community.general.ldap_entry module – Add or remove LDAP entries

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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.ldap_entry.

Synopsis 

Add or remove LDAP entries. This module only asserts the existence or non-existence of an LDAP entry, not its attributes. To assert the attribute values of an entry, see community.general.ldap_attrs.

Aliases: net_tools.ldap.ldap_entry

Requirements 

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

python-ldap

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
attributes dictionary	If `state=present`, attributes necessary to create an entry. Existing entries are never modified. To assert specific attribute values on an existing entry, use community.general.ldap_attrs module instead. Each attribute value can be a string for single-valued attributes or a list of strings for multi-valued attributes. If you specify values for this option in YAML, please note that you can improve readability for long string values by using YAML block modifiers as seen in the examples for this module. Note that when using values that YAML/ansible-core interprets as other types, like `yes`, `no` (booleans), or `2.10` (float), make sure to quote them if these are meant to be strings. Otherwise the wrong values may be sent to LDAP. Default: `{}`
bind_dn string	A DN to bind with. If this is omitted, we’ll try a SASL bind with the EXTERNAL mechanism as default. If this is blank, we’ll use an anonymous bind.
bind_pw string	The password to use with `bind_dn`. Default: `""`
ca_path path added in community.general 6.5.0	Set the path to PEM file with CA certs.
client_cert path added in community.general 7.1.0	PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication. Required if `client_key` is defined.
client_key path added in community.general 7.1.0	PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication. Required if `client_cert` is defined.
dn string / required	The DN of the entry to add or remove.
objectClass list / elements=string	If `state=present`, value or list of values to use when creating the entry. It can either be a string or an actual list of strings.
recursive boolean added in community.general 4.6.0	If `state=delete`, a flag indicating whether a single entry or the whole branch must be deleted. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
referrals_chasing string added in community.general 2.0.0	Set the referrals chasing behavior. `anonymous` follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior. `disabled` disable referrals chasing. This sets `OPT_REFERRALS` to off. Choices: `"disabled"` `"anonymous"` ← (default)
sasl_class string added in community.general 2.0.0	The class to use for SASL authentication. Choices: `"external"` ← (default) `"gssapi"`
server_uri string	The `server_uri` parameter may be a comma- or whitespace-separated list of URIs containing only the schema, the host, and the port fields. The default value lets the underlying LDAP client library look for a UNIX domain socket in its default location. Note that when using multiple URIs you cannot determine to which URI your client gets connected. For URIs containing additional fields, particularly when using commas, behavior is undefined. Default: `"ldapi:///"`
start_tls boolean	If true, we’ll use the START_TLS LDAP extension. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
state string	The target state of the entry. Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`
validate_certs boolean	If set to `false`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on sites using self-signed certificates. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
xorder_discovery string added in community.general 6.4.0	Set the behavior on how to process Xordered DNs. `enable` will perform a `ONELEVEL` search below the superior RDN to find the matching DN. `disable` will always use the DN unmodified (as passed by the `dn` parameter). `auto` will only perform a search if the first RDN does not contain an index number (`{x}`). Choices: `"enable"` `"auto"` ← (default) `"disable"`

Attributes 

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	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.

Notes 

Note

The default authentication settings will attempt to use a SASL EXTERNAL bind over a UNIX domain socket. This works well with the default Ubuntu install for example, which includes a cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth ACL rule allowing root to modify the server configuration. If you need to use a simple bind to access your server, pass the credentials in bind_dn and bind_pw.

Examples 

- name: Make sure we have a parent entry for users
  community.general.ldap_entry:
    dn: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
    objectClass: organizationalUnit

- name: Make sure we have an admin user
  community.general.ldap_entry:
    dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
    objectClass:
      - simpleSecurityObject
      - organizationalRole
    attributes:
      description: An LDAP administrator
      userPassword: "{SSHA}tabyipcHzhwESzRaGA7oQ/SDoBZQOGND"

- name: Set possible values for attributes elements
  community.general.ldap_entry:
    dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
    objectClass:
      - simpleSecurityObject
      - organizationalRole
    attributes:
      description: An LDAP Administrator
      roleOccupant:
      - cn=Chocs Puddington,ou=Information Technology,dc=example,dc=com
      - cn=Alice Stronginthebrain,ou=Information Technology,dc=example,dc=com
      olcAccess:
      - >-
        {0}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange
        by self write
        by anonymous auth
        by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" write
        by * none'
      - >-
        {1}to dn.base="dc=example,dc=com"
        by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" write
        by * read

- name: Get rid of an old entry
  community.general.ldap_entry:
    dn: ou=stuff,dc=example,dc=com
    state: absent
    server_uri: ldap://localhost/
    bind_dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
    bind_pw: password

#
# The same as in the previous example but with the authentication details
# stored in the ldap_auth variable:
#
# ldap_auth:
#   server_uri: ldap://localhost/
#   bind_dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
#   bind_pw: password
#
# In the example below, 'args' is a task keyword, passed at the same level as the module
- name: Get rid of an old entry
  community.general.ldap_entry:
    dn: ou=stuff,dc=example,dc=com
    state: absent
  args: "{{ ldap_auth }}"

Authors

Jiri Tyr (@jtyr)

community.general.ldap_entry module – Add or remove LDAP entries

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Attributes

Notes

Examples