redhat.satellite.job_invocation – Invoke Remote Execution Jobs

Note

This plugin is part of the redhat.satellite collection (version 3.0.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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 redhat.satellite.

To use it in a playbook, specify: redhat.satellite.job_invocation.

New in version 1.4.0: of redhat.satellite

Synopsis

• Invoke and schedule Remote Execution Jobs

Requirements

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

• requests

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
bookmark string			Bookmark to infer the search query from
command string			Command to be executed on host. Required for command templates
concurrency_control dictionary			Control concurrency level and distribution over time
	concurrency_level integer		Maximum jobs to be executed at once
	time_span integer		Distribute tasks over given number of seconds
execution_timeout_interval integer			Override the timeout interval from the template for this invocation only
inputs dictionary			Inputs to use
job_template string / required			Job template to execute
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 SATELLITE_PASSWORD will be used instead.
randomized_ordering boolean		Choices: no yes	Whether to order the selected hosts randomly
recurrence dictionary			Schedule a recurring job
	cron_line string		How often the job should occur, in the cron format
	end_time string		Perform no more executions after this time
	max_iteration integer		Repeat a maximum of N times
scheduling dictionary			Schedule the job to start at a later time
	start_at string		Schedule the job for a future time
	start_before string		Indicates that the action should be cancelled if it cannot be started before this time.
search_query string			Search query to identify hosts
server_url string / required			URL of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SATELLITE_SERVER_URL will be used instead.
ssh dictionary			ssh related options
	effective_user string		What user should be used to run the script (using sudo-like mechanisms) Defaults to a template parameter or global setting
targeting_type string		Choices: static_query ← dynamic_query	Dynamic query updates the search results before execution (useful for scheduled jobs)
username string / required			Username accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SATELLITE_USERNAME will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean		Choices: no yes ←	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 SATELLITE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Examples

- name: "Run remote command on a single host once"
  job_invocation:
    search_query: "name ^ (satellite.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

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
entity dictionary		success	Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
	job_invocations list / elements=dictionary	success	List of job invocations

Authors

• Peter Ondrejka (@pondrejk)