diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks.rst index 38887e7216..315d28db78 100644 --- a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks.rst +++ b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks.rst @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ For starters, here's a playbook that contains just one play:: vars: http_port: 80 max_clients: 200 - user: root + remote_user: root tasks: - name: ensure apache is at the latest version yum: pkg=httpd state=latest @@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ documentation. The `user` is just the name of the user account:: --- - hosts: webservers - user: root + remote_user: root Support for running things from sudo is also available:: --- - hosts: webservers - user: yourname + remote_user: yourname sudo: yes You can also use sudo on a particular task instead of the whole play:: --- - hosts: webservers - user: yourname + remote_user: yourname tasks: - service: name=nginx state=started sudo: yes @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ You can also login as you, and then sudo to different users than root:: --- - hosts: webservers - user: yourname + remote_user: yourname sudo: yes sudo_user: postgres @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ The `vars` section contains a list of variables and values that can be used in t --- - hosts: webservers - user: root + remote_user: root vars: http_port: 80 van_halen_port: 5150 @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ which also supports structured variables:: - include: wordpress.yml vars: - user: timmy + remote_user: timmy some_list_variable: - alpha - beta @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ For example:: - name: this is a play at the top level of a file hosts: all - user: root + remote_user: root tasks: - name: say hi tags: foo diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst index a1f0188693..28e5dc18c6 100644 --- a/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst +++ b/docsite/latest/rst/playbooks2.rst @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ You can do this by using an external variables file, or files, just like this:: --- - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root vars: favcolor: blue vars_files: @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ in a push-script:: --- - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root vars: from: "camelot" vars_prompt: @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ This is useful, for, among other things, setting the hosts group or the user for Example:: --- - - user: '{{ user }}' + - remote_useq: '{{ user }}' hosts: '{{ hosts }}' tasks: - ... @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ but it is easily handled with a minimum of syntax in an Ansible Playbook:: --- - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root vars_files: - "vars/common.yml" - [ "vars/{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml", "vars/os_defaults.yml" ] @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ Loops To save some typing, repeated tasks can be written in short-hand like so:: - name: add several users - user: name={{ item }} state=present groups=wheel + remote_useq: name={{ item }} state=present groups=wheel with_items: - testuser1 - testuser2 @@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ If you have defined a YAML list in a variables file, or the 'vars' section, you The above would be the equivalent of:: - name: add user testuser1 - user: name=testuser1 state=present groups=wheel + remote_useq: name=testuser1 state=present groups=wheel - name: add user testuser2 - user: name=testuser2 state=present groups=wheel + remote_useq: name=testuser2 state=present groups=wheel The yum and apt modules use with_items to execute fewer package manager transactions. @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ Note that the types of items you iterate over with 'with_items' do not have to b If you have a list of hashes, you can reference subkeys using things like:: - name: add several users - user: name={{ item.name }} state=present groups={{ item.groups }} + remote_useq: name={{ item.name }} state=present groups={{ item.groups }} with_items: - { name: 'testuser1', groups: 'wheel' } - { name: 'testuser2', groups: 'root' } @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Negative numbers are not supported. This works as follows:: - group: name=odds state=present # create some test users - - user: name={{ item }} state=present groups=evens + - remote_useq: name={{ item }} state=present groups=evens with_sequence: start=0 end=32 format=testuser%02x # create a series of directories with even numbers for some reason @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ This length can be changed by passing an extra parameter:: (...) # create a user with a given password - - user: name=guestuser + - remote_useq: name=guestuser state=present uid=5000 password={{ item }} @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ updates through a proxy and access other packages not through a proxy. Ansible to configure your environment by using the 'environment' keyword. Here is an example:: - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root tasks: @@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ to configure your environment by using the 'environment' keyword. Here is an ex The environment can also be stored in a variable, and accessed like so:: - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root # here we make a variable named "env" that is a dictionary vars: @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ poll value is 10 seconds if you do not specify a value for `poll`:: --- - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root tasks: - name: simulate long running op (15 sec), wait for up to 45, poll every 5 command: /bin/sleep 15 @@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ Alternatively, if you do not need to wait on the task to complete, you may --- - hosts: all - user: root + remote_useq: root tasks: - name: simulate long running op, allow to run for 45, fire and forget command: /bin/sleep 15 diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py index ea069f3221..1396be084b 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py +++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Play(object): # and don't line up 1:1 with how they are stored VALID_KEYS = [ 'hosts', 'name', 'vars', 'vars_prompt', 'vars_files', - 'tasks', 'handlers', 'user', 'port', 'include', 'accelerate', 'accelerate_port', + 'tasks', 'handlers', 'remote_user', 'user', 'port', 'include', 'accelerate', 'accelerate_port', 'sudo', 'sudo_user', 'connection', 'tags', 'gather_facts', 'serial', 'any_errors_fatal', 'roles', 'pre_tasks', 'post_tasks', 'max_fail_percentage' ] @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Play(object): self.name = ds.get('name', self.hosts) self._tasks = ds.get('tasks', []) self._handlers = ds.get('handlers', []) - self.remote_user = ds.get('user', self.playbook.remote_user) + self.remote_user = ds.get('remote_user', ds.get('user', self.playbook.remote_user)) self.remote_port = ds.get('port', self.playbook.remote_port) self.sudo = ds.get('sudo', self.playbook.sudo) self.sudo_user = ds.get('sudo_user', self.playbook.sudo_user) diff --git a/test/cron_test.yml b/test/cron_test.yml index e192537be3..df01c5a6a2 100644 --- a/test/cron_test.yml +++ b/test/cron_test.yml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - hosts: all gather_facts: no - user: root + remote_user: root vars: color: brown tasks: