ansible_collection_users/roles/admin

Ansible Role Admin

Ansible role l3d.users.admin to manage Admin-Permissions of Users.

There are two variables to define users. The l3d_users__default_users is ment to put to your group_vars to define a default for your system. The l3d_users__local_users could be put in your host_vars to define host-specific user and admin roles.

Variables:

User Management

• The dictionary-variable for your group_vars to set your general users and admins is l3d_users__default_users.
• The dictionary-variable for your host_vars to set your host-specific users and admins is: l3d_users__local_users. The Option of these directory-variables are the following.

option	values	required	description
name	string	required	The user you want to create
state	present	-	Create or delete user
shell	/bin/bash	-	The Shell of the User
create_home	true	-	create a user home (needed to store ssh keys)
admin	false	-	enable it to give the user superpowers
admin_commands	string or list	-	Commands that are allows to be run as admin, eg. 'ALL' or specific script
admin_nopassword	false	-	Need no Password for sudo
admin_ansible_login	true	-	if admin: true and l3d_users__create_ansible: true your ssh keys will be added to ansible user
pubkeys	string or lookup	-	see examples
exclusive_pubkeys	true	-	delete all undefined ssh keys
password	password hash	-	See official FAQ
groups	list	-	Additional groups for your user
remove	false	-	completly remove user if state: absent

Other

name	default value	description
l3d_users__create_ansible	true	Create an Ansible User
l3d_users__ansible_user_state	present	Ansible user state
l3d_users__ansible_user_command	ALL	Commans with superpower for ansible user
l3d_users__ansible_user_nopassword	true	Allow superpowers without password for ansible user
submodules_versioncheck	false	Optionaly enable simple versionscheck of this role

Example Playbook

- name: Create superpowers for admins
  hosts: example.com
  roles:
    - {role: l3d.users.admin, tags: 'admin'}
  vars:
    l3d_users__local_users:
      - name: 'alice'
        state: 'present'
        admin: true
        admin_commands: 'ALL'
        admin_nopassword: false
        pubkeys: "{{ lookup('url', 'https://github.com/do1jlr.keys', split_lines=False) }}"
      - name: 'bob'
        state: 'present'
        admin: false
      - name: 'backup'
        state: 'present'
        admin: true
        admin_commands: '/opt/backupscript.sh'
        admin_nopassword: true
        admin_ansible_login: false
    l3d_users__create_ansible: true
    submodules_versioncheck: true