community.general.opendj_backendprop module – Update the backend configuration of OpenDJ using the dsconfig set-backend-prop command

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 11.1.2).

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.opendj_backendprop.

Synopsis

  • This module updates settings for OpenDJ with the command set-backend-prop.

  • It checks first using get-backend-prop if configuration needs to be applied.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

backend

string / required

The name of the backend on which the property needs to be updated.

hostname

string / required

The hostname of the OpenDJ server.

name

string / required

The configuration setting to update.

opendj_bindir

path

The path to the bin directory of OpenDJ.

Default: "/opt/opendj/bin"

password

string

The password for the cn=Directory Manager user.

Either password or passwordfile is needed.

passwordfile

path

Location to the password file which holds the password for the cn=Directory Manager user.

Either password or passwordfile is needed.

port

string / required

The Admin port on which the OpenDJ instance is available.

state

string

If configuration needs to be added/updated.

Default: "present"

username

string

The username to connect to.

Default: "cn=Directory Manager"

value

string / required

The value for the configuration item.

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

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

Examples

- name: Add or update OpenDJ backend properties
  opendj_backendprop:
    hostname: localhost
    port: 4444
    username: "cn=Directory Manager"
    password: password
    backend: userRoot
    name: index-entry-limit
    value: 5000

Authors

  • Werner Dijkerman (@dj-wasabi)