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ipa_hbacrule - Manage FreeIPA HBAC rule

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Add, modify or delete an IPA HBAC rule using IPA API.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
cn
yes
Canonical name.
Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier.
aliases: name
description
no
Description
host
no
List of host names to assign.
If an empty list is passed all hosts will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted hosts will not be checked or changed.
hostcategory
no
  • all
Host category
hostgroup
no
List of hostgroup names to assign.
If an empty list is passed all hostgroups will be removed. from the rule
If option is omitted hostgroups will not be checked or changed.
ipa_host
no ipa.example.com
IP or hostname of IPA server
ipa_pass
yes
Password of administrative user
ipa_port
no 443
Port of IPA server
ipa_prot
no https
  • http
  • https
Protocol used by IPA server
ipa_user
no admin
Administrative account used on IPA server
service
no
List of service names to assign.
If an empty list is passed all services will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted services will not be checked or changed.
servicecategory
no
  • all
Service category
servicegroup
no
List of service group names to assign.
If an empty list is passed all assigned service groups will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted service groups will not be checked or changed.
sourcehost
no
List of source host names to assign.
If an empty list if passed all assigned source hosts will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted source hosts will not be checked or changed.
sourcehostcategory
no
  • all
Source host category
sourcehostgroup
no
List of source host group names to assign.
If an empty list if passed all assigned source host groups will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted source host groups will not be checked or changed.
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
  • enabled
  • disabled
State to ensure
user
no
List of user names to assign.
If an empty list if passed all assigned users will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted users will not be checked or changed.
usercategory
no
  • all
User category
usergroup
no
List of user group names to assign.
If an empty list if passed all assigned user groups will be removed from the rule.
If option is omitted user groups will not be checked or changed.
validate_certs
no True
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 rule to allow all users to access any host from any host
- ipa_hbacrule:
    name: allow_all
    description: Allow all users to access any host from any host
    hostcategory: all
    servicecategory: all
    usercategory: all
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure rule with certain limitations
- ipa_hbacrule:
    name: allow_all_developers_access_to_db
    description: Allow all developers to access any database from any host
    hostgroup:
    - db-server
    usergroup:
    - developers
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure rule is absent
- ipa_hbacrule:
    name: rule_to_be_deleted
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
hbacrule
HBAC rule as returned by IPA API.
always dict

Status

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

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© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ipa_hbacrule_module.html