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ipa_user - Manage FreeIPA users

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Add, modify and delete user within IPA server

Requirements

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

  • base64
  • hashlib

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
displayname
Display name
gidnumber
(added in 2.5)
Posix Group ID
givenname
First name
ipa_host Default:
"ipa.example.com"
IP or hostname of IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_HOST will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_HOST and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_pass
required
Password of administrative user.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PASS will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PASS and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_port Default:
443
Port of FreeIPA / IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PORT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PORT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_prot
    Choices:
  • http
  • https ←
Protocol used by IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PROT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PROT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_user Default:
"admin"
Administrative account used on IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_USER will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_USER and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
krbpasswordexpiration
(added in 2.5)
Date at which the user password will expire
In the format YYYYMMddHHmmss
e.g. 20180121182022 will expire on 21 January 2018 at 18:20:22
loginshell
Login shell
mail
List of mail addresses assigned to the user.
If an empty list is passed all assigned email addresses will be deleted.
If None is passed email addresses will not be checked or changed.
password
Password for new user
sn
Surname
sshpubkey
List of public SSH key.
If an empty list is passed all assigned public keys will be deleted.
If None is passed SSH public keys will not be checked or changed.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • enabled
  • disabled
State to ensure
telephonenumber
List of telephone numbers assigned to the user.
If an empty list is passed all assigned telephone numbers will be deleted.
If None is passed telephone numbers will not be checked or changed.
title
Title
uid
required
uid of the user

aliases: name
uidnumber
(added in 2.5)
Account Settings UID/Posix User ID number
validate_certs Default:
"yes"
This only applies if ipa_prot is https.
If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

# Ensure pinky is present
- ipa_user:
    name: pinky
    state: present
    krbpasswordexpiration: 20200119235959
    givenname: Pinky
    sn: Acme
    mail:
    - [email protected]
    telephonenumber:
    - '+555123456'
    sshpubkey:
    - ssh-rsa ....
    - ssh-dsa ....
    uidnumber: 1001
    gidnumber: 100
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure brain is absent
- ipa_user:
    name: brain
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
user
dict
 always
User as returned by IPA API


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Thomas Krahn (@Nosmoht)

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