ipa_group - Manage FreeIPA group

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Return Values
- Status

Synopsis

Add, modify and delete group within IPA server

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
cn	yes			Canonical name. Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier. aliases: name
external	no			Allow adding external non-IPA members from trusted domains.
gidnumber	no			GID (use this option to set it manually).
group	no			List of group names assigned to this group. If an empty list is passed all groups will be removed from this group. If option is omitted assigned groups will not be checked or changed. Groups that are already assigned but not passed will be removed.
ipa_host	no	ipa.example.com		IP or hostname of IPA server
ipa_pass	yes			Password of administrative user
ipa_port	no	443		Port of IPA server
ipa_prot	no	https	http https	Protocol used by IPA server
ipa_user	no	admin		Administrative account used on IPA server
nonposix	no			Create as a non-POSIX group.
state	no	present	present absent	State to ensure
user	no			List of user names assigned to this group. If an empty list is passed all users will be removed from this group. If option is omitted assigned users will not be checked or changed. Users that are already assigned but not passed will be removed.
validate_certs	no	True		This only applies if `ipa_prot` is https. If set to `no`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `no` used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

# Ensure group is present
- ipa_group:
    name: oinstall
    gidnumber: 54321
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure that groups sysops and appops are assigned to ops but no other group
- ipa_group:
    name: ops
    group:
    - sysops
    - appops
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure that users linus and larry are assign to the group, but no other user
- ipa_group:
    name: sysops
    user:
    - linus
    - larry
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure group is absent
- ipa_group:
    name: sysops
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
group	Group as returned by IPA API	always	dict

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/ipa_group_module.html