community.general.utm_aaa_group module – Create, update or destroy an aaa group object in Sophos UTM

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 7.5.2).

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.

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

Synopsis

  • Create, update or destroy an aaa group object in Sophos UTM.

  • This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.

Aliases: web_infrastructure.sophos_utm.utm_aaa_group

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

adirectory_groups

list / elements=string

List of adirectory group strings.

Default: []

adirectory_groups_sids

dictionary

Dictionary of group sids.

Default: {}

backend_match

string

The backend for the group.

Choices:

  • "none" ← (default)

  • "adirectory"

  • "edirectory"

  • "radius"

  • "tacacs"

  • "ldap"

comment

string

Comment that describes the AAA group.

Default: ""

dynamic

string

Group type. Is static if none is selected.

Choices:

  • "none" ← (default)

  • "ipsec_dn"

  • "directory_groups"

edirectory_groups

list / elements=string

List of edirectory group strings.

Default: []

headers

dictionary

A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.

Is needed for some modules

Default: {}

ipsec_dn

string

The ipsec dn string.

Default: ""

ldap_attribute

string

The ldap attribute to check against.

Default: ""

ldap_attribute_value

string

The ldap attribute value to check against.

Default: ""

members

list / elements=string

A list of user ref names (aaa/user).

Default: []

name

string / required

The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry.

network

string

The network reference name. The objects contains the known ip addresses for the authentication object (network/aaa).

Default: ""

radius_groups

list / elements=string

A list of radius group strings.

Default: []

state

string

The desired state of the object.

present will create or update an object

absent will delete an object if it was present

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

tacacs_groups

list / elements=string

A list of tacacs group strings.

Default: []

utm_host

string / required

The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.

utm_port

integer

The port of the REST interface.

Default: 4444

utm_protocol

string

The protocol of the REST Endpoint.

Choices:

  • "http"

  • "https" ← (default)

utm_token

string / required

The token used to identify at the REST-API. See https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en, Chapter 2.4.2.

validate_certs

boolean

Whether the REST interface’s ssl certificate should be verified or not.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create UTM aaa_group
  community.general.utm_aaa_group:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestAAAGroupEntry
    backend_match: ldap
    dynamic: directory_groups
    ldap_attributes: memberof
    ldap_attributes_value: "cn=groupname,ou=Groups,dc=mydomain,dc=com"
    network: REF_OBJECT_STRING
    state: present

- name: Remove UTM aaa_group
  community.general.utm_aaa_group:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestAAAGroupEntry
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

result

complex

The utm object that was created.

Returned: success

_locked

boolean

Whether or not the object is currently locked.

Returned: success

_ref

string

The reference name of the object.

Returned: success

_type

string

The type of the object.

Returned: success

adirectory_groups

string

List of Active Directory Groups.

Returned: success

adirectory_groups_sids

list / elements=string

List of Active Directory Groups SIDS.

Returned: success

backend_match

string

The backend to use.

Returned: success

comment

string

The comment string.

Returned: success

dynamic

string

Whether the group match is ipsec_dn or directory_group.

Returned: success

edirectory_groups

string

List of eDirectory Groups.

Returned: success

ipsec_dn

string

ipsec_dn identifier to match.

Returned: success

ldap_attribute

string

The LDAP Attribute to match against.

Returned: success

ldap_attribute_value

string

The LDAP Attribute Value to match against.

Returned: success

members

list / elements=string

List of member identifiers of the group.

Returned: success

name

string

The name of the object.

Returned: success

network

string

The identifier of the network (network/aaa).

Returned: success

radius_group

string

The radius group identifier.

Returned: success

tacacs_group

string

The tacacs group identifier.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)