sensu.sensu_go.ldap_auth_provider module – Manage Sensu LDAP authentication provider

Note

This module is part of the sensu.sensu_go collection (version 1.14.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install sensu.sensu_go. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: sensu.sensu_go.ldap_auth_provider.

Note

The sensu.sensu_go collection will be removed from Ansible 12 due to violations of the Ansible inclusion requirements. The collection has unresolved sanity test failures. See the discussion thread for more information.

New in sensu.sensu_go 1.10.0

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth

dictionary

Authentication parameters. Can define each of them with ENV as well.

api_key

string

added in sensu.sensu_go 1.3.0

The API key that should be used when authenticating. If this is not set, the value of the SENSU_API_KEY environment variable will be checked.

This replaces auth.user and auth.password parameters.

For more information about the API key, refer to the official Sensu documentation at https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/guides/use-apikey-feature/.

ca_path

path

added in sensu.sensu_go 1.5.0

Path to the CA bundle that should be used to validate the backend certificate.

If this parameter is not set, module will use the CA bundle that python is using.

It is also possible to set this parameter via the SENSU_CA_PATH environment variable.

password

string

The Sensu user’s password. If this is not set the value of the SENSU_PASSWORD environment variable will be checked.

This parameter is ignored if the auth.api_key parameter is set.

Default: "P@ssw0rd!"

url

string

Location of the Sensu backend API. If this is not set the value of the SENSU_URL environment variable will be checked.

Default: "http://localhost:8080"

user

string

The username to use for connecting to the Sensu API. If this is not set the value of the SENSU_USER environment variable will be checked.

This parameter is ignored if the auth.api_key parameter is set.

Default: "admin"

verify

boolean

added in sensu.sensu_go 1.5.0

Flag that controls the certificate validation.

If you are using self-signed certificates, you can set this parameter to false.

ONLY USE THIS PARAMETER IN DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS! In you use self-signed certificates in production, see the auth.ca_path parameter.

It is also possible to set this parameter via the SENSU_VERIFY environment variable.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

groups_prefix

string

The prefix added to all LDAP groups.

name

string / required

The Sensu resource’s name. This name (in combination with the namespace where applicable) uniquely identifies the resource that Ansible operates on.

If the resource with selected name already exists, Ansible module will update it to match the specification in the task.

Consult the name metadata attribute specification in the upstream docs on https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/ for more details about valid names and other restrictions.

servers

list / elements=dictionary

An array of LDAP servers for your directory.

Required if state is present.

binding

dictionary

The LDAP account that performs user and group lookups.

If your sever supports anonymous binding, you can omit the user_dn or password attributes to query the directory without credentials.

password

string / required

Password for the user_dn account.

If your sever supports anonymous binding, you can omit this attribute.

user_dn

string / required

The LDAP account that performs user and group lookups.

If your sever supports anonymous binding, you can omit this attribute.

client_cert_file

string

Path to the certificate that should be sent to the server if requested.

client_key_file

string

Path to the key file associated with the client_cert_file.

Required if client_cert_file is present.

dictionary

Search configuration for groups.

attribute

string

Used for comparing result entries.

Default: "member"

base_dn

string / required

Which part of the directory tree to search.

name_attribute

string

Represents the attribute to use as the entry name.

Default: "cn"

object_class

string

Identifies the class of objects returned in the search result.

Default: "groupOfNames"

host

string / required

LDAP server IP address.

insecure

boolean

Skips SSL certificate verification when set to true.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

port

integer

LDAP server port.

security

string

Encryption type to be used for the connection to the LDAP server.

Choices:

  • "insecure"

  • "tls" ← (default)

  • "starttls"

trusted_ca_file

string

Path to an alternative CA bundle file.

dictionary

Search configuration for users.

attribute

string

Used for comparing result entries.

Default: "uid"

base_dn

string / required

Which part of the directory tree to search.

name_attribute

string

Represents the attribute to use as the entry name.

Default: "cn"

object_class

string

Identifies the class of objects returned in the search result.

Default: "person"

state

string

Target state of the Sensu object.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

username_prefix

string

The prefix added to all LDAP usernames.

See Also

See also

sensu.sensu_go.auth_provider_info

List Sensu authentication providers.

sensu.sensu_go.ad_auth_provider

Manage Sensu AD authentication provider.

sensu.sensu_go.oidc_auth_provider

Manage Sensu OIDC authentication provider.

Examples

- name: Create a LDAP auth provider
  sensu.sensu_go.ldap_auth_provider:
    name: openldap
    servers:
      - host: 127.0.0.1
        group_search:
          base_dn: dc=acme,dc=org
        user_search:
          base_dn: dc=acme,dc=org

- name: Delete a LDAP auth provider
  sensu.sensu_go.ldap_auth_provider:
    name: openldap
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

object

dictionary

Object representing Sensu LDAP authentication provider.

Returned: success

Sample: {"groups_prefix": "ldap", "metadata": {"name": "openldap"}, "servers": {"binding": {"user_dn": "cn=binder,dc=acme,dc=org"}, "client_cert_file": "/path/to/ssl/cert.pem", "client_key_file": "/path/to/ssl/key.pem", "group_search": {"attribute": "member", "base_dn": "dc=acme,dc=org", "name_attribute'": "cn", "object_class": "groupOfNames"}, "host": "127.0.0.1", "insecure": "False", "port": "636", "security": "tls", "trusted_ca_file": "/path/to/trusted-certificate-authorities.pem", "user_search": {"attribute": "uid", "base_dn": "dc=acme,dc=org", "name_attribute": "cn", "object_class": "person"}}, "username_prefix": "ldap"}

Authors

  • Aljaz Kosir (@aljazkosir)

  • Manca Bizjak (@mancabizjak)

  • Miha Dolinar (@mdolin)

  • Tadej Borovsak (@tadeboro)