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win_domain_group_membership – Manage Windows domain group membership
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis
- Allows the addition and removal of domain users and domain groups from/to a domain group.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| domain_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password for username.
         | 
     |
| domain_server
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the Active Directory Domain Services instance to connect to.
        
       
        Can be in the form of an FQDN or NetBIOS name.
        
       
        If not specified then the value is based on the domain of the computer running PowerShell.
         | 
     |
| domain_username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The username to use when interacting with AD.
        
       
        If this is not set then the user Ansible used to log in with will be used instead when using CredSSP or Kerberos with credential delegation.
         | 
     |
| members
        
        list / required
         | 
      
        
        A list of members to ensure are present/absent from the group.
        
       
        The given names must be a SamAccountName of a user, group, service account, or computer.
        
       
        For computers, you must add "$" after the name; for example, to add "Mycomputer" to a group, use "Mycomputer$" as the member.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the domain group to manage membership on.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Desired state of the members in the group.
        
       
        When  state is pure, only the members specified will exist, and all other existing members not specified are removed.
        | 
     
See Also
See also
- win_domain_user – Manages Windows Active Directory user accounts
 - The official documentation on the win_domain_user module.
 - win_domain_group – Creates, modifies or removes domain groups
 - The official documentation on the win_domain_group module.
 
Examples
- name: Add a domain user/group to a domain group
  win_domain_group_membership:
    name: Foo
    members:
      - Bar
    state: present
- name: Remove a domain user/group from a domain group
  win_domain_group_membership:
    name: Foo
    members:
      - Bar
    state: absent
- name: Ensure only a domain user/group exists in a domain group
  win_domain_group_membership:
    name: Foo
    members:
      - Bar
    state: pure
- name: Add a computer to a domain group
  win_domain_group_membership:
    name: Foo
    members:
      - DESKTOP$
    state: present
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| added
        
        list
         | 
      success and state is present or pure | 
      
        
        A list of members added when   state is present or pure; this is empty if no members are added.
       Sample:
        
       
        ['UserName', 'GroupName']
         | 
     
| members
        
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        A list of all domain group members at completion; this is empty if the group contains no members.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['UserName', 'GroupName']
         | 
     
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The name of the target domain group.
         Sample:
        
       
        Domain-Admins
         | 
     
| removed
        
        list
         | 
      success and state is absent or pure | 
      
        
        A list of members removed when   state is absent or pure; this is empty if no members are removed.
       Sample:
        
       
        ['UserName', 'GroupName']
         | 
     
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
 - This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
 
Authors
- Marius Rieder (@jiuka)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/win_domain_group_membership_module.html