community.general.keycloak_user module – Create and configure a user in Keycloak

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.5).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.keycloak_user.

New in community.general 7.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module creates, removes, or updates Keycloak users.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access

dictionary

List user access.

attributes

list / elements=dictionary

List of user attributes.

name

string

Name of the attribute.

state

string

Control whether the attribute must exists or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

values

list / elements=string

Values for the attribute as list.

auth_client_id

string

OpenID Connect client_id to authenticate to the API with.

Default: "admin-cli"

auth_client_secret

string

Client Secret to use in conjunction with auth_client_id (if required).

auth_keycloak_url

aliases: url

string / required

URL to the Keycloak instance.

auth_password

aliases: password

string

Password to authenticate for API access with.

auth_realm

string

Keycloak realm name to authenticate to for API access.

auth_username

string

Username to authenticate for API access with.

client_consents

aliases: clientConsents

list / elements=dictionary

Client Authenticator Type.

Default: []

client_id

aliases: clientId

string / required

Client ID of the client role. Not the technical ID of the client.

roles

list / elements=string / required

List of client roles to assign to the user.

connection_timeout

integer

added in community.general 4.5.0

Controls the HTTP connections timeout period (in seconds) to Keycloak API.

Default: 10

credentials

list / elements=dictionary

User credentials.

Default: []

temporary

boolean

If true, the users are required to reset their credentials at next login.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

type

string / required

Credential type.

value

string / required

Value of the credential.

disableable_credential_types

aliases: disableableCredentialTypes

list / elements=string

List user Credential Type.

Default: []

email

string

User email.

email_verified

aliases: emailVerified

boolean

Check the validity of user email.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

enabled

boolean

Enabled user.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

federated_identities

aliases: federatedIdentities

list / elements=string

List of IDPs of user.

Default: []

aliases: federationLink

string

Federation Link.

first_name

aliases: firstName

string

The user’s first name.

force

boolean

If true, allows to remove user and recreate it.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

groups

list / elements=dictionary

List of groups for the user. Groups can be referenced by their name, like staff, or their path, like /staff/engineering. The path syntax allows you to reference subgroups, which is not possible otherwise. This is possible since community.general 10.6.0.

Default: []

name

string

Name of the group.

state

string

Control whether the user must be member of this group or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

http_agent

string

added in community.general 5.4.0

Configures the HTTP User-Agent header.

Default: "Ansible"

id

string

ID of the user on the Keycloak server if known.

last_name

aliases: lastName

string

The user’s last name.

origin

string

User origin.

realm

string

The name of the realm in which is the client.

Default: "master"

refresh_token

string

added in community.general 10.3.0

Authentication refresh token for Keycloak API.

required_actions

aliases: requiredActions

list / elements=string

RequiredActions user Auth.

Default: []

self

string

User self administration.

service_account_client_id

aliases: serviceAccountClientId

string

Description of the client Application.

state

string

Control whether the user should exists or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

token

string

added in community.general 3.0.0

Authentication token for Keycloak API.

username

string / required

Username for the user.

validate_certs

boolean

Verify TLS certificates (do not disable this in production).

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

action_group

Action group: community.general.keycloak

added in community.general 10.2.0

Use group/community.general.keycloak in module_defaults to set defaults for this module.

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: full

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • The module does not modify the user ID of an existing user.

Examples

- name: Create a user user1
  community.general.keycloak_user:
    auth_keycloak_url: http://localhost:8080/auth
    auth_username: admin
    auth_password: password
    realm: master
    username: user1
    firstName: user1
    lastName: user1
    email: user1
    enabled: true
    emailVerified: false
    credentials:
      - type: password
        value: password
        temporary: false
    attributes:
      - name: attr1
        values:
          - value1
        state: present
      - name: attr2
        values:
          - value2
        state: absent
    groups:
      - name: group1
        state: present
    state: present

- name: Re-create a User
  community.general.keycloak_user:
    auth_keycloak_url: http://localhost:8080/auth
    auth_username: admin
    auth_password: password
    realm: master
    username: user1
    firstName: user1
    lastName: user1
    email: user1
    enabled: true
    emailVerified: false
    credentials:
      - type: password
        value: password
        temporary: false
    attributes:
      - name: attr1
        values:
          - value1
        state: present
      - name: attr2
        values:
          - value2
        state: absent
    groups:
      - name: group1
        state: present
    state: present

- name: Re-create a User
  community.general.keycloak_user:
    auth_keycloak_url: http://localhost:8080/auth
    auth_username: admin
    auth_password: password
    realm: master
    username: user1
    firstName: user1
    lastName: user1
    email: user1
    enabled: true
    emailVerified: false
    credentials:
      - type: password
        value: password
        temporary: false
    attributes:
      - name: attr1
        values:
          - value1
        state: present
      - name: attr2
        values:
          - value2
        state: absent
    groups:
      - name: group1
        state: present
    state: present
    force: true

- name: Remove User
  community.general.keycloak_user:
    auth_keycloak_url: http://localhost:8080/auth
    auth_username: admin
    auth_password: password
    realm: master
    username: user1
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

end_state

dictionary

Representation of the user after module execution.

Returned: on success

existing

dictionary

Representation of the existing user.

Returned: on success

proposed

dictionary

Representation of the proposed user.

Returned: on success

Authors

  • Philippe Gauthier (@elfelip)