Ansible Tower job_launch module (#22148)

* Ansible Tower job_launch module

* Added RETURN documentation and fixed import locations

* remove superfluos required attributes, make tags a list, and fix some typos

* only join tags if they are actually a list

* use isinstance instead of type, cleanup imports

lib/ansible/module_utils/ansible_tower.py

@@ -75,3 +75,13 @@ def tower_check_mode(module):
             module.exit_json(changed=True, tower_version='{0}'.format(result['version']))
         except (exc.ServerError, exc.ConnectionError, exc.BadRequest) as excinfo:
             module.fail_json(changed=False, msg='Failed check mode: {0}'.format(excinfo))
+
+
+def tower_argument_spec():
+    return dict(
+        tower_host = dict(),
+        tower_username = dict(),
+        tower_password = dict(no_log=True),
+        tower_verify_ssl = dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        tower_config_file = dict(type='path'),
+    )

lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_launch.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2017, Wayne Witzel III <wayne@riotousliving.com>
+#
+# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community',
+                    'version': '1.0'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: tower_job_launch
+version_added: "2.3"
+short_description: Launch an Ansible Job.
+description:
+    - Launch an Ansible Tower jobs. See
+      U(https://www.ansible.com/tower) for an overview.
+options:
+    job_template:
+      description:
+        - Name of the job_template to use.
+      required: True
+    job_explanation:
+      description:
+        - Job explanation field.
+      default: null
+    job_type:
+      description:
+        - Job_type to use for the job, only used if prompt for job_type is set.
+      choices: ["run", "check", "scan"]
+      default: null
+    inventory:
+      description:
+        - Inventory to use for the job, only used if prompt for inventory is set.
+      default: null
+    credential:
+      description:
+        - Credential to use for job, only used if prompt for credential is set.
+      default: null
+    extra_vars:
+      description:
+        - Extra_vars to use for the job_template. Use '@' for a file.
+      default: null
+    limit:
+      description:
+        - Limit to use for the job_template.
+      default: null
+    tags:
+      description:
+        - Specific tags to use for from playbook.
+      default: null
+    use_job_endpoint:
+      description:
+        - Disable launching jobs from job template.
+      default: False
+extends_documentation_fragment: tower
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Launch a job
+  tower_job_launch:
+    job_template: "My Job Template"
+    register: job
+- name: Wait for job max 120s
+  tower_job_wait:
+    job_id: job.id
+    timeout: 120
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+id:
+    description: job id of the newly launched job
+    returned: success
+    type: int
+    sample: 86
+status:
+    description: status of newly launched job
+    returned: success
+    type: string
+    sample: pending
+'''
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+try:
+    import tower_cli
+    import tower_cli.utils.exceptions as exc
+
+    from tower_cli.conf import settings
+    from ansible.module_utils.ansible_tower import (
+        tower_auth_config,
+        tower_check_mode,
+        tower_argument_spec,
+    )
+
+    HAS_TOWER_CLI = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_TOWER_CLI = False
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = tower_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(dict(
+        job_template = dict(required=True),
+        job_type = dict(choices=['run', 'check', 'scan']),
+        inventory = dict(),
+        credential = dict(),
+        limit = dict(),
+        tags = dict(type='list'),
+        extra_vars = dict(type='list'),
+    ))
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    if not HAS_TOWER_CLI:
+        module.fail_json(msg='ansible-tower-cli required for this module')
+
+    json_output = {}
+    tags = module.params.get('tags')
+
+    tower_auth = tower_auth_config(module)
+    with settings.runtime_values(**tower_auth):
+        tower_check_mode(module)
+        try:
+            params = module.params.copy()
+            if isinstance(tags, list):
+                params['tags'] = ','.join(tags)
+            job = tower_cli.get_resource('job')
+
+            lookup_fields = ('job_template', 'inventory', 'credential')
+            for field in lookup_fields:
+                try:
+                    name = params.pop(field)
+                    result = tower_cli.get_resource(field).get(name=name)
+                    params[field] = result['id']
+                except exc.NotFound as excinfo:
+                    module.fail_json(msg='Unable to launch job, {0}/{1} was not found: {2}'.format(field, name, excinfo), changed=False)
+
+            result = job.launch(no_input=True, **params)
+            json_output['id'] = result['id']
+            json_output['status'] = result['status']
+        except (exc.ConnectionError, exc.BadRequest) as excinfo:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Unable to launch job: {0}'.format(excinfo), changed=False)
+
+    json_output['changed'] = result['changed']
+    module.exit_json(**json_output)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()