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panos_admin – Add or modify PAN-OS user accounts password.
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- PanOS module that allows changes to the user account passwords by doing API calls to the Firewall using pan-api as the protocol.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- pan-python
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| admin_password 
        - / required
        | 
        password for admin user
        | |
| admin_username 
        -
        | Default: 
        "admin"
        | 
        username for admin user
        | 
| commit 
        boolean
        | 
 | 
        commit if changed
        | 
| ip_address 
        - / required
        | 
        IP address (or hostname) of PAN-OS device.
        | |
| password 
        - / required
        | 
        Password for authentication.
        | |
| role 
        -
        | 
        role for admin user
        | |
| username 
        -
        | Default: 
        "admin"
        | 
        Username for authentication.
        | 
Examples
# Set the password of user admin to "badpassword"
# Doesn't commit the candidate config
  - name: set admin password
    panos_admin:
      ip_address: "192.168.1.1"
      password: "admin"
      admin_username: admin
      admin_password: "badpassword"
      commit: False
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| status 
        string
        | success | 
        success status
        Sample:
        
        okey dokey
        | 
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)
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