community.general.manageiq_user module – Management of users in ManageIQ

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.manageiq_user.

Synopsis

  • The manageiq_user module supports adding, updating and deleting users in ManageIQ.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

email

string

The users’ E-mail address.

group

string

The name of the group to which the user belongs.

manageiq_connection

dictionary

ManageIQ connection configuration information.

ca_cert

aliases: ca_bundle_path

string

The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates.

password

string

ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

token

string

ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.

url

string

ManageIQ environment URL. MIQ_URL environment variable if set. Otherwise, it is required to pass it.

username

string

ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.

validate_certs

aliases: verify_ssl

boolean

Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

name

string

The users’ full name.

password

string

The users’ password.

state

string

absent - user should not exist, present - user should be.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

update_password

string

always will update passwords unconditionally. on_create will only set the password for a newly created user.

Choices:

  • "always" ← (default)

  • "on_create"

userid

string / required

The unique userid in manageiq, often mentioned as username.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    name: 'Jane Doe'
    password: 'VerySecret'
    group: 'EvmGroup-user'
    email: 'jdoe@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    name: 'Jane Doe'
    password: 'VerySecret'
    group: 'EvmGroup-user'
    email: 'jdoe@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: 'jaustine@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: 'jaustine@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!

Authors

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)