How to pass a node as an argument in a Rundeck Job

Question

I have a main Rundeck job with an option hostname(node).

And in this main Job I have a step Job Reference. and I would like to execute a command on the hostname passed as an argument.

Is that possible and how to do that ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. You can use option passed into job as part of nodes filter. For example jobA reference JobB. JobB is Node-oriented and acept parameter hostname. So in Nodes section you can specify "Dispatch to nodes"=true (radio button and in filter set something like name=${option.hostname}

For example I am using next Node filters: