tower_job_cancel – Cancel an Ansible Tower Job

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

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

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
fail_if_not_running boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Fail loudly if the job_id does not reference a running job.
job_id - / required		ID of the job to cancel
tower_config_file path		Path to the Tower config file.
tower_host string		URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password string		Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username string		Username for your Tower instance.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether to 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. aliases: tower_verify_ssl

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

- name: Cancel job
  tower_job_cancel:
    job_id: job.id

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

Key	Returned	Description
id integer	success	job id requesting to cancel Sample: 94
status string	success	status of the cancel request Sample: canceled

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/tower_job_cancel_module.html