tower_user – create, update, or destroy Ansible Tower user

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.0.2
  • ansible-tower-cli >= 3.2.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auditor
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
User is a system wide auditor.
email
- / required
Email address of the user.
first_name
-
First name of the user.
last_name
-
Last name of the user.
password
-
Password of the user.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
superuser
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
User is a system wide administrator.
tower_config_file
path
Path to the Tower config file.
tower_host
string
URL to your Tower instance.
tower_password
string
Password for your Tower instance.
tower_username
string
Username for your Tower instance.
username
- / required
The username of the user.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to Tower.
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

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"

Status

Authors

  • Wayne Witzel III (@wwitzel3)

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