This page provides a reference for all Ansible job actions available in the workflow automation actions catalog. Use these actions to launch and monitor Ansible Automation Platform (Automation Controller) job templates from your workflows.
Prerequisites
Before using Ansible actions in workflow automation, you need:
- An Ansible Automation Platform (Automation Controller) instance accessible over HTTPS.
- An OAuth2 token with write scope to launch jobs (create one under Automation Controller > Users > Tokens).
- A numeric job template ID for the template you want to launch.
- The
ask_*_on_launchsetting enabled on the job template for each optional input you plan to use (extraVars,limit,inventory).
Job actions
The following table lists all available Ansible job actions.
Action identifier | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Launches an Ansible Automation Platform job template and returns the created job. | |
| Gets the status and details of a running or completed Ansible job. |