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community.general.gitlab_group_members – Manage group members on GitLab Server
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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.gitlab_group_members.
New in version 1.2.0: of community.general
Synopsis
- This module allows to add and remove members to/from a group, or change a member’s access level in a group on GitLab.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python-gitlab python module <= 1.15.0
 - administrator rights on the GitLab server
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The access level for the user.
        
       
        Required if state=present, user state is set to present.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with gitlab_users_access.
         | 
     |
| api_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password to use for authentication against the API
         | 
     ||
| api_token
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        A personal access token to authenticate with the GitLab API.
         | 
     ||
| api_url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The resolvable endpoint for the API
         | 
     ||
| api_username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The username to use for authentication against the API
         | 
     ||
| gitlab_group
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the GitLab group the member is added to/removed from.
         | 
     ||
| gitlab_user
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        A username or a list of usernames to add to/remove from the GitLab group.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with gitlab_users_access.
         | 
     ||
| gitlab_users_access
        
        list / elements=dictionary
        
       
        added in 3.6.0 of community.general
         | 
      
        
        Provide a list of user to access level mappings.
        
       
        Every dictionary in this list specifies a user (by username) and the access level the user should have.
        
       
        Mutually exclusive with gitlab_user and access_level.
        
       
        Use together with purge_users to remove all users not specified here from the group.
         | 
     ||
| access_level
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The access level for the user.
        
       
        Required if state=present, user state is set to present.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        A username or a list of usernames to add to/remove from the GitLab group.
         | 
     ||
| purge_users
        
        list / elements=string
        
       
        added in 3.6.0 of community.general
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Adds/remove users of the given access_level to match the given gitlab_user/gitlab_users_access list. If omitted do not purge orphaned members.
        
       
        Is only used when state=present.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        State of the member in the group.
        
       
        On  
       present, it adds a user to a GitLab group.
       
        On  absent, it removes a user from a GitLab group.
        | 
     |
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a https endpoint.
         | 
     |
Notes
Note
- Supports 
check_mode. 
Examples
- name: Add a user to a GitLab Group
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_user: username
    access_level: developer
    state: present
- name: Remove a user from a GitLab Group
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_user: username
    state: absent
- name: Add a list of Users to A GitLab Group
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_user:
      - user1
      - user2
    access_level: developer
    state: present
- name: Add a list of Users with Dedicated Access Levels to A GitLab Group
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_users_access:
      - name: user1
        access_level: developer
      - name: user2
        access_level: maintainer
    state: present
- name: Add a user, remove all others which might be on this access level
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_user: username
    access_level: developer
    pruge_users: developer
    state: present
- name: Remove a list of Users with Dedicated Access Levels to A GitLab Group
  community.general.gitlab_group_members:
    api_url: 'https://gitlab.example.com'
    api_token: 'Your-Private-Token'
    gitlab_group: groupname
    gitlab_users_access:
      - name: user1
        access_level: developer
      - name: user2
        access_level: maintainer
    state: absent
  Authors
- Zainab Alsaffar (@zanssa)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/gitlab_group_members_module.html