This role allows to join hosts as clients to an IPA domain. This can be done in differnt ways using auto-discovery of the servers, domain and other settings or by specifying them.
Usage
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Example inventory file with fixed principal and using auto-discovery with DNS records:
[ipaclients]
ipaclient1.example.com
ipaclient2.example.com
[ipaclients:vars]
ipaclient_principal=admin
Example playbook to setup the IPA client(s) using principal from inventory file and password from an [Ansible Vault](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_vault.html) file:
- name: Playbook to configure IPA clients with username/password
hosts: ipaclients
become: true
vars_files:
- playbook_sensitive_data.yml
roles:
- role: ipaclient
state: present
Example playbook to unconfigure the IPA client(s) using principal and password from inventory file:
- name: Playbook to unconfigure IPA clients
hosts: ipaclients
become: true
roles:
- role: ipaclient
state: absent
Example inventory file with fixed servers, principal, password and domain:
[ipaclients]
ipaclient1.example.com
ipaclient2.example.com
[ipaservers]
ipaserver.example.com
[ipaclients:vars]
ipaclient_domain=example.com
ipaclient_principal=admin
ipaclient_password=MySecretPassword123
Example playbook to setup the IPA client(s) using principal and password from inventory file:
- name: Playbook to configure IPA clients with username/password
hosts: ipaclients
become: true
roles:
- role: ipaclient
state: present
Variables
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**ipaservers** - Group of IPA server hostnames.
(list of strings, optional)
**ipaclient_domain** - The primary DNS domain of an existing IPA deployment.
(string, optional)
**ipaclient_realm** - The Kerberos realm of an existing IPA deployment.
(string, optional)
**ipaclient_principal** - The authorized kerberos principal used to join the IPA realm.
(string, optional)
**ipaclient_password** - The password for the kerberos principal.
(string, optional)
**ipaclient_keytab** - The path to a backed-up host keytab from previous enrollment.
(string, optional)
**ipaclient_force_join** - Set force_join to yes to join the host even if it is already enrolled.
(bool, optional)
**ipaclient_kinit_attempts** - Repeat the request for host Kerberos ticket X times if it fails.
(int, optional)
**ipaclient_ntp** - Set to no to not configure and enable NTP
(bool, optional)
**ipaclient_mkhomedir** - Set to yes to configure PAM to create a users home directory if it does not exist.
