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rabbitmq_user - Adds or removes users to RabbitMQ

Synopsis

  • Add or remove users to RabbitMQ and assign permissions

Options

parameter required default choices comments
configure_priv
 no ^$
Regular expression to restrict configure actions on a resource for the specified vhost.
By default all actions are restricted.
This option will be ignored when permissions option is used.
force
 no no
  • yes
  • no
Deletes and recreates the user.
node
 no rabbit
erlang node name of the rabbit we wish to configure
password
 no
Password of user to add.
To change the password of an existing user, you must also specify force=yes.
permissions
 no
a list of dicts, each dict contains vhost, configure_priv, write_priv, and read_priv, and represents a permission rule for that vhost.
This option should be preferable when you care about all permissions of the user.
You should use vhost, configure_priv, write_priv, and read_priv options instead if you care about permissions for just some vhosts.
read_priv
 no ^$
Regular expression to restrict configure actions on a resource for the specified vhost.
By default all actions are restricted.
This option will be ignored when permissions option is used.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Specify if user is to be added or removed
tags
 no
User tags specified as comma delimited
user
 yes
Name of user to add

aliases: username, name
vhost
 no /
vhost to apply access privileges.
This option will be ignored when permissions option is used.
write_priv
 no ^$
Regular expression to restrict configure actions on a resource for the specified vhost.
By default all actions are restricted.
This option will be ignored when permissions option is used.

Examples

# Add user to server and assign full access control on / vhost.
# The user might have permission rules for other vhost but you don't care.
- rabbitmq_user:
    user: joe
    password: changeme
    vhost: /
    configure_priv: .*
    read_priv: .*
    write_priv: .*
    state: present

# Add user to server and assign full access control on / vhost.
# The user doesn't have permission rules for other vhosts
- rabbitmq_user:
    user: joe
    password: changeme
    permissions:
      - vhost: /
        configure_priv: .*
        read_priv: .*
        write_priv: .*
    state: present

Status

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