README-delegation.md

Delegation module

Description

The delegation module allows to ensure presence, absence of delegations and delegation attributes.

Features

• Delegation management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipadelegation 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 delegation "basic manager attributes" is present:

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

  tasks:
  - ipadelegation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: "basic manager attributes"
      permission: read
      attribute:
      - businesscategory
      - employeetype
      group: managers
      membergroup: employees

Example playbook to make sure delegation "basic manager attributes" is absent:

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

  tasks:
  - ipadelegation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: "basic manager attributes"
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure "basic manager attributes" member attributes employeetype and employeenumber are present:

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

  tasks:
  - ipadelegation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: "basic manager attributes"
      attribute:
      - employeenumber
      - employeetype
      action: member

Example playbook to make sure "basic manager attributes" member attributes employeetype and employeenumber are absent:

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

  tasks:
  - ipadelegation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: "basic manager attributes"
      attribute:
      - employeenumber
      - employeetype
      action: member
      state: absent

Example playbook to make sure delegation "basic manager attributes" is absent:

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

  tasks:
  - ipadelegation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: "basic manager attributes"
      state: absent

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 | aciname	The list of delegation name strings.	yes
permission | permissions	The permission to grant read, read,write, write]. Default is write.	no
attribute | attrs	The attribute list to which the delegation applies.	no
membergroup | memberof	The user group to apply delegation to.	no
group	User group ACI grants access to.	no
action	Work on delegation or member level. It can be on of member or delegation and defaults to delegation.	no
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present, absent, default: present.	no

Authors

Thomas Woerner