mysql_user - Adds or removes a user from a MySQL database.

• Synopsis
• Requirements (on host that executes module)
• Options
• Examples
• Notes
  • Status

Synopsis

• Adds or removes a user from a MySQL database.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• MySQLdb

Options

Examples

# Removes anonymous user account for localhost
- mysql_user:
    name: ''
    host: localhost
    state: absent

# Removes all anonymous user accounts
- mysql_user:
    name: ''
    host_all: yes
    state: absent

# Create database user with name 'bob' and password '12345' with all database privileges
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    password: 12345
    priv: '*.*:ALL'
    state: present

# Create database user with name 'bob' and previously hashed mysql native password '*EE0D72C1085C46C5278932678FBE2C6A782821B4' with all database privileges
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    password: '*EE0D72C1085C46C5278932678FBE2C6A782821B4'
    encrypted: yes
    priv: '*.*:ALL'
    state: present

# Creates database user 'bob' and password '12345' with all database privileges and 'WITH GRANT OPTION'
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    password: 12345
    priv: '*.*:ALL,GRANT'
    state: present

# Modify user Bob to require SSL connections. Note that REQUIRESSL is a special privilege that should only apply to *.* by itself.
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    append_privs: true
    priv: '*.*:REQUIRESSL'
    state: present

# Ensure no user named 'sally'@'localhost' exists, also passing in the auth credentials.
- mysql_user:
    login_user: root
    login_password: 123456
    name: sally
    state: absent

# Ensure no user named 'sally' exists at all
- mysql_user:
    name: sally
    host_all: yes
    state: absent

# Specify grants composed of more than one word
- mysql_user:
    name: replication
    password: 12345
    priv: "*.*:REPLICATION CLIENT"
    state: present

# Revoke all privileges for user 'bob' and password '12345'
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    password: 12345
    priv: "*.*:USAGE"
    state: present

# Example privileges string format
# mydb.*:INSERT,UPDATE/anotherdb.*:SELECT/yetanotherdb.*:ALL

# Example using login_unix_socket to connect to server
- mysql_user:
    name: root
    password: abc123
    login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

# Example of skipping binary logging while adding user 'bob'
- mysql_user:
    name: bob
    password: 12345
    priv: "*.*:USAGE"
    state: present
    sql_log_bin: no

# Example .my.cnf file for setting the root password
# [client]
# user=root
# password=n<_665{vS43y

Notes

Status

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

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