win_group – Add and remove local groups

Synopsis

  • Add and remove local groups.
  • For non-Windows targets, please use the group module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Description of the group.
name
string / required
Name of the group.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Create or remove the group.

See Also

See also

group – Add or remove groups
The official documentation on the group module.
win_domain_group – Creates, modifies or removes domain groups
The official documentation on the win_domain_group module.
win_group_membership – Manage Windows local group membership
The official documentation on the win_group_membership module.

Examples

- name: Create a new group
  win_group:
    name: deploy
    description: Deploy Group
    state: present

- name: Remove a group
  win_group:
    name: deploy
    state: absent

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Chris Hoffman (@chrishoffman)

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