community.general.udm_group module – Manage of the posix group

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.

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

Synopsis

  • This module allows to manage user groups on a univention corporate server (UCS). It uses the python API of the UCS to create a new object or edit it.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

Group description.

name

string / required

Name of the posix group.

ou

string

LDAP OU, e.g. school for LDAP OU ou=school,dc=example,dc=com.

Default: ""

position

string

define the whole ldap position of the group, e.g. cn=g123m-1A,cn=classes,cn=schueler,cn=groups,ou=schule,dc=example,dc=com.

Default: ""

state

string

Whether the group is present or not.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

subpath

string

Subpath inside the OU, e.g. cn=classes,cn=students,cn=groups.

Default: "cn=groups"

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

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

diff_mode

Support: partial

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

Examples

- name: Create a POSIX group
  community.general.udm_group:
    name: g123m-1A

# Create a POSIX group with the exact DN
# C(cn=g123m-1A,cn=classes,cn=students,cn=groups,ou=school,dc=school,dc=example,dc=com)
- name: Create a POSIX group with a DN
  community.general.udm_group:
    name: g123m-1A
    subpath: 'cn=classes,cn=students,cn=groups'
    ou: school

# or
- name: Create a POSIX group with a DN
  community.general.udm_group:
    name: g123m-1A
    position: 'cn=classes,cn=students,cn=groups,ou=school,dc=school,dc=example,dc=com'

Authors

  • Tobias Rüetschi (@keachi)