README-user.md

User module

Description

The user module allows to ensure presence, absence, disablement, unlocking and undeletion of users.

The user module is as compatible as possible to the Ansible upstream ipa_user module, but additionally offers to preserve delete, enable, disable, unlock and undelete users.

Features

• User management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipauser module.

Requirements

Controller

• Ansible version: 2.8+

Node

• Supported FreeIPA version (see above)

Usage

Example inventory file

[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local

Example playbook to ensure a user is present:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure user pinky is present
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky
      first: pinky
      last: Acme
      uid: 10001
      gid: 100
      phone: "+555123457"
      email: pinky@acme.com
      passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59"
      password: "no-brain"
      update_password: on_create

  # Ensure user brain is present
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: brain
      first: brain
      last: Acme

update_password controls if a password for a user will be set in present state only on creation or every time (always).

These two ipauser module calls can be combined into one with the users variable:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure users pinky and brain are present
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      users:
      - name: pinky
        first: pinky
        last: Acme
        uid: 10001
        gid: 100
        phone: "+555123457"
        email: pinky@acme.com
        passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59"
        password: "no-brain"
      - name: brain
        first: brain
        last: Acme
      update_password: on_create

You can also alternatively use a json file containing the users, here users_present.json:

{
  "users": [
    {
      "name": "user1",
      "first": "First 1",
      "last": "Last 1"
    },
    {
      "name": "user2",
      "first": "First 2",
      "last": "Last 2"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

And ensure the presence of the users with this example playbook:

---
- name: Tests
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
  - name: Include users_present.json
    include_vars:
      file: users_present.json

  - name: Users present
    ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      users: "{{ users }}"

Ensure user pinky is present with a generated random password and print the random password:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure user pinky is present with a random password
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: brain
      first: brain
      last: Acme
      random: yes
    register: ipauser

  - name: Print generated random password
    debug:
      var: ipauser.user.randompassword

Ensure users pinky and brain are present with a generated random password and print the random passwords:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure users pinky and brain are present with random password
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      users:
      - name: pinky
        first: pinky
        last: Acme
        uid: 10001
        gid: 100
        phone: "+555123457"
        email: pinky@acme.com
        passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59"
        password: "no-brain"
      - name: brain
        first: brain
        last: Acme
    register: ipauser

  - name: Print generated random password of pinky
    debug:
      var: ipauser.user.pinky.randompassword

  - name: Print generated random password of brain
    debug:
      var: ipauser.user.brain.randompassword

Example playbook to delete a user, but preserve it:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Remove but preserve user pinky
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky
      preserve: yes
      state: absent

This can also be done with the users variable containing only names, this can be combined into one module call:

Example playbook to delete a user, but preserve it using the users variable:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Remove but preserve user pinky
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      users:
      - name: pinky
      preserve: yes
      state: absent

This can also be done as an alternative with the users variable containing only names.

Example playbook to undelete a preserved user.

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Undelete preserved user pinky
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky
      state: undeleted

This can also be done as an alternative with the users variable containing only names.

Example playbook to disable a user:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Disable user pinky
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky
      state: disabled

This can also be done as an alternative with the users variable containing only names.

Example playbook to enable users:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Enable user pinky and brain
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky,brain
      state: enabled

This can also be done as an alternative with the users variable containing only names.

Example playbook to unlock users:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Unlock user pinky and brain
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky,brain
      state: unlocked

Example playbook to ensure users are absent:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure users pinky and brain are absent
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: pinky,brain
      state: absent

This can also be done as an alternative with the users variable containing only names.

Example playbook to ensure users are absent:

---
- name: Playbook to handle users
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure users pinky and brain are absent
  - ipauser:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      users:
      - name: pinky
      - name: brain
      state: absent

Variables

ipauser

General Variables:

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
name	The list of user name strings. name with user variables or users containing user variables need to be used.	no
User variables	Only used with name variable in the first level.	no
users	The list of user dicts. Each users dict entry can contain user variables. There is one required option in the users dict:	no
	name - The user name string of the entry.	yes
	User variables	no
preserve	Delete a user, keeping the entry available for future use. (bool)	no
update_password	Set password for a user in present state only on creation or always. It can be one of always or on_create and defaults to always.	no
preserve	Delete a user, keeping the entry available for future use. (bool)	no
action	Work on user or member level. It can be on of member or user and defaults to user.	no
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present, absent, enabled, disabled, unlocked or undeleted, default: present. Only names or users with only name set are allowed if state is not present.	yes

User Variables:

Variable	Description	Required
first | givenname	The first name string.	no
last | sn	The last name string.	no
fullname | cn	The full name string.	no
displayname	The display name string.	no
homedir	The home directory string.	no
shell | loginshell	The login shell string.	no
email	List of email address strings.	no
principal | principalnam | krbprincipalname	The kerberos principal sptring.	no
principalexpiration | krbprincipalexpiration	The kerberos principal expiration date. Possible formats: YYYYMMddHHmmssZ, YYYY-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ, YYYY-MM-ddTHH:mmZ, YYYY-MM-ddZ, YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ or YYYY-MM-dd HH:mmZ. The trailing 'Z' can be skipped.	no
passwordexpiration | krbpasswordexpiration	The kerberos password expiration date. Possible formats: YYYYMMddHHmmssZ, YYYY-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ, YYYY-MM-ddTHH:mmZ, YYYY-MM-ddZ, YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ or YYYY-MM-dd HH:mmZ. The trailing 'Z' can be skipped. Only usable with IPA versions 4.7 and up.	no
password	The user password string.	no
random	Generate a random user password	no
uid | uidnumber	The UID integer.	no
gid | gidnumber	The GID integer.	no
city	City	no
userstate | st	State/Province	no
postalcode | zip	Postalcode/ZIP	no
phone | telephonenumber	List of telephone number strings,	no
mobile	List of mobile telephone number strings.	no
pager	List of pager number strings.	no
fax | facsimiletelephonenumber	List of fax number strings.	no
orgunit	The Organisation unit.	no
title	The job title string.	no
manager	List of manager user names.	no
carlicense	List of car licenses.	no
sshpubkey | ipasshpubkey	List of SSH public keys.	no
userauthtype	List of supported user authentication types. Choices: password, radius, otp and ``. Use empty string to reset userauthtype to the initial value.	no
userclass	User category. (semantics placed on this attribute are for local interpretation).	no
radius	RADIUS proxy configuration	no
radiususer	RADIUS proxy username	no
departmentnumber	Department Number	no
employeenumber	Employee Number	no
employeetype	Employee Type	no
preferredlanguage	Preferred Language	no
certificate	List of base-64 encoded user certificates.	no
certmapdata	List of certificate mappings. Either data or certificate or issuer together with subject need to be specified. Only usable with IPA versions 4.5 and up. Options:	no
	certificate - Base-64 encoded user certificate, not usable with other certmapdata options.	no
	issuer - Issuer of the certificate, only usable together with usbject option.	no
	subject - Subject of the certificate, only usable together with issuer option.	no
	data - Certmap data, not usable with other certmapdata options.	no
noprivate	Do not create user private group. (bool)	no
nomembers	Suppress processing of membership attributes. (bool)	no

Return Values

ipauser

There are only return values if one or more random passwords have been generated.

Variable	Description	Returned When
user	User dict with random password. (dict) Options:	If random is yes and user did not exist or update_password is yes
	randompassword - The generated random password	If only one user is handled by the module
	name - The user name of the user that got a new random password. (dict) Options:   randompassword - The generated random password	If several users are handled by the module

Authors

Thomas Woerner