ansible.builtin.tower_host (v2.6.20) — module

create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower host.

| "added in version" 2.3 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.6.20

Description

Create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower hosts. See U(https://www.ansible.com/tower) for an overview.

Usage examples

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- name: Add tower host
  tower_host:
    name: localhost
    description: "Local Host Group"
    inventory: "Local Inventory"
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - The name to use for the host.
    required: true

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Desired state of the resource.

enabled:
    default: 'yes'
    description:
    - If the host should be enabled.
    type: bool

inventory:
    description:
    - Inventory the host should be made a member of.
    required: true

variables:
    description:
    - Variables to use for the host. Use C(@) for a file.

tower_host:
    description:
    - URL to your Tower or AWX instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(TOWER_HOST) and then config files
    - If value not specified by any means, the value of C(127.0.0.1) will be used
    type: str

description:
    description:
    - The description to use for the host.

tower_password:
    description:
    - Password for your Tower or AWX instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(TOWER_PASSWORD) and then config
      files
    type: str

tower_username:
    description:
    - Username for your Tower or AWX instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(TOWER_USERNAME) and then config
      files
    type: str

validate_certs:
    aliases:
    - tower_verify_ssl
    description:
    - Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower or AWX.
    - If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated.
    - This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(TOWER_VERIFY_SSL) and then config
      files
    type: bool

tower_oauthtoken:
    description:
    - The Tower OAuth token to use.
    - This value can be in one of two formats.
    - A string which is the token itself. (i.e. bqV5txm97wqJqtkxlMkhQz0pKhRMMX)
    - A dictionary structure as returned by the tower_token module.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(TOWER_OAUTH_TOKEN) and then config
      files
    type: raw
    version_added: '3.7'
    version_added_collection: awx.awx

tower_config_file:
    description:
    - Path to the Tower or AWX config file.
    - If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
    type: path