hipchat – post task events to hipchat

Synopsis

  • This callback plugin sends status updates to a HipChat channel during playbook execution.

  • Before 2.4 only environment variables were available for configuring this plugin.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

  • whitelist in configuration.

  • prettytable (python lib)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
api_version
-
Default:
"v1"
ini entries:

[callback_hipchat]
api_version = v1

env:HIPCHAT_API_VERSION
HipChat API version, v1 or v2.
from
-
Default:
"ansible"
ini entries:

[callback_hipchat]
from = ansible

env:HIPCHAT_FROM
Name to post as
notify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
ini entries:

[callback_hipchat]
notify = yes

env:HIPCHAT_NOTIFY
Add notify flag to important messages
room
-
Default:
"ansible"
ini entries:

[callback_hipchat]
room = ansible

env:HIPCHAT_ROOM
HipChat room to post in.
token
- / required
ini entries:

[callback_hipchat]
token = VALUE

env:HIPCHAT_TOKEN
HipChat API token for v1 or v2 API.

Status

Authors

  • UNKNOWN

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