community.general.ldap_attr – Add or remove LDAP attribute values

• DEPRECATED
• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in

version 3.0.0

Why

The current “ldap_attr” module does not support LDAP attribute insertions or deletions with objectClass dependencies.

Alternative

Use community.general.ldap_attrs instead. Deprecated in community.general 0.2.0.

Synopsis

• Add or remove LDAP attribute values.

Requirements

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

• python-ldap

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Configure directory number 1 for example.com
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
    name: olcSuffix
    values: dc=example,dc=com
    state: exact

# The complex argument format is required here to pass a list of ACL strings.
- name: Set up the ACL
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
    name: olcAccess
    values:
      - >-
        {0}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange
        by self write
        by anonymous auth
        by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" write
        by * none'
      - >-
        {1}to dn.base="dc=example,dc=com"
        by dn="cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" write
        by * read
    state: exact

- name: Declare some indexes
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
    name: olcDbIndex
    values: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - objectClass eq
    - uid eq

- name: Set up a root user, which we can use later to bootstrap the directory
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
    name: "{{ item.key }}"
    values: "{{ item.value }}"
    state: exact
  with_dict:
    olcRootDN: cn=root,dc=example,dc=com
    olcRootPW: "{SSHA}tabyipcHzhwESzRaGA7oQ/SDoBZQOGND"

- name: Get rid of an unneeded attribute
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: uid=jdoe,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
    name: shadowExpire
    values: []
    state: exact
    server_uri: ldap://localhost/
    bind_dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
    bind_pw: password

#
# The same as in the previous example but with the authentication details
# stored in the ldap_auth variable:
#
# ldap_auth:
#   server_uri: ldap://localhost/
#   bind_dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
#   bind_pw: password
#
# In the example below, 'args' is a task keyword, passed at the same level as the module
- name: Get rid of an unneeded attribute
  community.general.ldap_attr:
    dn: uid=jdoe,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
    name: shadowExpire
    values: []
    state: exact
  args: "{{ ldap_auth }}"

Return Values

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

Status

• This module will be removed in version 3.0.0. [deprecated]
• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Jiri Tyr (@jtyr)