community.general.keycloak_group module – Allows administration of Keycloak groups via Keycloak API

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.1.0).

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 community.general.

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

Synopsis

• This module allows you to add, remove or modify Keycloak groups via the Keycloak REST API. It requires access to the REST API via OpenID Connect; the user connecting and the client being used must have the requisite access rights. In a default Keycloak installation, admin-cli and an admin user would work, as would a separate client definition with the scope tailored to your needs and a user having the expected roles.

• The names of module options are snake_cased versions of the camelCase ones found in the Keycloak API and its documentation at https://www.keycloak.org/docs-api/20.0.2/rest-api/index.html.

• Attributes are multi-valued in the Keycloak API. All attributes are lists of individual values and will be returned that way by this module. You may pass single values for attributes when calling the module, and this will be translated into a list suitable for the API.

• When updating a group, where possible provide the group ID to the module. This removes a lookup to the API to translate the name into the group ID.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
attributes dictionary	A dict of key/value pairs to set as custom attributes for the group. Values may be single values (e.g. a string) or a list of strings.
auth_client_id string	OpenID Connect client_id to authenticate to the API with. Default: "admin-cli"
auth_client_secret string	Client Secret to use in conjunction with auth_client_id (if required).
auth_keycloak_url aliases: url string / required	URL to the Keycloak instance.
auth_password aliases: password string	Password to authenticate for API access with.
auth_realm string	Keycloak realm name to authenticate to for API access.
auth_username aliases: username string	Username to authenticate for API access with.
connection_timeout integer added in community.general 4.5.0	Controls the HTTP connections timeout period (in seconds) to Keycloak API. Default: 10
http_agent string added in community.general 5.4.0	Configures the HTTP User-Agent header. Default: "Ansible"
id string	The unique identifier for this group. This parameter is not required for updating or deleting a group but providing it will reduce the number of API calls required.
name string	Name of the group. This parameter is required only when creating or updating the group.
parents list / elements=dictionary added in community.general 6.4.0	List of parent groups for the group to handle sorted top to bottom. Set this to create a group as a subgroup of another group or groups (parents) or when accessing an existing subgroup by name. Not necessary to set when accessing an existing subgroup by its ID because in that case the group can be directly queried without necessarily knowing its parent(s).
id string	Identify parent by ID. Needs less API calls than using parents[].name. A deep parent chain can be started at any point when first given parent is given as ID. Note that in principle both ID and name can be specified at the same time but current implementation only always use just one of them, with ID being preferred.
name string	Identify parent by name. Needs more internal API calls than using parents[].id to map names to ID’s under the hood. When giving a parent chain with only names it must be complete up to the top. Note that in principle both ID and name can be specified at the same time but current implementation only always use just one of them, with ID being preferred.
realm string	They Keycloak realm under which this group resides. Default: "master"
state string	State of the group. On present, the group will be created if it does not yet exist, or updated with the parameters you provide. On absent, the group will be removed if it exists. Be aware that absenting a group with subgroups will automatically delete all its subgroups too. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
token string added in community.general 3.0.0	Authentication token for Keycloak API.
validate_certs boolean	Verify TLS certificates (do not disable this in production). Choices: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: full	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

• Presently, the end_state.realmRoles, end_state.clientRoles, and end_state.access attributes returned by the Keycloak API are read-only for groups. This limitation will be removed in a later version of this module.

Examples

- name: Create a Keycloak group, authentication with credentials
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  register: result_new_kcgrp
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a Keycloak group, authentication with token
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    token: TOKEN
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete a keycloak group
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    id: '9d59aa76-2755-48c6-b1af-beb70a82c3cd'
    state: absent
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete a Keycloak group based on name
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-group-for-deletion
    state: absent
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update the name of a Keycloak group
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    id: '9d59aa76-2755-48c6-b1af-beb70a82c3cd'
    name: an-updated-kc-group-name
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a keycloak group with some custom attributes
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    name: my-new_group
    attributes:
        attrib1: value1
        attrib2: value2
        attrib3:
            - with
            - numerous
            - individual
            - list
            - items
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a Keycloak subgroup of a base group (using parent name)
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group-sub
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    parents:
      - name: my-new-kc-group
  register: result_new_kcgrp_sub
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a Keycloak subgroup of a base group (using parent id)
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group-sub2
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    parents:
      - id: "{{ result_new_kcgrp.end_state.id }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a Keycloak subgroup of a subgroup (using parent names)
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group-sub-sub
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    parents:
      - name: my-new-kc-group
      - name: my-new-kc-group-sub
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a Keycloak subgroup of a subgroup (using direct parent id)
  community.general.keycloak_group:
    name: my-new-kc-group-sub-sub
    realm: MyCustomRealm
    state: present
    auth_client_id: admin-cli
    auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
    auth_realm: master
    auth_username: USERNAME
    auth_password: PASSWORD
    parents:
      - id: "{{ result_new_kcgrp_sub.end_state.id }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Description
end_state complex	Representation of the group after module execution (sample is truncated). Returned: on success
access dictionary	A dict describing the accesses you have to this group based on the credentials used. Returned: always Sample: {"manage": true, "manageMembership": true, "view": true}
attributes dictionary	Attributes applied to this group. Returned: always Sample: {"attr1": ["val1", "val2", "val3"]}
clientRoles list / elements=string	A list of client-level roles granted to this group. Returned: always Sample: []
id string	GUID that identifies the group. Returned: always Sample: "23f38145-3195-462c-97e7-97041ccea73e"
name string	Name of the group. Returned: always Sample: "grp-test-123"
path string	URI path to the group. Returned: always Sample: "/grp-test-123"
realmRoles list / elements=string	An array of the realm-level roles granted to this group. Returned: always Sample: []
subGroups list / elements=string	A list of groups that are children of this group. These groups will have the same parameters as documented here. Returned: always
msg string	Message as to what action was taken. Returned: always

Authors

• Adam Goossens (@adamgoossens)

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