mono-infrastructure/ansible/playbooks/adhoc-gitlab-creategroup.yml

---
# This playbook is meant to be used with callable variables, like adhoc or AWX.
# What: Creates a group in gitlab. Use this to create a group that may not
#       exist and wish to have projects in.
# What is expected:
#   -> gitlab_api_token: You must provide an API token to perform this.
#   -> gitlab_group_name: Name of the group you wish to create.
#   -> gitlab_parent_group: Id or full path of parent group if required.
#                           For example: "infrastructure/Public"
#   -> gitlab_description: Description of your group
#   -> gitlab_visibility: public, internal, private. Default is private.

- name: Create a gitlab group
  hosts: localhost
  become: false
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    gitlab_endpoint: "https://git.rockylinux.org/"

  tasks:
    - name: "Checking for user variables"
      assert:
        that:
          - gitlab_api_token | mandatory
          - gitlab_group_name | mandatory
        success_msg: "Required variables provided"
        fail_msg: "We are missing our required variables"

    - name: "Creating GitLab Group"
      community.general.gitlab_group:
        api_token: "{{ gitlab_api_token }}"
        api_url: "{{ gitlab_endpoint }}"
        name: "{{ gitlab_group_name }}"
        description: "{{ gitlab_description|default(omit) }}"
        parent: "{{ gitlab_parent_group|default(omit) }}"
        state: present
        validate_certs: true
        visibility: "{{ gitlab_visibility|default('private') }}"
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: gitlab_group_return
...