awx.awx.tower_user – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower users.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 14.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.tower_user.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
email
string
Email address of the user.
first_name
string
First name of the user.
is_superuser
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.

aliases: superuser
is_system_auditor
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
User is a system wide auditor.

aliases: auditor
last_name
string
Last name of the user.
password
string
Write-only field used to change the password.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
tower_config_file
path
Path to the Tower or AWX config file.
If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.
tower_host
string
URL to your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_HOST and then config files
If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used
tower_oauthtoken
raw
added in 3.7 of awx.awx
The Tower OAuth token to use.
This value can be in one of two formats.
A string which is the token itself. (i.e. bqV5txm97wqJqtkxlMkhQz0pKhRMMX)
A dictionary structure as returned by the tower_token module.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files
tower_password
string
Password for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_PASSWORD and then config files
tower_username
string
Username for your Tower or AWX instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_USERNAME and then config files
username
string / required
Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower or AWX.
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
If value not set, will try environment variable TOWER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

aliases: tower_verify_ssl

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your Tower host information.

  • config_file should contain Tower configuration in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- name: Add tower user
  tower_user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    first_name: John
    last_name: Doe
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add tower user as a system administrator
  tower_user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    superuser: yes
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add tower user as a system auditor
  tower_user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    auditor: yes
    state: present
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Delete tower user
  tower_user:
    username: jdoe
    email: [email protected]
    state: absent
    tower_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

Authors

  • John Westcott IV (@john-westcott-iv)