theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup – Manage External User Groups

Note

This plugin is part of the theforeman.foreman collection (version 2.0.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install theforeman.foreman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup.

New in version 1.0.0: of theforeman.foreman

Synopsis

  • Create, update, and delete external user groups

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_source
string / required
Name of the authentication source to be used for this group

aliases: auth_source_ldap
name
string / required
Name of the group
password
string / required
Password of the user accessing the Foreman server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_PASSWORD will be used instead.
server_url
string / required
URL of the Foreman server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_SERVER_URL will be used instead.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the entity
usergroup
string / required
Name of the linked usergroup
username
string / required
Username accessing the Foreman server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_USERNAME will be used instead.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Examples

- name: Create an external user group
  theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup:
    name: test
    auth_source: "My LDAP server"
    usergroup: "Internal Usergroup"
    state: present
- name: Link a group from FreeIPA
  theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup:
    name: ipa_users
    auth_source: "External"
    usergroup: "Internal Usergroup"
    state: present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
entity
dictionary
success
Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.
 
external_usergroups
list / elements=dictionary
success
List of external usergroups.


Authors

  • Kirill Shirinkin (@Fodoj)