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tower_host – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower host

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status

Synopsis

Create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower hosts. See https://www.ansible.com/tower for an overview.

Requirements

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

ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
description -		The description to use for the host.
enabled boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If the host should be enabled.
inventory - / required		Inventory the host should be made a member of.
name - / required		The name to use for the host.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Desired state of the resource.
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
variables -		Variables to use for the host. Use `@` for a file.

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 host
  tower_host:
    name: localhost
    description: "Local Host Group"
    inventory: "Local Inventory"
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"
    variables:
      example_var: 123

Status

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

Authors

Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/tower_host_module.html