POST /api/job_invocations
Create a job invocation

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer
job_invocation
required

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[job_template_id]
optional , nil allowed

The job template to use, parameter is required unless feature was specified

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[targeting_type]
required

Invocation type, one of {“static_query”=>“Static Query”, “dynamic_query”=>“Dynamic Query”}

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[randomized_ordering]
optional , nil allowed

Execute the jobs on hosts in randomized order

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
job_invocation[inputs]
optional , nil allowed

Inputs to use

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[ssh]
optional , nil allowed

SSH provider specific options

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[ssh][effective_user]
optional , nil allowed

What user should be used to run the script (using sudo-like mechanisms). Defaults to a template parameter or global setting.

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[recurrence]
optional , nil allowed

Create a recurring job

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[recurrence][cron_line]
optional , nil allowed

How often the job should occur, in the cron format

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[recurrence][max_iteration]
optional , nil allowed

Repeat a maximum of N times

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
job_invocation[recurrence][end_time]
optional , nil allowed

Perform no more executions after this time

Validations:

  • DateTime
job_invocation[scheduling]
optional , nil allowed

Schedule the job to start at a later time

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[scheduling][start_at]
optional , nil allowed

Schedule the job for a future time

Validations:

  • DateTime
job_invocation[scheduling][start_before]
optional , nil allowed

Indicates that the action should be cancelled if it cannot be started before this time.

Validations:

  • DateTime
job_invocation[concurrency_control]
optional , nil allowed

Control concurrency level and distribution over time

Validations:

  • Hash
job_invocation[concurrency_control][time_span]
optional , nil allowed

Distribute tasks over N seconds

Validations:

  • Integer
job_invocation[concurrency_control][concurrency_level]
optional , nil allowed

Run at most N tasks at a time

Validations:

  • Integer
job_invocation[bookmark_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Integer
job_invocation[search_query]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[description_format]
optional , nil allowed

Override the description format from the template for this invocation only

Validations:

  • String
job_invocation[execution_timeout_interval]
optional , nil allowed

Override the timeout interval from the template for this invocation only

Validations:

  • Integer
job_invocation[feature]
optional , nil allowed

Remote execution feature label that should be triggered, job template assigned to this feature will be used

Validations:

  • String