azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info module – Get Azure Active Directory user info

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 3.1.0).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info.

New in azure.azcollection 1.4.0

Synopsis

  • Get Azure Active Directory user info.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.7

  • The host that executes this module must have the azure.azcollection collection installed via galaxy

  • All python packages listed in collection’s requirements.txt must be installed via pip on the host that executes modules from azure.azcollection

  • Full installation instructions may be found https://galaxy.ansible.com/azure/azcollection

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ad_user

string

Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

adfs_authority_url

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.

all

boolean

If True, will return all users in tenant.

If False will return no users.

It is recommended that you instead identify a subset of users and use filter.

Mutually exclusive with object_id, attribute_name, odata_filter and user_principal_name.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

api_profile

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of latest is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack.

Default: "latest"

attribute_name

string

The name of an attribute that you want to match to attribute_value.

If attribute_name is not a collection type it will return users where attribute_name is equal to attribute_value.

If attribute_name is a collection type it will return users where attribute_value is in attribute_name.

Mutually exclusive with object_id, user_principal_name, odata_filter and all.

Required together with attribute_value.

attribute_value

string

The value to match attribute_name to.

If attribute_name is not a collection type it will return users where attribute_name is equal to attribute_value.

If attribute_name is a collection type it will return users where attribute_value is in attribute_name.

Required together with attribute_name.

auth_source

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.

Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable.

When set to auto (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> env -> credential_file -> cli.

When set to env, the credentials will be read from the environment variables

When set to credential_file, it will read the profile from ~/.azure/credentials.

When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if more than one is present otherwise the default az cli subscription is used.

When set to msi, the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if the resource is granted access to more than one subscription, otherwise the first subscription is chosen.

The msi was added in Ansible 2.6.

Choices:

  • "auto" ← (default)

  • "cli"

  • "credential_file"

  • "env"

  • "msi"

cert_validation_mode

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Controls the certificate validation behavior for Azure endpoints. By default, all modules will validate the server certificate, but when an HTTPS proxy is in use, or against Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable this behavior by passing ignore. Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION environment variable.

Choices:

  • "ignore"

  • "validate"

client_id

string

Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal or Managed Identity (msi).

Can also be set via the AZURE_CLIENT_ID environment variable.

cloud_environment

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, AzureChinaCloud, AzureUSGovernment), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT environment variable.

Default: "AzureCloud"

disable_instance_discovery

boolean

added in azure.azcollection 2.3.0

Determines whether or not instance discovery is performed when attempting to authenticate. Setting this to true will completely disable both instance discovery and authority validation. This functionality is intended for use in scenarios where the metadata endpoint cannot be reached such as in private clouds or Azure Stack. The process of instance discovery entails retrieving authority metadata from https://login.microsoft.com/ to validate the authority. By setting this to **True**, the validation of the authority is disabled. As a result, it is crucial to ensure that the configured authority host is valid and trustworthy.

Set via credential file profile or the AZURE_DISABLE_INSTANCE_DISCOVERY environment variable.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

object_id

string

The object id for the user.

returns the user who has this object ID.

Mutually exclusive with user_principal_name, attribute_name, odata_filter and all.

odata_filter

string

Returns users based on the the OData filter passed into this parameter.

Mutually exclusive with object_id, attribute_name, user_principal_name and all.

password

string

Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

profile

string

Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.

secret

string

Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

subscription_id

string

Your Azure subscription Id.

tenant

string

Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

thumbprint

string

added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0

The thumbprint of the private key specified in x509_certificate_path.

Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Required if x509_certificate_path is defined.

user_principal_name

string

The principal name of the user.

returns the user who has this principal name.

Mutually exclusive with object_id, attribute_name, odata_filter and all.

x509_certificate_path

path

added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0

Path to the X509 certificate used to create the service principal in PEM format.

The certificate must be appended to the private key.

Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables, use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials, or log in before you run your tasks or playbook with az login.

  • Authentication is also possible using a service principal or Active Directory user.

  • To authenticate via service principal, pass subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or set environment variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT.

  • To authenticate via Active Directory user, pass ad_user and password, or set AZURE_AD_USER and AZURE_PASSWORD in the environment.

  • Alternatively, credentials can be stored in ~/.azure/credentials. This is an ini file containing a [default] section and the following keys: subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or subscription_id, ad_user and password. It is also possible to add additional profiles. Specify the profile by passing profile or setting AZURE_PROFILE in the environment.

See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI

How to authenticate using the az login command.

Examples

- name: Using user_principal_name
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    user_principal_name: [email protected]

- name: Using object_id
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    object_id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

- name: Using attribute mailNickname - not a collection
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    attribute_name: mailNickname
    attribute_value: users_mailNickname

- name: Using attribute proxyAddresses - a collection
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    attribute_name: proxyAddresses
    attribute_value: SMTP:[email protected]

- name: Using Filter mailNickname
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    odata_filter: mailNickname eq '[email protected]'

- name: Using Filter proxyAddresses
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aduser_info:
    odata_filter: proxyAddresses/any(c:c eq 'SMTP:[email protected]')

Return Values

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

Key

Description

account_enabled

boolean

Whether the account is enabled.

Returned: always

Sample: false

company_name

string

The name of the company that the user is associated with.

Returned: always

Sample: "Test Company"

display_name

string

The display name of the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "John Smith"

mail

string

The primary email address of the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "John.Smith@contoso.com"

mail_nickname

string

The mail alias for the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "jsmith"

mobile_phone

string

The mobile phone number of the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "+1234567890123"

object_id

string

The object_id for the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"

on_premises_extension_attributes

dictionary

Contains extensionAttributes1-15 for the user.

These extension attributes are also known as Exchange custom attributes 1-15.

For an onPremisesSyncEnabled user, the source of authority for this set of properties is the on-premises and is read-only.

For a cloud-only user (where onPremisesSyncEnabled is false), these properties can be set during the creation or update of a user object.

For a cloud-only user previously synced from on-premises Active Directory, these properties are read-only in Microsoft Graph/ but can be fully managed through the Exchange Admin Center or the Exchange Online V2 module in PowerShell.

Returned: always

Sample: {}

user_principal_name

string

The principal name of the user.

Returned: always

Sample: "jsmith@contoso.com"

user_type

string

A string value that can be used to classify user types in your directory.

Returned: always

Sample: "Member"

Authors

  • Cole Neubauer(@coleneubauer)