ipa_service - Manage FreeIPA service

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Force principal name even if host is not in DNS.
hosts
defines the list of 'ManagedBy' hosts
ipa_host Default:
ipa.example.com
IP or hostname of IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_HOST will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_HOST and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_pass
required
Password of administrative user.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PASS will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PASS and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_port Default:
443
Port of FreeIPA / IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PORT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PORT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_prot
    Choices:
  • http
  • https ←
Protocol used by IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_PROT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_PROT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
ipa_timeout
(added in 2.7)
 Default:
10
Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection.
For bulk operations, you may want to increase this in order to avoid timeout from IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_TIMEOUT will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_TIMEOUT and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
ipa_user Default:
admin
Administrative account used on IPA server.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable IPA_USER will be used instead.
If both the environment variable IPA_USER and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in version 2.5.
krbcanonicalname
required
principal of the service
Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier.

aliases: name
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State to ensure
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
This only applies if ipa_prot is https.
If set to no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

# Ensure service is present
- ipa_service:
    name: http/host01.example.com
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure service is absent
- ipa_service:
    name: http/host01.example.com
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Changing Managing hosts list
- ipa_service:
    name: http/host01.example.com
    host:
       - host01.example.com
       - host02.example.com
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
service
dict
 always
Service as returned by IPA API.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Cédric Parent

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