community.windows.win_domain_group module – Creates, modifies or removes domain groups

Note

This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.11.1).

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.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_domain_group.

Synopsis

  • Creates, modifies or removes groups in Active Directory.

  • For local groups, use the ansible.windows.win_group module instead.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

attributes

dictionary

A dict of custom LDAP attributes to set on the group.

This can be used to set custom attributes that are not exposed as module parameters, e.g. mail.

See the examples on how to format this parameter.

category

string

The category of the group, this is the value to assign to the LDAP groupType attribute.

If a new group is created then security will be used by default.

Choices:

  • "distribution"

  • "security"

description

string

The value to be assigned to the LDAP description attribute.

display_name

string

The value to assign to the LDAP displayName attribute.

domain_password

string

The password for username.

domain_server

string

Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to.

Can be in the form of an FQDN or NetBIOS name.

If not specified then the value is based on the domain of the computer running PowerShell.

domain_username

string

The username to use when interacting with AD.

If this is not set then the user Ansible used to log in with will be used instead.

ignore_protection

boolean

Will ignore the ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion flag when deleting or moving a group.

The module will fail if one of these actions need to occur and this value is set to no.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

managed_by

string

The value to be assigned to the LDAP managedBy attribute.

This value can be in the forms Distinguished Name, objectGUID, objectSid or sAMAccountName, see examples for more details.

name

string / required

The name of the group to create, modify or remove.

This value can be in the forms Distinguished Name, objectGUID, objectSid or sAMAccountName, see examples for more details.

organizational_unit

aliases: ou, path

string

The full LDAP path to create or move the group to.

This should be the path to the parent object to create or move the group to.

See examples for details of how this path is formed.

protect

boolean

Will set the ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion flag based on this value.

This flag stops a user from deleting or moving a group to a different path.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

scope

string

The scope of the group.

If state=present and the group doesn’t exist then this must be set.

Choices:

  • "domainlocal"

  • "global"

  • "universal"

state

string

If state=present this module will ensure the group is created and is configured accordingly.

If state=absent this module will delete the group if it exists

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • This must be run on a host that has the ActiveDirectory powershell module installed.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_domain

Ensures the existence of a Windows domain.

ansible.windows.win_domain_controller

Manage domain controller/member server state for a Windows host.

community.windows.win_domain_computer

Manage computers in Active Directory.

ansible.windows.win_domain_membership

Manage domain/workgroup membership for a Windows host.

community.windows.win_domain_user

Manages Windows Active Directory user accounts.

ansible.windows.win_group

Add and remove local groups.

ansible.windows.win_group_membership

Manage Windows local group membership.

Examples

- name: Ensure the group Cow exists using sAMAccountName
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: Cow
    scope: global
    path: OU=groups,DC=ansible,DC=local

- name: Ensure the group Cow doesn't exist using the Distinguished Name
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: CN=Cow,OU=groups,DC=ansible,DC=local
    state: absent

- name: Delete group ignoring the protection flag
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: Cow
    state: absent
    ignore_protection: yes

- name: Create group with delete protection enabled and custom attributes
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: Ansible Users
    scope: domainlocal
    category: security
    attributes:
      mail: [email protected]
      wWWHomePage: www.ansible.com
    ignore_protection: yes

- name: Change the OU of a group using the SID and ignore the protection flag
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: S-1-5-21-2171456218-3732823212-122182344-1189
    scope: global
    organizational_unit: OU=groups,DC=ansible,DC=local
    ignore_protection: yes

- name: Add managed_by user
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: Group Name Here
    managed_by: Domain Admins

- name: Add group and specify the AD domain services to use for the create
  community.windows.win_domain_group:
    name: Test Group
    domain_username: [email protected]
    domain_password: Password01!
    domain_server: corp-DC12.corp.ansible.com
    scope: domainlocal

Return Values

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

Key

Description

attributes

dictionary

Custom attributes that were set by the module. This does not show all the custom attributes rather just the ones that were set by the module.

Returned: group exists and attributes are set on the module invocation

Sample: {"mail": "helpdesk@ansible.com", "wWWHomePage": "www.ansible.com"}

canonical_name

string

The canonical name of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "ansible.local/groups/Cow"

category

string

The Group type value of the group, i.e. Security or Distribution.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "Security"

created

boolean

Whether a group was created

Returned: always

Sample: true

description

string

The Description of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "Group Description"

display_name

string

The Display name of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "Users who connect through RDP"

distinguished_name

string

The full Distinguished Name of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "CN=Cow,OU=groups,DC=ansible,DC=local"

group_scope

string

The Group scope value of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "Universal"

guid

string

The guid of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "512a9adb-3fc0-4a26-9df0-e6ea1740cf45"

managed_by

string

The full Distinguished Name of the AD object that is set on the managedBy attribute.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "CN=Domain Admins,CN=Users,DC=ansible,DC=local"

name

string

The name of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "Cow"

protected_from_accidental_deletion

boolean

Whether the group is protected from accidental deletion.

Returned: group exists

Sample: true

sid

string

The Security ID of the group.

Returned: group exists

Sample: "S-1-5-21-2171456218-3732823212-122182344-1189"

Authors

  • Jordan Borean (@jborean93)