community.general.run0 become – Systemd’s run0

Note

This become plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 13.0.1).

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.run0.

New in community.general 9.0.0

Synopsis

  • This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user using the run0 utility.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

become_exe

string

run0 executable.

Default: "run0"

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_exe = run0

    [run0_become_plugin]
executable = run0

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_RUN0_EXE

  • Variable: ansible_become_exe

  • Variable: ansible_run0_exe

become_flags

string

Options to pass to run0.

Default: ""

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_flags = ""

    [run0_become_plugin]
flags = ""

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_RUN0_FLAGS

  • Variable: ansible_become_flags

  • Variable: ansible_run0_flags

become_user

string

User you ‘become’ to execute the task.

Default: "root"

Configuration:

  • INI entries:

    [privilege_escalation]
become_user = root

    [run0_become_plugin]
user = root

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER

  • Environment variable: ANSIBLE_RUN0_USER

  • Variable: ansible_become_user

  • Variable: ansible_run0_user

Note

Configuration entries listed above for each entry type (Ansible variable, environment variable, and so on) have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up. The entry types are also ordered by precedence from low to high priority order. For example, an ansible.cfg entry (further up in the list) is overwritten by an Ansible variable (further down in the list).

Notes

Note

  • This plugin only works when a polkit rule is in place.

  • This become plugin does not work when connection pipelining is enabled. With ansible-core 2.19+, using it automatically disables pipelining. On ansible-core 2.18 and before, pipelining must explicitly be disabled by the user.

Examples

# An example polkit rule that allows the user 'ansible' in the 'wheel' group
# to execute commands using run0 without authentication.
/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/60-run0-fast-user-auth.rules: |-
  polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
    if(action.id == "org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units" &&
      subject.isInGroup("wheel") &&
      subject.user == "ansible") {
        return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
  });

Authors

  • Thomas Sjögren (@konstruktoid)