Chapter 4. Managing user accounts using Ansible playbooks You can manage users in IdM using Ansible playbooks. After presenting the user life cycle , this chapter describes how to use Ansible playbooks for the following operations: Ensuring the presence of a single user listed directly in the YML file. Ensuring the presence of multiple users listed directly in the YML file. Ensuring the presence of multiple users listed in a JSON file that is referenced from the YML file. Ensuring the absence of users listed directly in the YML file. 4.1. User life cycle Identity Management (IdM) supports three user account states: Stage users are not allowed to authenticate. This is an initial state. Some of the user account properties required for active users cannot be set, for example, group membership. Active users are allowed to authenticate. All required user account properties must be set in this state. Preserved users are former active users that are considered inactive and cannot authenticate to IdM. Preserved users retain most of the account properties they had as active users, but they are not part of any user groups. You can delete user entries permanently from the IdM database. Important Deleted user accounts cannot be restored. When you delete a user account, all the information associated with the account is permanently lost. A new administrator can only be created by a user with administrator rights, such as the default admin user. If you accidentally delete all administrator accounts, the Directory Manager must create a new administrator manually in the Directory Server. Warning Do not delete the admin user. As admin is a pre-defined user required by IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands. If you want to define and use an alternative admin user, disable the pre-defined admin user with ipa user-disable admin after you granted admin permissions to at least one different user. Warning Do not add local users to IdM. The Name Service Switch (NSS) always resolves IdM users and groups before resolving local users and groups. This means that, for example, IdM group membership does not work for local users. 4.2. Ensuring the presence of an IdM user using an Ansible playbook The following procedure describes ensuring the presence of a user in IdM using an Ansible playbook. Prerequisites On the control node: You are using Ansible version 2.13 or later. You have installed the ansible-freeipa package. The example assumes that in the ~/ MyPlaybooks / directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server. The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password . The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica. Procedure Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file , and define ipaserver in it: Create an Ansible playbook file with the data of the user whose presence in IdM you want to ensure. To simplify this step, you can copy and modify the example in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/user/add-user.yml file. For example, to create user named idm_user and add Password123 as the user password: --- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Create user idm_user ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" name: idm_user first: Alice last: Acme uid: 1000111 gid: 10011 phone: "+555123457" email: idm_user@acme.com passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59" password: "Password123" update_password: on_create You must use the following options to add a user: name : the login name first : the first name string last : the last name string For the full list of available user options, see the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/README-user.md Markdown file. Note If you use the update_password: on_create option, Ansible only creates the user password when it creates the user. If the user is already created with a password, Ansible does not generate a new password. Run the playbook: Verification You can verify if the new user account exists in IdM by using the ipa user-show command: Log into ipaserver as admin: Request a Kerberos ticket for admin: Request information about idm_user : The user named idm_user is present in IdM. 4.3. Ensuring the presence of multiple IdM users using Ansible playbooks The following procedure describes ensuring the presence of multiple users in IdM using an Ansible playbook. Prerequisites On the control node: You are using Ansible version 2.13 or later. You have installed the ansible-freeipa package. The example assumes that in the ~/ MyPlaybooks / directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server. The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password . The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica. Procedure Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file , and define ipaserver in it: Create an Ansible playbook file with the data of the users whose presence you want to ensure in IdM. To simplify this step, you can copy and modify the example in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/user/ensure-users-present.yml file. For example, to create users idm_user_1 , idm_user_2 , and idm_user_3 , and add Password123 as the password of idm_user_1 : --- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Create user idm_users ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" users: - name: idm_user_1 first: Alice last: Acme uid: 10001 gid: 10011 phone: "+555123457" email: idm_user@acme.com passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59" password: "Password123" - name: idm_user_2 first: Bob last: Acme uid: 100011 gid: 10011 - name: idm_user_3 first: Eve last: Acme uid: 1000111 gid: 10011 Note If you do not specify the update_password: on_create option, Ansible re-sets the user password every time the playbook is run: if the user has changed the password since the last time the playbook was run, Ansible re-sets password. Run the playbook: Verification You can verify if the user account exists in IdM by using the ipa user-show command: Log into ipaserver as administrator: Display information about idm_user_1 : The user named idm_user_1 is present in IdM. 4.4. Ensuring the presence of multiple IdM users from a JSON file using Ansible playbooks The following procedure describes how you can ensure the presence of multiple users in IdM using an Ansible playbook. The users are stored in a JSON file. Prerequisites On the control node: You are using Ansible version 2.13 or later. You have installed the ansible-freeipa package. The example assumes that in the ~/ MyPlaybooks / directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server. The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password . The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica. Procedure Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file , and define ipaserver in it: Create an Ansible playbook file with the necessary tasks. Reference the JSON file with the data of the users whose presence you want to ensure. To simplify this step, you can copy and modify the example in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/README-user.md file: Create the users.json file, and add the IdM users into it. To simplify this step, you can copy and modify the example in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/README-user.md file. For example, to create users idm_user_1 , idm_user_2 , and idm_user_3 , and add Password123 as the password of idm_user_1 : { "users": [ { "name": "idm_user_1", "first": "First 1", "last": "Last 1", "password": "Password123" }, { "name": "idm_user_2", "first": "First 2", "last": "Last 2" }, { "name": "idm_user_3", "first": "First 3", "last": "Last 3" } ] } Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: Verification You can verify if the user accounts are present in IdM using the ipa user-show command: Log into ipaserver as administrator: Display information about idm_user_1 : The user named idm_user_1 is present in IdM. 4.5. Ensuring the absence of users using Ansible playbooks The following procedure describes how you can use an Ansible playbook to ensure that specific users are absent from IdM. Prerequisites On the control node: You are using Ansible version 2.13 or later. You have installed the ansible-freeipa package. The example assumes that in the ~/ MyPlaybooks / directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server. The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password . The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica. Procedure Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file , and define ipaserver in it: Create an Ansible playbook file with the users whose absence from IdM you want to ensure. To simplify this step, you can copy and modify the example in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/user/ensure-users-present.yml file. For example, to delete users idm_user_1 , idm_user_2 , and idm_user_3 : --- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Delete users idm_user_1, idm_user_2, idm_user_3 ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" users: - name: idm_user_1 - name: idm_user_2 - name: idm_user_3 state: absent Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: Verification You can verify that the user accounts do not exist in IdM by using the ipa user-show command: Log into ipaserver as administrator: Request information about idm_user_1 : The user named idm_user_1 does not exist in IdM. 4.6. Additional resources See the README-user.md Markdown file in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/ directory. See sample Ansible playbooks in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/user directory.

Commands:
[ipaserver] server.idm.example.com
--- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Create user idm_user ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" name: idm_user first: Alice last: Acme uid: 1000111 gid: 10011 phone: "+555123457" email: idm_user@acme.com passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59" password: "Password123" update_password: on_create
ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file path_to_playbooks_directory/add-IdM-user.yml
ssh admin@server.idm.example.com Password: [admin@server /]USD
kinit admin Password for admin@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM:
ipa user-show idm_user User login: idm_user First name: Alice Last name: Acme .
[ipaserver] server.idm.example.com
--- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Create user idm_users ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" users: - name: idm_user_1 first: Alice last: Acme uid: 10001 gid: 10011 phone: "+555123457" email: idm_user@acme.com passwordexpiration: "2023-01-19 23:59:59" password: "Password123" - name: idm_user_2 first: Bob last: Acme uid: 100011 gid: 10011 - name: idm_user_3 first: Eve last: Acme uid: 1000111 gid: 10011
ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file path_to_playbooks_directory/add-users.yml
ssh administrator@server.idm.example.com Password: [admin@server /]USD
ipa user-show idm_user_1 User login: idm_user_1 First name: Alice Last name: Acme Password: True .
[ipaserver] server.idm.example.com
--- - name: Ensure users' presence hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Include users_present.json include_vars: file: users_present.json - name: Users present ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" users: "{{ users }}"
{ "users": [ { "name": "idm_user_1", "first": "First 1", "last": "Last 1", "password": "Password123" }, { "name": "idm_user_2", "first": "First 2", "last": "Last 2" }, { "name": "idm_user_3", "first": "First 3", "last": "Last 3" } ] }
ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory /inventory.file path_to_playbooks_directory /ensure-users-present-jsonfile.yml
ssh administrator@server.idm.example.com Password: [admin@server /]USD
ipa user-show idm_user_1 User login: idm_user_1 First name: Alice Last name: Acme Password: True .
[ipaserver] server.idm.example.com
--- - name: Playbook to handle users hosts: ipaserver vars_files: - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml tasks: - name: Delete users idm_user_1, idm_user_2, idm_user_3 ipauser: ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}" users: - name: idm_user_1 - name: idm_user_2 - name: idm_user_3 state: absent
ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory /inventory.file path_to_playbooks_directory /delete-users.yml
ssh administrator@server.idm.example.com Password: [admin@server /]USD
ipa user-show idm_user_1 ipa: ERROR: idm_user_1: user not found