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manageiq_user - Management of users in ManageIQ.

New in version 2.4.

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 Choices/Defaults Comments
email Default:
None
The users' E-mail address.
group Default:
None
The name of the group to which the user belongs.
manageiq_connection
required
ManageIQ connection configuration information.
username
ManageIQ username. MIQ_USERNAME env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
verify_ssl Default:
yes
Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.
url
required
ManageIQ environment url. MIQ_URL env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
ca_bundle_path Default:
None
The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.
password
ManageIQ password. MIQ_PASSWORD env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
token
ManageIQ token. MIQ_TOKEN env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
name Default:
None
The users' full name.
password Default:
None
The users' password.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
absent - user should not exist, present - user should be.
update_password
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • always ←
  • on_create
always will update passwords unconditionally. on_create will only set the password for a newly created user.
userid
required
The unique userid in manageiq, often mentioned as username.

Examples

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ
  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'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ using a token
  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'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ
  manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Delete a user in ManageIQ using a token
  manageiq_user:
    state: 'absent'
    userid: 'jdoe'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ
  manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: 'jaustine@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      username: 'admin'
      password: 'smartvm'
      verify_ssl: False

- name: Update email of user in ManageIQ using a token
  manageiq_user:
    userid: 'jdoe'
    email: 'jaustine@example.com'
    manageiq_connection:
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'
      token: 'sometoken'
      verify_ssl: False

Status

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

Author

  • Daniel Korn (@dkorn)

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