# Get Ansible Job ID inside playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331 "2015-05-28T12:54:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ivo\_Hechmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@Ivo\_Hechmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivo_Hechmann)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331/1 "2015-05-28T12:54:11Z")

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Hello;

How can I retrieve the current job id? Want to create a Jira Issue using the jira module and add the ansible job ID as description…

Thank you very much

Ivo

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331/2 "2015-05-28T18:46:16Z")

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Hi Ivo, is this a Tower question? In ansible core, the “job id” only exists for async tasks.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ivo\_Hechmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@Ivo\_Hechmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivo_Hechmann)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331/3 "2015-05-29T08:04:35Z")

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Hello James;

Yes, in tower, each job has its ID in the joblist. If a job results in creating a Jira-Issue, it would be nice to link in the Jira Issue to the ansible Job. Is there a way to realize this?

Thank you very much

Ivo

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**Author:** ![benno\_joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@benno\_joy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/benno_joy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331/4 "2015-05-29T08:24:25Z")

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Hi Ivo,

For future tower queries can you please post it at ‘[support.ansible.com](http://support.ansible.com)’ as this list is for core ansible. following are variables exposed by tower to an ansible playbook.

{“tower\_job\_template\_name”, “tower\_job\_id”, “tower\_user\_id”, “tower\_job\_template\_id”, “tower\_user\_name”, “tower\_job\_launch\_type”}

- Benno

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**Author:** ![Ivo\_Hechmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/91b2a8/32.png) [@Ivo\_Hechmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ivo_Hechmann)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/get-ansible-job-id-inside-playbook/18331/5 "2015-05-29T11:29:26Z")

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Hi Benno, thank you very much, works fine, also thanks for [support.ansible.com](http://support.ansible.com)

Ivo