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community.windows.win_rds_rap – Manage Resource Authorization Policies (RAP) on a Remote Desktop Gateway server
Note
This plugin is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.7.0).
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.windows.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_rds_rap.
Synopsis
- Creates, removes and configures a Remote Desktop resource authorization policy (RD RAP).
 - A RD RAP allows you to specify the network resources (computers) that users can connect to remotely through a Remote Desktop Gateway server.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Windows Server 2008R2 (6.1) or higher.
 - The Windows Feature “RDS-Gateway” must be enabled.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| allowed_ports
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        List of port numbers through which connections are allowed for this policy.
        
       
        To allow connections through any port, specify 'any'.
         | 
     |
| computer_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The computer group name that is associated with this resource authorization policy (RAP).
        
       
        This is required when computer_group_type is  rdg_group or ad_network_resource_group.
        | 
     |
| computer_group_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The computer group type:
        
       rdg_group: RD Gateway-managed group
       ad_network_resource_group: Active Directory Domain Services network resource group
       allow_any: Allow users to connect to any network resource.
        | 
     
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Optional description of the resource authorization policy.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the resource authorization policy.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state of resource authorization policy.
        
       
        If  
       absent will ensure the policy is removed.
       
        If  
       present will ensure the policy is configured and exists.
       
        If  
       enabled will ensure the policy is configured, exists and enabled.
       
        If  disabled will ensure the policy is configured, exists, but disabled.
        | 
     
| user_groups
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        List of user groups that are associated with this resource authorization policy (RAP). A user must belong to one of these groups to access the RD Gateway server.
        
       
        Required when a new RAP is created.
         | 
     
See Also
See also
- community.windows.win_rds_cap
 - 
     
The official documentation on the community.windows.win_rds_cap module.
 - community.windows.win_rds_rap
 - 
     
The official documentation on the community.windows.win_rds_rap module.
 - community.windows.win_rds_settings
 - 
     
The official documentation on the community.windows.win_rds_settings module.
 
Examples
- name: Create a new RDS RAP
  community.windows.win_rds_rap:
    name: My RAP
    description: Allow all users to connect to any resource through ports 3389 and 3390
    user_groups:
      - BUILTIN\users
    computer_group_type: allow_any
    allowed_ports:
      - 3389
      - 3390
    state: enabled
  Authors
- Kevin Subileau (@ksubileau)
 
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/windows/win_rds_rap_module.html