README-pwpolicy.md

Pwpolicy module

Description

The pwpolicy module allows to ensure presence and absence of pwpolicies.

Features

• Pwpolicy management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipapwpolicy 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 presence of pwpolicies for exisiting group ops:

  tasks:
  - name: Ensure presence of pwpolicies for group ops
    ipapwpolicy:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: ops
      minlife: 7
      maxlife: 49
      history: 5
      priority: 1
      lockouttime: 300
      minlength: 8
      maxfail: 3

Example playbook to ensure absence of pwpolicies for group ops:

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

  tasks:
  # Ensure absence of pwpolicies for group ops
  - ipapwpolicy:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: ops
      state: absent

Example playbook to ensure maxlife is set to 49 in global policy:

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

  tasks:
  # Ensure absence of pwpolicies for group ops
  - ipapwpolicy:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      maxlife: 49

Variables

ipapwpolicy

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 pwpolicy name strings. If name is not given, global_policy will be used automatically.	no
maxlife | krbmaxpwdlife	Maximum password lifetime in days. (int)	no
minlife | krbminpwdlife	Minimum password lifetime in hours. (int)	no
history | krbpwdhistorylength	Password history size. (int)	no
minclasses | krbpwdmindiffchars	Minimum number of character classes. (int)	no
minlength | krbpwdminlength	Minimum length of password. (int)	no
priority | cospriority	Priority of the policy, higher number means lower priority. (int)	no
maxfail | krbpwdmaxfailure	Consecutive failures before lockout. (int)	no
failinterval | krbpwdfailurecountinterval	Period after which failure count will be reset in seconds. (int)	no
lockouttime | krbpwdlockoutduration	Period for which lockout is enforced in seconds. (int)	no
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present or absent, default: present.	yes

Authors

Thomas Woerner