jenkins_job_facts - Get facts about Jenkins jobs

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to query the facts about which Jenkins jobs which already exists.

Requirements

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

  • python-jenkins >= 0.4.12

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
color
Only fetch jobs with the given status color.
glob
A shell glob of Jenkins job names to fetch facts about.
name
Exact name of the Jenkins job to fetch facts about.
password
Password to authenticate with the Jenkins server.
This is a required parameter, if token is not provided.
token
API token used to authenticate with the Jenkins server.
This is a required parameter, if password is not provided.
url Default:
"http://localhost:8080"
URL where the Jenkins server is accessible.
user
User to authenticate with the Jenkins server.
validate_certs
bool

(added in 2.6)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.

Examples

# Get all Jenkins jobs using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get all Jenkins jobs using the token
- jenkins_job_facts:
    user: admin
    token: abcdefghijklmnop
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get facts about a single job using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    name: some-job-name
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get facts about a single job in a folder using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    name: some-folder-name/some-job-name
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get facts about jobs matching a shell glob using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    glob: some-job-*
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get facts about all failing jobs using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    color: red
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

# Get facts about passing jobs matching a shell glob using basic auth
- jenkins_job_facts:
    name: some-job-*
    color: blue
    user: admin
    password: hunter2
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

- name: Get the facts from custom URL with token and validate_certs=False
  jenkins_job_facts:
    user: admin
    token: 126df5c60d66c66e3b75b11104a16a8a
    url: https://jenkins.example.com
    validate_certs: False
  register: my_jenkins_job_facts

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
jobs
list
 success
All jobs found matching the specified criteria

Sample:
[{'name': 'test-job', 'fullname': 'test-folder/test-job', 'url': 'http://localhost:8080/job/test-job/', 'color': 'blue'}]


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Chris St. Pierre (@stpierre)

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