execute_package – The execute package module executes a Package that have a status of Approved or Execfailed

Synopsis

The execute package module executes a Package that have a status of Approved or Execfailed.

Parameters

package (type: str)

Name of the Endevor package.

from_date_time (type: str)

Specify the beginning of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

to_date_time (type: str)

Specify the end of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

status (type: str)

Specify the status of the packages. Valid values are [APPROVED, EXECFAILED] for execute action, and additional values [INEDIT, INAPPROVAL, INEXECUTION, EXECUTED, COMMITTED, DENIED] for list action, additional value [ALLSTATE] for delete action.

It is possible to specify multiple status separated by “,” during list and delete package.

Choices:

  • ALLSTATE

  • INEDIT

  • INAPPROVAL

  • APPROVED

  • INEXECUTION

  • EXECUTED

  • COMMITTED

  • DENIED

  • EXECFAILED

maxrc (type: int, default: 8)

The maximum value of the return code of a successful action. When the return code is greater than the maxrc value, the module fails.

asynchronous (type: bool)

Submit this module as an asynchronous Endevor Web Services task.

host (type: str)

Specifies the base host name.

port (type: str)

Specifies the port number.

instance (type: str)

Specifies Endevor Web Services dataSource name.

protocol (type: str, default: https)

Specifies the protocol used for connecting to Endevor Rest API.

Choices:

  • http

  • https ←

user (type: str)

Specifies the user name.

password (type: str)

Specifies the user’s password.

reject_unauthorized (type: bool)

Specify this option to have the server certificate verified against the list of supplied CAs.

base_path (type: str)

Specifies the base path used for connecting to Endevor Rest API.

suppress_messages (type: bool)

Suppress all [INFO]/[WARN] messages from terminal output.

report_file (type: str)

File name for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally.

report_dir (type: str)

Directory for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally, if wasn’t specified. Defaults to current directory.

write_report (type: bool)

Write the endevor reports to a file. By default, when return code is 0, no report will be written, unless this option is specified. When return code is bigger than 0, reports will be written to a file, unless this option is specifed to be false.

cert_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

cert_key_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication.

Examples

- name: Execute package with endevor profile set up, specifying the time frame within which to execute the Package
  broadcom.endevor.execute_package:
    package: packageName
    from_date_time: 2018-01-01T00:00
    to_date_time: 2018-12-31T12:00
    instance: ENDEVOR

Return Values

data (type: list, when returned data is a dictionary)

Data from the module execution (a data structure). The items of this dict are set as individual return values on the top level as well.

error (type: complex, error)

More details about why the action has failed. If the failure is when calling an API service, the response contains the connection parameters.

additional_details (type: str)

Detailed message about the failure.

msg (type: str)

Short description of the result or failure.

request (type: str, API request failed)

HTTP method used to invoke API service request.

resource (type: str, API request failed)

URI of the resource of the API service request.

failed (type: bool, always)

A boolean that indicates if the task was failed or not.

list (type: list, when returned data is a list)

Data from the module execution (a list of data structures).

msg (type: str, sometimes)

Short description of the result or failure.

rc (type: int, always)

Exit code of the module, successful exit code is 0, failure is typically 1 or higher.

stderr (type: str, error)

Details of the error.

stdout (type: str, success)

Summary of the result.

Status

  • This module is maintained by Broadcom.