That was it, "parameterized builds". Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 12:35:23 PM UTC-5, Jeff Pearce wrote: > > I don’t know anything about ansible, so this may be off base, but maybe > add a job parameter to control it? > > > > *From: *<[email protected] <javascript:>> on behalf of " > [email protected] <javascript:>" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected] <javascript:>" < > [email protected] <javascript:>> > *Date: *Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:38 AM > *To: *Jenkins Users <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Subject: *Best way to adjust Ansible options when running playbooks from > Jenkins > > > > Hello, > > I'm new Jenkins and my goal is to try and use Jenkins as a GUI frontend to > run Ansible playbooks on networking devices. The playbooks will do things > such as backing up configs or performing upgrades and other various > operations. I installed the Ansible plugin and I built a free style > project and successfully used the Ansible plugin to run a playbook (All > good as a first test...). With that said, how can I control the devices I > want the playbook to run against without going into "Build configuration" > and modifying the "Host subset" field (equivalent of using the --limit > option on the Ansible command line). I'd like to have others in my group > be able to run the Ansible playbooks, against networking devices of their > choice, without going into the "Build configuration" section of Jenkins. > Is there a way to do this? > > > > Thanks > > Al Silverstein > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/4c64c6c9-03d6-4825-9416-54308280796b%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/4c64c6c9-03d6-4825-9416-54308280796b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/a4d00405-d3ec-466d-a0a1-4be00f25036e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
