effective_user"></div>
                    <b>effective_user</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ssh/effective_user" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>What user should be used to run the script (using sudo-like mechanisms)</div>
                                            <div>Defaults to a template parameter or global setting</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                    
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                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-targeting_type"></div>
                    <b>targeting_type</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-targeting_type" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>static_query</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>dynamic_query</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Dynamic query updates the search results before execution (useful for scheduled jobs)</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>
                    <b>username</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Username accessing the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                        </table>
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.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    

    - name: "Run remote command on a single host once"
      job_invocation:
        search_query: "name ^ (foreman.example.com)"
        command: 'ls'
        job_template: "Run Command - SSH Default"
        ssh:
          effective_user: "tester"

    - name: "Run ansible command on active hosts once a day"
      job_invocation:
        bookmark: 'active'
        command: 'pwd'
        job_template: "Run Command - Ansible Default"
        recurrence:
          cron_line: "30 2 * * *"
        concurrency_control:
          concurrency_level: 2




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity"></div>
                    <b>entity</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
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                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
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                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity/job_invocations"></div>
                    <b>job_invocations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/job_invocations" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>List of job invocations</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
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..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Peter Ondrejka (@pondrejk)



.. Parsing errors