keycloak_group – Allows administration of Keycloak groups via Keycloak API

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to add, remove or modify Keycloak groups via the Keycloak REST API. It requires access to the REST API via OpenID Connect; the user connecting and the client being used must have the requisite access rights. In a default Keycloak installation, admin-cli and an admin user would work, as would a separate client definition with the scope tailored to your needs and a user having the expected roles.

  • The names of module options are snake_cased versions of the camelCase ones found in the Keycloak API and its documentation at http://www.keycloak.org/docs-api/3.3/rest-api/.

  • Attributes are multi-valued in the Keycloak API. All attributes are lists of individual values and will be returned that way by this module. You may pass single values for attributes when calling the module, and this will be translated into a list suitable for the API.

  • When updating a group, where possible provide the group ID to the module. This removes a lookup to the API to translate the name into the group ID.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
attributes
dictionary
A dict of key/value pairs to set as custom attributes for the group.
Values may be single values (e.g. a string) or a list of strings.
auth_client_id
string / required
Default:
"admin-cli"
OpenID Connect client_id to authenticate to the API with.
auth_client_secret
string
Client Secret to use in conjunction with auth_client_id (if required).
auth_keycloak_url
string / required
URL to the Keycloak instance.

aliases: url
auth_password
string / required
Password to authenticate for API access with.

aliases: password
auth_realm
string / required
Keycloak realm name to authenticate to for API access.
auth_username
string / required
Username to authenticate for API access with.

aliases: username
id
string
The unique identifier for this group.
This parameter is not required for updating or deleting a group but providing it will reduce the number of API calls required.
name
string
Name of the group.
This parameter is required only when creating or updating the group.
realm
string
Default:
"master"
They Keycloak realm under which this group resides.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the group.
On present, the group will be created if it does not yet exist, or updated with the parameters you provide.
On absent, the group will be removed if it exists.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Verify TLS certificates (do not disable this in production).

Notes

Note

  • Presently, the realmRoles, clientRoles and access attributes returned by the Keycloak API are read-only for groups. This limitation will be removed in a later version of this module.

Examples

- name: Create a Keycloak group
  keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete a keycloak group
  keycloak_group:
    id: '9d59aa76-2755-48c6-b1af-beb70a82c3cd'
    state: absent
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete a Keycloak group based on name
  keycloak_group:
    name: my-group-for-deletion
    state: absent
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update the name of a Keycloak group
  keycloak_group:
    id: '9d59aa76-2755-48c6-b1af-beb70a82c3cd'
    name: an-updated-kc-group-name
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a keycloak group with some custom attributes
  keycloak_group:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    name: my-new_group
    attributes:
        attrib1: value1
        attrib2: value2
        attrib3:
            - with
            - numerous
            - individual
            - list
            - items
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
group
complex
always
Group representation of the group after module execution (sample is truncated).
 
access
dictionary
always
A dict describing the accesses you have to this group based on the credentials used.

Sample:
{'manage': True, 'manageMembership': True, 'view': True}
 
attributes
dictionary
always
Attributes applied to this group

Sample:
{'attr1': ['val1', 'val2', 'val3']}
 
clientRoles
list
always
A list of client-level roles granted to this group
 
id
string
always
GUID that identifies the group

Sample:
23f38145-3195-462c-97e7-97041ccea73e
 
name
string
always
Name of the group

Sample:
grp-test-123
 
path
string
always
URI path to the group

Sample:
/grp-test-123
 
realmRoles
list
always
An array of the realm-level roles granted to this group
 
subGroups
list
always
A list of groups that are children of this group. These groups will have the same parameters as documented here.


Status

Authors

  • Adam Goossens (@adamgoossens)

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