theforeman.foreman.job_template module – Manage Job Templates

Note

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

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