README-server.md

Server module

Description

The server module allows to ensure presence and absence of servers. The module requires an existing server, the deployment of a new server can not be done with the module.

Features

• Server management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipaserver 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 server "server.example.com" is already present in the topology:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com

This task is not deploying a new server, it is only checking if the server eists. It will therefore fail if the server does not exist.

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" has location mylocation:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      location: mylocation

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" does not have a location:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      location: ""

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" has service weight 1:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      service_weight: 1

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" does not have a service weight:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      service_weight: -1

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is hidden:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      hidden: yes

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is not hidden:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      hidden: no

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent from the topology:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent from the topology in continuous mode to ignore errors:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      continue: yes
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent from the topology with skipping the last of role check:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      ignore_last_of_role: yes
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent from the topology with skipping the topology disconnect check:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      ignore_topology_disconnect: yes
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent from the domain in force mode even if it does not exist:

---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
  hosts: ipaserver
  become: yes

  tasks:
  - ipaserver:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: server.example.com
      force: yes
      state: absent

This task will always report a change.

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
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 server name strings.	yes
location | ipalocation_location	The server location string. Only in state: present. "" for location reset.	no
service_weight | ipaserviceweight	Weight for server services. Type Values 0 to 65535, -1 for weight reset. Only in state: present. (int)	no
hidden	Set hidden state of a server. Only in state: present. (bool)	no
no_members	Suppress processing of membership attributes. Only in state: present. (bool)	no
delete_continue | continue	Continuous mode: Don't stop on errors. Only in state: absent. (bool)	no
ignore_last_of_role	Skip a check whether the last CA master or DNS server is removed. Only in state: absent. (bool)	no
ignore_topology_disconnect	Ignore topology connectivity problems after removal. Only in state: absent. (bool)	no
force	Force server removal even if it does not exist. Will always result in changed. Only in state: absent. (bool)	no
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present, absent, default: present. present is only working with existing servers.	no

Authors

Thomas Woerner