community.general.jenkins_job module – Manage jenkins jobs

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).

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 community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.jenkins_job.

Synopsis

  • Manage Jenkins jobs by using Jenkins REST API.

Requirements

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

  • python-jenkins >= 0.4.12

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

string

config in XML format.

Required if job does not yet exist.

Mutually exclusive with enabled.

Considered if state=present.

enabled

boolean

Whether the job should be enabled or disabled.

Mutually exclusive with config.

Considered if state=present.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

name

string / required

Name of the Jenkins job.

password

string

Password to authenticate with the Jenkins server.

state

string

Attribute that specifies if the job has to be created or deleted.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

token

string

API token used to authenticate alternatively to password.

url

string

URL where the Jenkins server is accessible.

Default: "http://localhost:8080"

user

string

User to authenticate with the Jenkins server.

validate_certs

boolean

added in community.general 2.3.0

If set to false, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to false used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates as it avoids verifying the source site.

The python-jenkins library only handles this by using the environment variable PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

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 jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    config: "{{ lookup('file', 'templates/test.xml') }}"
    name: test
    password: admin
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Create a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    config: "{{ lookup('template', 'templates/test.xml.j2') }}"
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Delete a jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    password: admin
    state: absent
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Delete a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    state: absent
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Disable a jenkins job using basic authentication
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    password: admin
    enabled: false
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

- name: Disable a jenkins job using the token
  community.general.jenkins_job:
    name: test
    token: asdfasfasfasdfasdfadfasfasdfasdfc
    enabled: false
    url: http://localhost:8080
    user: admin

Return Values

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

Key

Description

enabled

boolean

Whether the jenkins job is enabled or not.

Returned: success

Sample: true

name

string

Name of the jenkins job.

Returned: success

Sample: "test-job"

state

string

State of the jenkins job.

Returned: success

Sample: "present"

url

string

Url to connect to the Jenkins server.

Returned: success

Sample: "https://jenkins.mydomain.com"

user

string

User used for authentication.

Returned: success

Sample: "admin"

Authors

  • Sergio Millan Rodriguez (@sermilrod)