community.general.manageiq_user – Management of users in ManageIQ.

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.manageiq_user.

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.

manageiq-client https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api-client-python/

Parameters

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

Examples

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ
  community.general.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'
      validate_certs: False

- name: Create a new user in ManageIQ using a token
  community.general.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'
      validate_certs: False

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

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

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

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

Authors

Daniel Korn (@dkorn)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/manageiq_user_module.html

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