postgresql_privs – Grant or revoke privileges on PostgreSQL database objects¶

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Synopsis ¶

Grant or revoke privileges on PostgreSQL database objects.
This module is basically a wrapper around most of the functionality of PostgreSQL’s GRANT and REVOKE statements with detection of changes (GRANT/REVOKE privs ON type objs TO/FROM roles).

Requirements ¶

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

psycopg2

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
ca_cert string added in 2.3		Specifies the name of a file containing SSL certificate authority (CA) certificate(s). If the file exists, the server's certificate will be verified to be signed by one of these authorities. aliases: ssl_rootcert
database string / required		Name of database to connect to. aliases: db, login_db
fail_on_role boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no yes ←	If `yes`, fail when target role (for whom privs need to be granted) does not exist. Otherwise just warn and continue.
grant_option boolean	Choices: no yes	Whether `role` may grant/revoke the specified privileges/group memberships to others. Set to `no` to revoke GRANT OPTION, leave unspecified to make no changes. grant_option only has an effect if state is `present`. aliases: admin_option
host string		Database host address. If unspecified, connect via Unix socket. aliases: login_host
login string	Default: "postgres"	The username to authenticate with. aliases: login_user
login_host string		Host running the database.
login_password string		The password used to authenticate with.
login_unix_socket string		Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections.
login_user string	Default: "postgres"	The username used to authenticate with.
objs string		Comma separated list of database objects to set privileges on. If type is `table`, `partition table`, `sequence` or `function`, the special value`ALL_IN_SCHEMA` can be provided instead to specify all database objects of type type in the schema specified via schema. (This also works with PostgreSQL < 9.0.) (`ALL_IN_SCHEMA` is available for `function` and `partition table` from version 2.8) If type is `database`, this parameter can be omitted, in which case privileges are set for the database specified via database. If type is function, colons (":") in object names will be replaced with commas (needed to specify function signatures, see examples) aliases: obj
password string		The password to authenticate with. aliases: login_password
port integer	Default: 5432	Database port to connect to. aliases: login_port
privs string		Comma separated list of privileges to grant/revoke. aliases: priv
roles string / required		Comma separated list of role (user/group) names to set permissions for. The special value `PUBLIC` can be provided instead to set permissions for the implicitly defined PUBLIC group. aliases: role
schema string		Schema that contains the database objects specified via objs. May only be provided if type is `table`, `sequence`, `function` or `default_privs`. Defaults to `public` in these cases.
session_role string added in 2.8		Switch to session_role after connecting. The specified session_role must be a role that the current login_user is a member of. Permissions checking for SQL commands is carried out as though the session_role were the one that had logged in originally.
ssl_mode string added in 2.3	Choices: allow disable prefer ← require verify-ca verify-full	Determines whether or with what priority a secure SSL TCP/IP connection will be negotiated with the server. See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-ssl.html for more information on the modes. Default of `prefer` matches libpq default.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	If `present`, the specified privileges are granted, if `absent` they are revoked.
target_roles string added in 2.8		A list of existing role (user/group) names to set as the default permissions for database objects subsequently created by them. Parameter target_roles is only available with `type=default_privs`.
type string	Choices: database default_privs foreign_data_wrapper foreign_server function group language table ← tablespace schema sequence	Type of database object to set privileges on. The `default_privs` choice is available starting at version 2.7. The 'foreign_data_wrapper' and 'foreign_server' object types are available from Ansible version '2.8'.
unix_socket string		Path to a Unix domain socket for local connections. aliases: login_unix_socket

Notes ¶

Note

Default authentication assumes that postgresql_privs is run by the postgres user on the remote host. (Ansible’s user or sudo-user).
This module requires Python package psycopg2 to be installed on the remote host. In the default case of the remote host also being the PostgreSQL server, PostgreSQL has to be installed there as well, obviously. For Debian/Ubuntu-based systems, install packages postgresql and python-psycopg2.
Parameters that accept comma separated lists (privs, objs, roles) have singular alias names (priv, obj, role).
To revoke only GRANT OPTION for a specific object, set state to present and grant_option to no (see examples).
Note that when revoking privileges from a role R, this role may still have access via privileges granted to any role R is a member of including PUBLIC.
Note that when revoking privileges from a role R, you do so as the user specified via login. If R has been granted the same privileges by another user also, R can still access database objects via these privileges.
When revoking privileges, RESTRICT is assumed (see PostgreSQL docs).
The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.
The default authentication assumes that you are either logging in as or sudo’ing to the postgres account on the host.
This module uses psycopg2, a Python PostgreSQL database adapter. You must ensure that psycopg2 is installed on the host before using this module. If the remote host is the PostgreSQL server (which is the default case), then PostgreSQL must also be installed on the remote host. For Ubuntu-based systems, install the postgresql, libpq-dev, and python-psycopg2 packages on the remote host before using this module.
The ca_cert parameter requires at least Postgres version 8.4 and psycopg2 version 2.4.3.

Examples ¶

# On database "library":
# GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE ON TABLE public.books, public.authors
# TO librarian, reader WITH GRANT OPTION
- name: Grant privs to librarian and reader on database library
  postgresql_privs:
    database: library
    state: present
    privs: SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE
    type: table
    objs: books,authors
    schema: public
    roles: librarian,reader
    grant_option: yes

- name: Same as above leveraging default values
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    privs: SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE
    objs: books,authors
    roles: librarian,reader
    grant_option: yes

# REVOKE GRANT OPTION FOR INSERT ON TABLE books FROM reader
# Note that role "reader" will be *granted* INSERT privilege itself if this
# isn't already the case (since state: present).
- name: Revoke privs from reader
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    state: present
    priv: INSERT
    obj: books
    role: reader
    grant_option: no

# "public" is the default schema. This also works for PostgreSQL 8.x.
- name: REVOKE INSERT, UPDATE ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public FROM reader
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    state: absent
    privs: INSERT,UPDATE
    objs: ALL_IN_SCHEMA
    role: reader

- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON SCHEMA public, math TO librarian
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    privs: ALL
    type: schema
    objs: public,math
    role: librarian

# Note the separation of arguments with colons.
- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON FUNCTION math.add(int, int) TO librarian, reader
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    privs: ALL
    type: function
    obj: add(int:int)
    schema: math
    roles: librarian,reader

# Note that group role memberships apply cluster-wide and therefore are not
# restricted to database "library" here.
- name: GRANT librarian, reader TO alice, bob WITH ADMIN OPTION
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    type: group
    objs: librarian,reader
    roles: alice,bob
    admin_option: yes

# Note that here "db: postgres" specifies the database to connect to, not the
# database to grant privileges on (which is specified via the "objs" param)
- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE library TO librarian
  postgresql_privs:
    db: postgres
    privs: ALL
    type: database
    obj: library
    role: librarian

# If objs is omitted for type "database", it defaults to the database
# to which the connection is established
- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE library TO librarian
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    privs: ALL
    type: database
    role: librarian

# Available since version 2.7
# Objs must be set, ALL_DEFAULT to TABLES/SEQUENCES/TYPES/FUNCTIONS
# ALL_DEFAULT works only with privs=ALL
# For specific
- name: ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE library TO librarian
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    objs: ALL_DEFAULT
    privs: ALL
    type: default_privs
    role: librarian
    grant_option: yes

# Available since version 2.7
# Objs must be set, ALL_DEFAULT to TABLES/SEQUENCES/TYPES/FUNCTIONS
# ALL_DEFAULT works only with privs=ALL
# For specific
- name: ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE library TO reader, step 1
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    objs: TABLES,SEQUENCES
    privs: SELECT
    type: default_privs
    role: reader

- name: ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE library TO reader, step 2
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    objs: TYPES
    privs: USAGE
    type: default_privs
    role: reader

# Available since version 2.8
- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER fdw TO reader
  postgresql_privs:
    db: test
    objs: fdw
    privs: ALL
    type: foreign_data_wrapper
    role: reader

# Available since version 2.8
- name: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON FOREIGN SERVER fdw_server TO reader
  postgresql_privs:
    db: test
    objs: fdw_server
    privs: ALL
    type: foreign_server
    role: reader

# Available since version 2.8
# Grant 'execute' permissions on all functions in schema 'common' to role 'caller'
- name: GRANT EXECUTE ON ALL FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA common TO caller
  postgresql_privs:
    type: function
    state: present
    privs: EXECUTE
    roles: caller
    objs: ALL_IN_SCHEMA
    schema: common

# Available since version 2.8
# ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES FOR ROLE librarian IN SCHEMA library GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO reader
# GRANT SELECT privileges for new TABLES objects created by librarian as
# default to the role reader.
# For specific
- name: ALTER privs
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    schema: library
    objs: TABLES
    privs: SELECT
    type: default_privs
    role: reader
    target_roles: librarian

# Available since version 2.8
# ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES FOR ROLE librarian IN SCHEMA library REVOKE SELECT ON TABLES FROM reader
# REVOKE SELECT privileges for new TABLES objects created by librarian as
# default from the role reader.
# For specific
- name: ALTER privs
  postgresql_privs:
    db: library
    state: absent
    schema: library
    objs: TABLES
    privs: SELECT
    type: default_privs
    role: reader
    target_roles: librarian

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
queries list added in 2.8	always	List of executed queries. Sample: ['REVOKE GRANT OPTION FOR INSERT ON TABLE "books" FROM "reader";']

Status ¶

This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

Bernhard Weitzhofer (@b6d)

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postgresql_privs – Grant or revoke privileges on PostgreSQL database objects¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶