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iosxr_user - Manage the aggregate of local users on Cisco IOS XR device

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of the local usernames configured on network devices. It allows playbooks to manage either individual usernames or the aggregate of usernames in the current running config. It also supports purging usernames from the configuration that are not explicitly defined.

Requirements

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

  • base64 when using public_key_contents or public_key
  • lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf
  • ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf
  • paramiko when using public_key_contents or public_key

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
The set of username objects to be configured on the remote Cisco IOS XR device. The list entries can either be the username or a hash of username and properties. This argument is mutually exclusive with the name argument.

aliases: users, collection
configured_password
The password to be configured on the Cisco IOS XR device. The password needs to be provided in clear text. Password is encrypted on the device when used with cli and by Ansible when used with netconf using the same MD5 hash technique with salt size of 3. Please note that this option is not same as provider password.
group
Configures the group for the username in the device running configuration. The argument accepts a string value defining the group name. This argument does not check if the group has been configured on the device.

aliases: role
groups
(added in 2.5)
Configures the groups for the username in the device running configuration. The argument accepts a list of group names. This argument does not check if the group has been configured on the device. It is similar to the aggregrate command for usernames, but lets you configure multiple groups for the user(s).
name
The username to be configured on the Cisco IOS XR device. This argument accepts a string value and is mutually exclusive with the aggregate argument. Please note that this option is not same as provider username.
provider
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
username
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
required
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port Default:
22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
public_key
(added in 2.5)
Configures the contents of the public keyfile to upload to the IOS-XR node. This enables users to login using the accompanying private key. IOS-XR only accepts base64 decoded files, so this will be decoded and uploaded to the node. Do note that this requires an OpenSSL public key file, PuTTy generated files will not work! Mutually exclusive with public_key_contents. If used with multiple users in aggregates, then the same key file is used for all users.
public_key_contents
(added in 2.5)
Configures the contents of the public keyfile to upload to the IOS-XR node. This enables users to login using the accompanying private key. IOS-XR only accepts base64 decoded files, so this will be decoded and uploaded to the node. Do note that this requires an OpenSSL public key file, PuTTy generated files will not work! Mutually exclusive with public_key.If used with multiple users in aggregates, then the same key file is used for all users.
purge
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Instructs the module to consider the resource definition absolute. It will remove any previously configured usernames on the device with the exception of the `admin` user and the current defined set of users.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Configures the state of the username definition as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set to present, the username(s) should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the username(s) should not be in the device active configuration
update_password
    Choices:
  • on_create
  • always ←
Since passwords are encrypted in the device running config, this argument will instruct the module when to change the password. When set to always, the password will always be updated in the device and when set to on_create the password will be updated only if the username is created.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.2
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- name: create a new user
  iosxr_user:
    name: ansible
    configured_password: mypassword
    state: present
- name: remove all users except admin
  iosxr_user:
    purge: True
- name: set multiple users to group sys-admin
  iosxr_user:
    aggregate:
      - name: netop
      - name: netend
    group: sysadmin
    state: present
- name: set multiple users to multiple groups
  iosxr_user:
    aggregate:
      - name: netop
      - name: netend
    groups:
      - sysadmin
      - root-system
    state: present
- name: Change Password for User netop
  iosxr_user:
    name: netop
    configured_password: "{{ new_password }}"
    update_password: always
    state: present
- name: Add private key authentication for user netop
  iosxr_user:
    name: netop
    state: present
    public_key_contents: "{{ lookup('file', '/home/netop/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['username ansible secret password group sysadmin', 'username admin secret admin']
xml
list

(added in 2.5)
 always (empty list when no xml rpc to send)
NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport netconf

Sample:
['<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"> <aaa xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-aaa-lib-cfg"> <usernames xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-aaa-locald-cfg"> <username xc:operation="merge"> <name>test7</name> <usergroup-under-usernames> <usergroup-under-username> <name>sysadmin</name> </usergroup-under-username> </usergroup-under-usernames> <secret>$1$ZsXC$zZ50wqhDC543ZWQkkAHLW0</secret> </username> </usernames> </aaa> </config>']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Network Team, see here.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)
  • Sebastiaan van Doesselaar (@sebasdoes)
  • Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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