theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task module – Wait for a task

Note

This module is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 4.2.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task.

New in theforeman.foreman 3.13.0

Synopsis 

Wait for a task to finish

Requirements 

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

requests

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
password string / required	Password of the user accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
server_url string / required	URL of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_SERVER_URL` will be used instead.
task string / required	Task id to wait for.
timeout integer	How much time the task should take to be finished Default: `60`
username string / required	Username accessing the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_USERNAME` will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Attributes 

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying the entity
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode

Examples 

- name: Wait for a task to finish
  theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    password: changeme
    username: admin
    task: a03ba49f-4dc2-4ad6-a48b-b271b46f3347
    timeout: 60

- name: Sarch for previously created tasks
  resource_info:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    password: changeme
    username: admin
    resource: foreman_tasks
    search: "(label = Actions::Katello::Product::Destroy and action ~ 'Test Product' and state = running)"
  register: tasks

- name: Wait for all found tasks to finish
  wait_for_task:
    server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
    password: changeme
    username: admin
    task: "{{ item }}"
    timeout: 900
  loop: "{{ tasks.resources | map(attribute='id') | list }}"

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
task dictionary	The finished task Returned: success

Authors

Julien Godin (@JGodin-C2C)

theforeman.foreman.wait_for_task module – Wait for a task

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Examples

Return Values