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.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.auth_source_ldap -- Manage LDAP Authentication Sources
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.. Collection note

.. note::
    This plugin is part of the `theforeman.foreman collection <https://galaxy.ansible.com/theforeman/foreman>`_ (version 2.1.2).

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

    To use it in a playbook, specify: :code:`theforeman.foreman.auth_source_ldap`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 1.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

.. contents::
   :local:
   :depth: 1

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Create, update, and delete LDAP authentication sources


.. Aliases


.. Requirements

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

- requests


.. Options

Parameters
----------

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    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
                        <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
                    <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-account"></div>
                    <b>account</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-account" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Account name to use when accessing the LDAP server.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-account_password"></div>
                    <b>account_password</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-account_password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Account password to use when accessing the LDAP server.</div>
                                            <div>Required when using <em>onthefly_register</em>.</div>
                                            <div>When this parameter is set, the module will not be idempotent.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-attr_firstname"></div>
                    <b>attr_firstname</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-attr_firstname" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Attribute containing first name.</div>
                                            <div>Required when using <em>onthefly_register</em>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-attr_lastname"></div>
                    <b>attr_lastname</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-attr_lastname" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Attribute containing last name.</div>
                                            <div>Required when using <em>onthefly_register</em>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-attr_login"></div>
                    <b>attr_login</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-attr_login" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Attribute containing login ID.</div>
                                            <div>Required when using <em>onthefly_register</em>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-attr_mail"></div>
                    <b>attr_mail</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-attr_mail" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Attribute containing email address.</div>
                                            <div>Required when using <em>onthefly_register</em>.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-attr_photo"></div>
                    <b>attr_photo</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-attr_photo" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Attribute containing user photo</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-base_dn"></div>
                    <b>base_dn</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-base_dn" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The base DN to use when searching.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-groups_base"></div>
                    <b>groups_base</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-groups_base" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Base DN where groups reside.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-host"></div>
                    <b>host</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-host" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The hostname of the LDAP server</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-ldap_filter"></div>
                    <b>ldap_filter</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-ldap_filter" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Filter to apply to LDAP searches</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-locations"></div>
                    <b>locations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-locations" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>List of locations the entity should be assigned to</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div>
                    <b>name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The name of the LDAP authentication source</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-onthefly_register"></div>
                    <b>onthefly_register</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-onthefly_register" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether or not to register users on the fly.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-organizations"></div>
                    <b>organizations</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-organizations" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>                                            </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>List of organizations the entity should be assigned to</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-password"></div>
                    <b>password</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-password" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Password of the user accessing the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_PASSWORD</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-port"></div>
                    <b>port</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-port" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                    <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">389</div>
                                    </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>The port number of the LDAP server</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_type"></div>
                    <b>server_type</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_type" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>free_ipa</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>active_directory</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>posix</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Type of the LDAP server</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-server_url"></div>
                    <b>server_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-server_url" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>URL of the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_SERVER_URL</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-state"></div>
                    <b>state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-state" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                            <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>absent</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>State of the entity</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-tls"></div>
                    <b>tls</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-tls" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether or not to use TLS when contacting the LDAP server.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-use_netgroups"></div>
                    <b>use_netgroups</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-use_netgroups" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether to use NIS netgroups instead of posix groups, not valid for <em>server_type=active_directory</em></div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-usergroup_sync"></div>
                    <b>usergroup_sync</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-usergroup_sync" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li>yes</li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether or not to sync external user groups on login</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-username"></div>
                    <b>username</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-username" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                                                 / <span style="color: red">required</span>                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Username accessing the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_USERNAME</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                                                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-validate_certs"></div>
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-validate_certs" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                                                                    </div>
                                                        </td>
                                <td>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                                                                                                                                                <li>no</li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                                                                    </ul>
                                                                            </td>
                                                                <td>
                                            <div>Whether or not to verify the TLS certificates of the Foreman server.</div>
                                            <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>FOREMAN_VALIDATE_CERTS</code> will be used instead.</div>
                                                        </td>
            </tr>
                        </table>
    <br/>

.. Notes


.. Seealso


.. Examples

Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml+jinja

    
    - name: LDAP Authentication source
      theforeman.foreman.auth_source_ldap:
        name: "Example LDAP"
        host: "ldap.example.org"
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        locations:
          - "Uppsala"
        organizations:
          - "Sweden"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: present

    - name: LDAP Authentication with automatic registration
      theforeman.foreman.auth_source_ldap:
        name: "Example LDAP"
        host: "ldap.example.org"
        onthefly_register: True
        account: uid=ansible,cn=sysaccounts,cn=etc,dc=example,dc=com
        account_password: secret
        base_dn: dc=example,dc=com
        groups_base: cn=groups,cn=accounts, dc=example,dc=com
        server_type: free_ipa
        attr_login: uid
        attr_firstname: givenName
        attr_lastname: sn
        attr_mail: mail
        attr_photo: jpegPhoto
        server_url: "https://foreman.example.com"
        username: "admin"
        password: "changeme"
        state: present




.. Facts


.. Return values

Return Values
-------------
Common return values are documented :ref:`here <common_return_values>`, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
                    <tr>
                                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity"></div>
                    <b>entity</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                                          </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>Final state of the affected entities grouped by their type.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-entity/auth_source_ldaps"></div>
                    <b>auth_source_ldaps</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/auth_source_ldaps" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>                    </div>
                                    </td>
                <td>success</td>
                <td>
                                            <div>List of auth sources for LDAP.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
                        </table>
    <br/><br/>

..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
~~~~~~~

- Christoffer Reijer (@ephracis) Basalt AB



.. Parsing errors