3.14. Setting up Job Templates
Satellite provides default job templates that you can use for executing jobs. To view the list of job templates, navigate to Hosts > Job templates. If you want to use a template without making changes, proceed to 「Executing a Remote Job」.
You can use default templates as a base for developing your own. Default job templates are locked for editing. Clone the template and edit the clone.
- To clone a template, in the Actions column, select Clone.
- Enter a unique name for the clone and click Submit to save the changes.
Job templates use the Embedded Ruby (ERB) syntax. For more information about writing templates, see the Template Writing Reference in the Managing Hosts guide.
Ansible Considerations
To create an Ansible job template, use the following procedure and instead of ERB syntax, use YAML syntax. Begin the template with ---. You can embed an Ansible playbook YAML file into the job template body. You can also add ERB syntax to customize your YAML Ansible template. You can also import Ansible playbooks in Satellite. For more information, see Synchronizing Repository Templates in the Managing Hosts guide.
Parameter Variables
At run time, job templates can accept parameter variables that you define for a host. Note that only the parameters visible on the Parameters tab at the host’s edit page can be used as input parameters for job templates. If you do not want your Ansible job template to accept parameter variables at run time, in the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Settings and click the Ansible tab. In the Top level Ansible variables row, change the Value parameter to No.
