ansible.netcommon.net_user – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage the aggregate of local users on network device

Note

This plugin is part of the ansible.netcommon collection (version 2.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.netcommon.net_user.

New in version 1.0.0: of ansible.netcommon

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality

Alternative

Use platform-specific “[netos]_user” module

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of the local usernames configured on network devices. It allows playbooks to manage either individual usernames or the aggregate of usernames in the current running config. It also supports purging usernames from the configuration that are not explicitly defined.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

aggregate

string

The set of username objects to be configured on the remote network device. The list entries can either be the username or a hash of username and properties. This argument is mutually exclusive with the name argument.

configured_password

string

The password to be configured on the remote network device. The password needs to be provided in clear and it will be encrypted on the device. Please note that this option is not same as provider password.

name

string

The username to be configured on the remote network device. This argument accepts a string value and is mutually exclusive with the aggregate argument. Please note that this option is not same as provider username.

nopassword

boolean

Defines the username without assigning a password. This will allow the user to login to the system without being authenticated by a password.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

privilege

string

The privilege argument configures the privilege level of the user when logged into the system. This argument accepts integer values in the range of 1 to 15.

purge

boolean

Instructs the module to consider the resource definition absolute. It will remove any previously configured usernames on the device with the exception of the admin user (the current defined set of users).

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

role

string

Configures the role for the username in the device running configuration. The argument accepts a string value defining the role name. This argument does not check if the role has been configured on the device.

sshkey

string

Specifies the SSH public key to configure for the given username. This argument accepts a valid SSH key value.

state

string

Configures the state of the username definition as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set to present, the username(s) should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the username(s) should not be in the device active configuration

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

update_password

string

Since passwords are encrypted in the device running config, this argument will instruct the module when to change the password. When set to always, the password will always be updated in the device and when set to on_create the password will be updated only if the username is created.

Choices:

  • on_create

  • always ← (default)

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: create a new user
  ansible.netcommon.net_user:
    name: ansible
    sshkey: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
    state: present

- name: remove all users except admin
  ansible.netcommon.net_user:
    purge: yes

- name: set multiple users to privilege level 15
  ansible.netcommon.net_user:
    aggregate:
    - {name: netop}
    - {name: netend}
    privilege: 15
    state: present

- name: Change Password for User netop
  ansible.netcommon.net_user:
    name: netop
    configured_password: '{{ new_password }}'
    update_password: always
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Returned: always

Sample: [“username ansible secret password”, “username admin secret admin”]

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)