README-location.md

Location module

Description

The location module allows to ensure presence and absence of locations.

Features

• Location management

Supported FreeIPA Versions

FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipalocation 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 location "my_location1" is present:

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

  tasks:
  - ipalocation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: my_location1
      description: My Location 1

Example playbook to make sure location "my_location1" is absent:

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

  tasks:
  - ipalocation:
      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
      name: my_location1
      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 | idnsname	The list of location name strings.	yes
description	The IPA location string	false
state	The state to ensure. It can be one of present, absent, default: present.	no

Authors

Thomas Woerner