awx.awx.tower_group – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower group.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 17.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

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

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples

Synopsis

Create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower 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
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)
state string	present ← absent	Desired state of the resource.
tower_config_file path		Path to the Tower or AWX config file. If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
tower_host string		URL to your Tower or AWX instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `TOWER_HOST` and then config files If value not specified by any means, the value of `127.0.0.1` will be used
tower_oauthtoken raw added in 3.7 of awx.awx		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 `TOWER_OAUTH_TOKEN` and then config files
tower_password string		Password for your Tower or AWX instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `TOWER_PASSWORD` and then config files
tower_username string		Username for your Tower or AWX instance. If value not set, will try environment variable `TOWER_USERNAME` and then config files
validate_certs boolean	no yes	Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower or 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 `TOWER_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 Tower host information.
config_file should contain Tower configuration in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

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

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/2.11/collections/awx/awx/tower_group_module.html