Chapter 44. Managing host groups using the IdM CLI Learn more about how to manage host groups and their members on the command line (CLI) by using the following operations: Viewing host groups and their members Creating host groups Deleting host groups Adding host group members Removing host group members Adding host group member managers Removing host group member managers 44.1. Host groups in IdM IdM host groups can be used to centralize control over important management tasks, particularly access control. Definition of host groups A host group is an entity that contains a set of IdM hosts with common access control rules and other characteristics. For example, you can define host groups based on company departments, physical locations, or access control requirements. A host group in IdM can include: IdM servers and clients Other IdM host groups Host groups created by default By default, the IdM server creates the host group ipaservers for all IdM server hosts. Direct and indirect group members Group attributes in IdM apply to both direct and indirect members: when host group B is a member of host group A, all members of host group B are considered indirect members of host group A. 44.2. Viewing IdM host groups using the CLI Follow this procedure to view IdM host groups using the command line (CLI). Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . Procedure Find all host groups using the ipa hostgroup-find command. To display all attributes of a host group, add the --all option. For example: 44.3. Creating IdM host groups using the CLI Follow this procedure to create IdM host groups using the command line (CLI). Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . Procedure Add a host group using the ipa hostgroup-add command. For example, to create an IdM host group named group_name and give it a description: 44.4. Deleting IdM host groups using the CLI Follow this procedure to delete IdM host groups using the command line (CLI). Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . Procedure Delete a host group using the ipa hostgroup-del command. For example, to delete the IdM host group named group_name : Note Removing a group does not delete the group members from IdM. 44.5. Adding IdM host group members using the CLI You can add hosts as well as host groups as members to an IdM host group using a single command. Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . Optional . Use the ipa hostgroup-find command to find hosts and host groups. Procedure To add a member to a host group, use the ipa hostgroup-add-member and provide the relevant information. You can specify the type of member to add using these options: Use the --hosts option to add one or more hosts to an IdM host group. For example, to add the host named example_member to the group named group_name : Use the --hostgroups option to add one or more host groups to an IdM host group. For example, to add the host group named nested_group to the group named group_name : You can add multiple hosts and multiple host groups to an IdM host group in one single command using the following syntax: Important When adding a host group as a member of another host group, do not create recursive groups. For example, if Group A is a member of Group B, do not add Group B as a member of Group A. Recursive groups can cause unpredictable behavior. 44.6. Removing IdM host group members using the CLI You can remove hosts as well as host groups from an IdM host group using a single command. Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . Optional . Use the ipa hostgroup-find command to confirm that the group includes the member you want to remove. Procedure To remove a host group member, use the ipa hostgroup-remove-member command and provide the relevant information. You can specify the type of member to remove using these options: Use the --hosts option to remove one or more hosts from an IdM host group. For example, to remove the host named example_member from the group named group_name : Use the --hostgroups option to remove one or more host groups from an IdM host group. For example, to remove the host group named nested_group from the group named group_name : Note Removing a group does not delete the group members from IdM. You can remove multiple hosts and multiple host groups from an IdM host group in one single command using the following syntax: 44.7. Adding IdM host group member managers using the CLI You can add hosts as well as host groups as member managers to an IdM host group using a single command. Member managers can add hosts or host groups to IdM host groups but cannot change the attributes of a host group. Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . You must have the name of the host or host group you are adding as member managers and the name of the host group you want them to manage. Procedure Optional: Use the ipa hostgroup-find command to find hosts and host groups. To add a member manager to a host group, use the ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager . For example, to add the user named example_member as a member manager to the group named group_name : Use the --groups option to add one or more host groups as a member manager to an IdM host group. For example, to add the host group named admin_group as a member manager to the group named group_name : Note After you add a member manager to a host group, the update may take some time to spread to all clients in your Identity Management environment. Verification Using the ipa group-show command to verify the host user and host group were added as member managers. Additional resources See ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager --help for more details. See ipa hostgroup-show --help for more details. 44.8. Removing IdM host group member managers using the CLI You can remove hosts as well as host groups as member managers from an IdM host group using a single command. Member managers can remove hosts group member managers from IdM host groups but cannot change the attributes of a host group. Prerequisites Administrator privileges for managing IdM or User Administrator role. An active Kerberos ticket. For details, see Using kinit to log in to IdM manually . You must have the name of the existing member manager host group you are removing and the name of the host group they are managing. Procedure Optional: Use the ipa hostgroup-find command to find hosts and host groups. To remove a member manager from a host group, use the ipa hostgroup-remove-member-manager command. For example, to remove the user named example_member as a member manager from the group named group_name : Use the --groups option to remove one or more host groups as a member manager from an IdM host group. For example, to remove the host group named nested_group as a member manager from the group named group_name : Note After you remove a member manager from a host group, the update may take some time to spread to all clients in your Identity Management environment. Verification Use the ipa group-show command to verify that the host user and host group were removed as member managers. Additional resources See ipa hostgroup-remove-member-manager --help for more details. See ipa hostgroup-show --help for more details.

Commands:
ipa hostgroup-find ------------------- 1 hostgroup matched ------------------- Host-group: ipaservers Description: IPA server hosts ---------------------------- Number of entries returned 1 ----------------------------
ipa hostgroup-find --all ------------------- 1 hostgroup matched ------------------- dn: cn=ipaservers,cn=hostgroups,cn=accounts,dc=idm,dc=local Host-group: ipaservers Description: IPA server hosts Member hosts: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ipauniqueid: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx objectclass: top, groupOfNames, nestedGroup, ipaobject, ipahostgroup ---------------------------- Number of entries returned 1 ----------------------------
ipa hostgroup-add --desc ' My new host group ' group_name --------------------- Added hostgroup "group_name" --------------------- Host-group: group_name Description: My new host group ---------------------
ipa hostgroup-del group_name -------------------------- Deleted hostgroup "group_name" --------------------------
ipa hostgroup-add-member group_name --hosts example_member Host-group: group_name Description: My host group Member hosts: example_member ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup-add-member group_name --hostgroups nested_group Host-group: group_name Description: My host group Member host-groups: nested_group ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup-add-member group_name --hosts={ host1,host2 } --hostgroups={ group1,group2 }
ipa hostgroup-remove-member group_name --hosts example_member Host-group: group_name Description: My host group ------------------------- Number of members removed 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup-remove-member group_name --hostgroups example_member Host-group: group_name Description: My host group ------------------------- Number of members removed 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup- remove -member group_name --hosts={ host1,host2 } --hostgroups={ group1,group2 }
ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager group_name --user example_member Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name Membership managed by users: example_member ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup-add-member-manager group_name --groups admin_group Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name Membership managed by groups: admin_group Membership managed by users: example_member ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
ipa hostgroup-show group_name Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Membership managed by groups: admin_group Membership managed by users: example_member
ipa hostgroup-remove-member-manager group_name --user example_member Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name Membership managed by groups: nested_group --------------------------- Number of members removed 1 ---------------------------
ipa hostgroup-remove-member-manager group_name --groups nested_group Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins Member of netgroups: group_name --------------------------- Number of members removed 1 ---------------------------
ipa hostgroup-show group_name Host-group: group_name Member hosts: server.idm.example.com Member host-groups: project_admins