README-hbacrule.md

HBACrule module

Description

The hbacrule (HBAC Rule) module allows to ensure presence and absence of HBAC Rules and host, hostgroups, HBAC Services, HBAC Service Groups, users, and user groups as members of HBAC Rule.

Features

• HBAC Rule management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

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

Requirements

Controller

• Ansible version: 2.8+

Node

• Supported FreeIPA version (see above)

Usage

Example inventory file

[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local

Example playbook to make sure HBAC Rule login exists:

---
- name: Playbook to handle hbacrules
  hbacsvcs: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure HBAC Rule login is present
  - ipahbacrule:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: login

Example playbook to make sure HBAC Rule login exists with the only HBAC Service sshd:

---
- name: Playbook to handle hbacrules
  hbacsvcs: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure HBAC Rule login is present with the only HBAC Service sshd
  - ipahbacrule:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: login
      hbacsvc:
      - sshd

Example playbook to make sure HBAC Service sshd is present in HBAC Rule login:

---
- name: Playbook to handle hbacrules
  hbacsvcs: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure HBAC Service sshd is present in HBAC Rule login
  - ipahbacrule:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: login
      hbacsvc:
      - sshd
      action: member

Example playbook to make sure HBAC Service sshd is absent in HBAC Rule login:

---
- name: Playbook to handle hbacrules
  hbacsvcs: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure HBAC Service sshd is present in HBAC Rule login
  - ipahbacrule:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: login
      hbacsvc:
      - sshd
      action: member
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure HBAC Rule login is absent:

---
- name: Playbook to handle hbacrules
  hbacsvcs: ipaserver
  become: true

  tasks:
  # Ensure HBAC Rule login is present
  - ipahbacrule:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: login
      state: absent

Variables

ipahbacrule

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 | cn	The list of hbacrule name strings.	yes
description	The hbacrule description string.	no
usercategory | usercat	User category the rule applies to. Choices: ["all", ""]	no
hostcategory | hostcat	Host category the rule applies to. Choices: ["all", ""]	no
servicecategory | servicecat	HBAC service category the rule applies to. Choices: ["all", ""]	no
nomembers	Suppress processing of membership attributes. (bool)	no
host	List of host name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
hostgroup	List of host group name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
hbacsvc	List of HBAC Service name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
hbacsvcgroup	List of HBAC Service Group name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
user	List of user name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
group	List of user group name strings assigned to this hbacrule.	no
action	Work on hbacrule or member level. It can be on of member or hbacrule and defaults to hbacrule.	no
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present, absent, enabled or disabled, default: present.	no

Authors

Thomas Woerner