ipa_config – Manage Global FreeIPA Configuration Settings

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Modify global configuration settings of a FreeIPA Server.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
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_timeout
-
added in 2.7
 Default:
10
Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection.
For bulk operations, you may want to increase this in order to avoid timeout from IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_TIMEOUT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_TIMEOUT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
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.
ipadefaultemaildomain
-
Default e-mail domain for new users.

aliases: emaildomain
ipadefaultloginshell
-
Default shell for new users.

aliases: loginshell
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • 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 the default login shell is bash.
- ipa_config:
    ipadefaultloginshell: /bin/bash
    ipa_host: localhost
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: supersecret

# Ensure the default e-mail domain is ansible.com.
- ipa_config:
    ipadefaultemaildomain: ansible.com
    ipa_host: localhost
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: supersecret

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
config
dictionary
 always
Configuration as returned by IPA API.


Status

Authors

  • Fran Fitzpatrick (@fxfitz)

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