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.. _ansible_collections.theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup_module:

.. Anchors: short name for ansible.builtin

.. Anchors: aliases



.. Title

theforeman.foreman.external_usergroup -- Manage External User Groups
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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.external_usergroup`.

.. version_added

.. versionadded:: 1.0.0 of theforeman.foreman

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   :depth: 1

.. Deprecated


Synopsis
--------

.. Description

- Create, update, and delete external user groups


.. 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-auth_source"></div>
                    <b>auth_source</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-auth_source" 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>Name of the authentication source to be used for this group</div>
                                                                <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: auth_source_ldap</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>Name of the group</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-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-usergroup"></div>
                    <b>usergroup</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-usergroup" 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>Name of the linked usergroup</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: 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




.. 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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            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
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                    <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/external_usergroups"></div>
                    <b>external_usergroups</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-entity/external_usergroups" 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 external usergroups.</div>
                                        <br/>
                                    </td>
            </tr>
                    
                        </table>
    <br/><br/>

..  Status (Presently only deprecated)


.. Authors

Authors
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- Kirill Shirinkin (@Fodoj)



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