awx.awx.group – create, update, or destroy Automation Platform Controller group.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 19.4.0).

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 awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.group.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis

Create, update, or destroy Automation Platform Controller groups. See https://www.ansible.com/tower for an overview.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
children list / elements=string		List of groups that should be nested inside in this group. aliases: groups
controller_config_file path		Path to the controller config file. If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered. aliases: tower_config_file
controller_host string		URL to your Automation Platform Controller instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `CONTROLLER_HOST` and then config files If value not specified by any means, the value of `127.0.0.1` will be used aliases: tower_host
controller_oauthtoken raw added in 3.7.0 of awx.awx		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 `CONTROLLER_OAUTH_TOKEN` and then config files aliases: tower_oauthtoken
controller_password string		Password for your controller instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `CONTROLLER_PASSWORD` and then config files aliases: tower_password
controller_username string		Username for your controller instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `CONTROLLER_USERNAME` and then config files aliases: tower_username
description string		The description to use for the group.
hosts list / elements=string		List of hosts that should be put in this group.
inventory string / required		Inventory the group should be made a member of.
name string / required		The name to use for the group.
new_name string		A new name for this group (for renaming)
preserve_existing_children boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Provide option (False by default) to preserves existing children in an existing group. aliases: preserve_existing_groups
preserve_existing_hosts boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Provide option (False by default) to preserves existing hosts in an existing group.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Desired state of the resource.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether to allow insecure connections to AWX. If `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 `CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL` and then config files aliases: tower_verify_ssl
variables dictionary		Variables to use for the group.

Notes

Note

If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your host information.
config_file should be in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- name: Add group
  group:
    name: localhost
    description: "Local Host Group"
    inventory: "Local Inventory"
    state: present
    controller_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add group
  group:
    name: Cities
    description: "Local Host Group"
    inventory: Default Inventory
    hosts:
      - fda
    children:
      - NewYork
    preserve_existing_hosts: True
    preserve_existing_children: True

Authors

Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/awx/awx/group_module.html