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tower_credential - create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower credential.

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
authorize
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should use authorize for net type.
authorize_password
Password for net credentials that require authorize.
become_method
    Choices:
  • None
  • sudo
  • su
  • pbrun
  • pfexec
  • pmrun
Become method to Use for privledge escalation.
become_password
Become password. Use ASK for prompting.
become_username
Become username. Use ASK for prompting.
client Default:
null
Client or application ID for azure_rm type.
description
The description to use for the credential.
domain
Domain for openstack type.
host
Host for this credential.
kind
required
    Choices:
  • ssh
  • vault
  • net
  • scm
  • aws
  • vmware
  • satellite6
  • cloudforms
  • gce
  • azure_rm
  • openstack
  • rhv
  • insights
  • tower
Type of credential being added.
name
required
The name to use for the credential.
organization
Organization that should own the credential.
password
Password for this credential. Use ASK for prompting. secret_key for AWS. api_key for RAX.
project
Project that should for this credential.
secret
Secret token for azure_rm type.
security_token
(added in 2.6)
Default:
null
STS token for aws type.
ssh_key_data
Path to SSH private key.
ssh_key_unlock
Unlock password for ssh_key. Use ASK for prompting.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
subscription
Subscription ID for azure_rm type.
team
Team that should own this credential.
tenant
Tenant ID for azure_rm type.
tower_config_file
Path to the Tower config file. See notes.
tower_host
URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password
Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username
Username for your Tower instance.
tower_verify_ssl
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Dis/allow insecure connections to Tower. If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
user
User that should own this credential.
username
Username for this credential. access_key for AWS.
vault_password
Valut password. Use ASK for prompting.

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 credential
  tower_credential:
    name: Team Name
    description: Team Description
    organization: test-org
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

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

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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