The role module allows to ensure presence, absence of roles and members of roles.
The role module is as compatible as possible to the Ansible upstream ipa_role
module, but additionally offers role member management.
- Role management
FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the iparole module.
Controller
- Ansible version: 2.14+
Node
- Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
Example inventory file
[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local
Example playbook to make sure role is present with all members:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role with members.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
user:
- pinky
group:
- group01
host:
- host01.example.com
hostgroup:
- hostgroup01
privilege:
- Group Administrators
- User Administrators
service:
- service01
Example playbook to rename a role:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
rename: anotherrole
Example playbook to make sure role is absent:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
state: absent
Example playbook to ensure a user is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
user:
- pinky
action: member
Example playbook to ensure a group is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
host:
- host01.example.com
action: member
Example playbook to ensure a host is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
host:
- host01.example.com
action: member
Example playbook to ensure a hostgroup is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
hostgroup:
- hostgroup01
action: member
Example playbook to ensure a service is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
service:
- service01
action: member
Example playbook to ensure a privilege is a member of a role:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
privilege:
- Group Administrators
- User Administrators
action: member
Example playbook to ensure that different members are not associated with a role.
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA role member.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- iparole:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: somerole
user:
- pinky
group:
- group01
host:
- host01.example.com
hostgroup:
- hostgroup01
privilege:
- Group Administrators
- User Administrators
service:
- service01
action: member
state: absent
Variable | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
ipaadmin_principal |
The admin principal is a string and defaults to admin |
no |
ipaadmin_password |
The admin password is a string and is required if there is no admin ticket available on the node | no |
ipaapi_context |
The context in which the module will execute. Executing in a server context is preferred. If not provided context will be determined by the execution environment. Valid values are server and client . |
no |
ipaapi_ldap_cache |
Use LDAP cache for IPA connection. The bool setting defaults to yes. (bool) | no |
name | cn |
The list of role name strings. | yes |
description |
A description for the role. | no |
rename | new_name |
Rename the role object. | no |
privilege |
Privileges associated to this role. | no |
user |
List of users to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no |
group |
List of groups to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no |
host |
List of hosts to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no |
hostgroup |
List of hostgroups to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no |
service |
List of services to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no |
action |
Work on role or member level. It can be on of member or role and defaults to role . |
no |
state |
The state to ensure. It can be one of present , absent , default: present . |
no |
Rafael Jeffman