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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
boolean
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

Authors

  • Chris St. Pierre (@stpierre)

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