community.general.ldap_entry module – Add or remove LDAP entries
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).
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
.
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.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python-ldap
Parameters
Parameter |
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If 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 Default: |
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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. |
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The password to use with Default: |
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Set the path to PEM file with CA certs. |
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PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication. Required if |
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PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication. Required if |
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The DN of the entry to add or remove. |
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If |
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If Choices:
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Set the referrals chasing behavior.
Choices:
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The class to use for SASL authentication. Choices:
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The 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: |
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If true, we’ll use the START_TLS LDAP extension. Choices:
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The target state of the entry. Choices:
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If set to This should only be used on sites using self-signed certificates. Choices:
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Set the behavior on how to process Xordered DNs.
Choices:
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Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
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Support: full |
Can run in |
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Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
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
andbind_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 }}"