ansible.builtin.aci_aaa_user (v2.9.0) — module

Manage AAA users (aaa:User)

| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

preview | supported by certified

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.0

Description

Manage AAA users on Cisco ACI fabrics.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Add a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    aaa_password: AnotherSecretPassword
    expiration: never
    expires: no
    email: dag@wieers.com
    phone: 1-234-555-678
    first_name: Dag
    last_name: Wieers
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remove a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Query a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Query all users
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: query_result

Inputs

    
host:
    aliases:
    - hostname
    description:
    - IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.
    required: true
    type: str

port:
    description:
    - Port number to be used for REST connection.
    - The default value depends on parameter C(use_ssl).
    type: int

email:
    description:
    - The email address of the locally-authenticated user.
    type: str

phone:
    description:
    - The phone number of the locally-authenticated user.
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - absent
    - present
    - query
    default: present
    description:
    - Use C(present) or C(absent) for adding or removing.
    - Use C(query) for listing an object or multiple objects.
    type: str

enabled:
    description:
    - The status of the locally-authenticated user account.
    type: bool

expires:
    description:
    - Whether to enable an expiration date for the locally-authenticated user account.
    type: bool

timeout:
    default: 30
    description:
    - The socket level timeout in seconds.
    type: int

use_ssl:
    default: true
    description:
    - If C(no), an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
    type: bool

aaa_user:
    aliases:
    - name
    - user
    description:
    - The name of the locally-authenticated user user to add.
    type: str

password:
    description:
    - The password to use for authentication.
    - This option is mutual exclusive with C(private_key). If C(private_key) is provided
      too, it will be used instead.
    required: true
    type: str

username:
    aliases:
    - user
    default: admin
    description:
    - The username to use for authentication.
    type: str

last_name:
    description:
    - The last name of the locally-authenticated user.
    type: str

use_proxy:
    default: true
    description:
    - If C(no), it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable
      on the target hosts.
    type: bool

expiration:
    description:
    - The expiration date of the locally-authenticated user account.
    type: str

first_name:
    description:
    - The first name of the locally-authenticated user.
    type: str

description:
    aliases:
    - descr
    description:
    - Description for the AAA user.
    type: str

private_key:
    aliases:
    - cert_key
    description:
    - Either a PEM-formatted private key file or the private key content used for signature-based
      authentication.
    - This value also influences the default C(certificate_name) that is used.
    - This option is mutual exclusive with C(password). If C(password) is provided too,
      it will be ignored.
    required: true
    type: str

aaa_password:
    description:
    - The password of the locally-authenticated user.
    type: str

output_level:
    choices:
    - debug
    - info
    - normal
    default: normal
    description:
    - Influence the output of this ACI module.
    - C(normal) means the standard output, incl. C(current) dict
    - C(info) adds informational output, incl. C(previous), C(proposed) and C(sent) dicts
    - C(debug) adds debugging output, incl. C(filter_string), C(method), C(response),
      C(status) and C(url) information
    type: str

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated.
    - This should only set to C(no) when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed
      certificates.
    type: bool

certificate_name:
    aliases:
    - cert_name
    description:
    - The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based
      authentication.
    - If a C(private_key) filename was provided, this defaults to the C(private_key) basename,
      without extension.
    - If PEM-formatted content was provided for C(private_key), this defaults to the C(username)
      value.
    type: str

aaa_password_lifetime:
    description:
    - The lifetime of the locally-authenticated user password.
    type: int

clear_password_history:
    description:
    - Whether to clear the password history of a locally-authenticated user.
    type: bool

aaa_password_update_required:
    description:
    - Whether this account needs password update.
    type: bool

Outputs

current:
  description: The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished
  returned: success
  sample:
  - fvTenant:
      attributes:
        descr: Production environment
        dn: uni/tn-production
        name: production
        nameAlias: ''
        ownerKey: ''
        ownerTag: ''
  type: list
error:
  description: The error information as returned from the APIC
  returned: failure
  sample:
    code: '122'
    text: unknown managed object class foo
  type: dict
filter_string:
  description: The filter string used for the request
  returned: failure or debug
  sample: ?rsp-prop-include=config-only
  type: str
method:
  description: The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC
  returned: failure or debug
  sample: POST
  type: str
previous:
  description: The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started
  returned: info
  sample:
  - fvTenant:
      attributes:
        descr: Production
        dn: uni/tn-production
        name: production
        nameAlias: ''
        ownerKey: ''
        ownerTag: ''
  type: list
proposed:
  description: The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters
  returned: info
  sample:
    fvTenant:
      attributes:
        descr: Production environment
        name: production
  type: dict
raw:
  description: The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)
  returned: parse error
  sample: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122"
    text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
  type: str
response:
  description: The HTTP response from the APIC
  returned: failure or debug
  sample: OK (30 bytes)
  type: str
sent:
  description: The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC
  returned: info
  sample:
    fvTenant:
      attributes:
        descr: Production environment
  type: list
status:
  description: The HTTP status from the APIC
  returned: failure or debug
  sample: 200
  type: int
url:
  description: The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC
  returned: failure or debug
  sample: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json
  type: str

See also