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community.network.avi_useraccount – Avi UserAccount Module
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
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.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.avi_useraccount.
Synopsis
- This module can be used for updating the password of a user.
 - This module is useful for setting up admin password for Controller bootstrap.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- avisdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| api_context
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Avi API context that includes current session ID and CSRF Token.
        
       
        This allows user to perform single login and re-use the session.
         | 
     ||
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "16.4.4"
         | 
      
        
        Avi API version of to use for Avi API and objects.
         | 
     |
| avi_credentials
        
        dictionary
         | 
      
        
        Avi Credentials dictionary which can be used in lieu of enumerating Avi Controller login details.
         | 
     ||
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "16.4.4"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller version
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller IP or SQDN
         | 
     ||
| csrftoken
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API csrftoken to reuse existing session with session id
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller password
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller port
         | 
     ||
| session_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API session id to reuse existing session with csrftoken
         | 
     ||
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant
         | 
     |
| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller tenant UUID
         | 
     ||
| timeout
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        300
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller request timeout
         | 
     |
| token
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller API token
         | 
     ||
| username
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Avi controller username
         | 
     ||
| avi_disable_session_cache_as_fact
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        It disables avi session information to be cached as a fact.
         | 
     |
| controller
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of the controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_CONTROLLER.
        | 
     |
| force_change
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "no"
         | 
      
        
        If specifically set to true then old password is tried first for controller and then the new password is tried. If not specified this flag then the new password is tried first.
         | 
     |
| old_password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Old password for update password or default password for bootstrap.
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Password of Avi user in Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_PASSWORD.
        | 
     |
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Name of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
         | 
     |
| tenant_uuid
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        UUID of tenant used for all Avi API calls and context of object.
         | 
     |
| username
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        ""
         | 
      
        
        Username used for accessing Avi controller. The default value is the environment variable  AVI_USERNAME.
        | 
     |
Notes
Note
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Avi Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-avi-networks.
 
Examples
- name: Update user password
  community.network.avi_useraccount:
    controller: ""
    username: ""
    password: new_password
    old_password: ""
    api_version: ""
    force_change: false
- name: Update user password using avi_credentials
  community.network.avi_useraccount:
    avi_credentials: ""
    old_password: ""
    force_change: false
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| obj
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success, changed | 
        
        Avi REST resource
          | 
     
Authors
- Chaitanya Deshpande (@chaitanyaavi) <chaitanya.deshpande@avinetworks.com>
 
© 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/network/avi_useraccount_module.html