shanemcd.awx.controller_meta (20.0.14) — module

Returns metadata about the collection this module lives in.

Authors: Alan Rominger (@alancoding)

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Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install shanemcd.awx:==20.0.14


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: shanemcd.awx
      version: 20.0.14

Description

Allows a user to find out what collection this module exists in.

This takes common module parameters, but does nothing with them.

Usage examples

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- controller_meta:
  register: result
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- name: Show details about the collection
  debug: var=result
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- name: Load the UI setting without hard-coding the collection name
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup(result.prefix + '.controller_api', 'settings/ui') }}"

Inputs

    
validate_certs:
    aliases:
    - tower_verify_ssl
    description:
    - Whether to allow insecure connections to 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(CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL) and then
      config files
    type: bool

controller_host:
    aliases:
    - tower_host
    description:
    - URL to your Automation Platform Controller instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(CONTROLLER_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

controller_password:
    aliases:
    - tower_password
    description:
    - Password for your controller instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(CONTROLLER_PASSWORD) and then
      config files
    type: str

controller_username:
    aliases:
    - tower_username
    description:
    - Username for your controller instance.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(CONTROLLER_USERNAME) and then
      config files
    type: str

controller_oauthtoken:
    aliases:
    - tower_oauthtoken
    description:
    - The 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 token module.
    - If value not set, will try environment variable C(CONTROLLER_OAUTH_TOKEN) and then
      config files
    type: raw
    version_added: 3.7.0
    version_added_collection: shanemcd.awx

controller_config_file:
    aliases:
    - tower_config_file
    description:
    - Path to the controller config file.
    - If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
    type: path

Outputs

name:
  description: Collection name
  returned: success
  sample: awx
  type: str
namespace:
  description: Collection namespace
  returned: success
  sample: awx
  type: str
prefix:
  description: Collection namespace and name in the namespace.name format
  returned: success
  sample: awx.awx
  type: str
version:
  description: Version of the collection
  returned: success
  sample: 0.0.1-devel
  type: str