community.general.manageiq_user module – Management of users in ManageIQ

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).

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 community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_user.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_user module supports adding, updating and deleting users in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

email

string

The users’ E-mail address.

group

string

The name of the group to which the user belongs.

manageiq_connection

dictionary

ManageIQ connection configuration information.

ca_cert

aliases: ca_bundle_path

string

The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.

password

string

ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

token

string

ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.

url

string

ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.

username

string

ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

validate_certs

aliases: verify_ssl

boolean

Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

name

string

The users’ full name.

password

string

The users’ password.

state

string

absent - user should not exist, present - user should be.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

update_password

string

always will update passwords unconditionally. on_create will only set the password for a newly created user.

Choices:

  • "always" ← (default)

  • "on_create"

userid

string / required

The unique userid in manageiq, often mentioned as username.

Examples

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    name: 'Jane Doe'
    password: 'VerySecret'
    group: 'EvmGroup-user'
    email: '[email protected]'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    name: 'Jane Doe'
    password: 'VerySecret'
    group: 'EvmGroup-user'
    email: '[email protected]'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: '[email protected]'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: '[email protected]'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false

Authors

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)