community.general.htpasswd (8.5.0) — module

Manage user files for basic authentication

Authors: Ansible Core Team

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==8.5.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 8.5.0

Description

Add and remove username/password entries in a password file using htpasswd.

This is used by web servers such as Apache and Nginx for basic authentication.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Add a user to a password file and ensure permissions are set
  community.general.htpasswd:
    path: /etc/nginx/passwdfile
    name: janedoe
    password: '9s36?;fyNp'
    owner: root
    group: www-data
    mode: 0640
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remove a user from a password file
  community.general.htpasswd:
    path: /etc/apache2/passwdfile
    name: foobar
    state: absent
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Add a user to a password file suitable for use by libpam-pwdfile
  community.general.htpasswd:
    path: /etc/mail/passwords
    name: alex
    password: oedu2eGh
    hash_scheme: md5_crypt

Inputs

    
mode:
    description:
    - The permissions the resulting filesystem object should have.
    - For those used to I(/usr/bin/chmod) remember that modes are actually octal numbers.
      You must give Ansible enough information to parse them correctly. For consistent
      results, quote octal numbers (for example, V('644') or V('1777')) so Ansible receives
      a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Adding a leading
      zero (for example, V(0755)) works sometimes, but can fail in loops and some other
      circumstances.
    - Giving Ansible a number without following either of these rules will end up with
      a decimal number which will have unexpected results.
    - As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, V(u+rwx)
      or V(u=rw,g=r,o=r)).
    - If O(mode) is not specified and the destination filesystem object B(does not) exist,
      the default C(umask) on the system will be used when setting the mode for the newly
      created filesystem object.
    - If O(mode) is not specified and the destination filesystem object B(does) exist,
      the mode of the existing filesystem object will be used.
    - Specifying O(mode) is the best way to ensure filesystem objects are created with
      the correct permissions. See CVE-2020-1736 for further details.
    type: raw

name:
    aliases:
    - username
    description:
    - User name to add or remove.
    required: true
    type: str

path:
    aliases:
    - dest
    - destfile
    description:
    - Path to the file that contains the usernames and passwords.
    required: true
    type: path

group:
    description:
    - Name of the group that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown).
    - When left unspecified, it uses the current group of the current user unless you
      are root, in which case it can preserve the previous ownership.
    type: str

owner:
    description:
    - Name of the user that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown).
    - When left unspecified, it uses the current user unless you are root, in which case
      it can preserve the previous ownership.
    - Specifying a numeric username will be assumed to be a user ID and not a username.
      Avoid numeric usernames to avoid this confusion.
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether the user entry should be present or not.
    required: false
    type: str

create:
    default: true
    description:
    - Used with O(state=present). If V(true), the file will be created if it does not
      exist. Conversely, if set to V(false) and the file does not exist it will fail.
    required: false
    type: bool

serole:
    description:
    - The role part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(role) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

setype:
    description:
    - The type part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(type) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

seuser:
    description:
    - The user part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - By default it uses the V(system) policy, where applicable.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(user) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

selevel:
    description:
    - The level part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the C(range).
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(level) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

password:
    description:
    - Password associated with user.
    - Must be specified if user does not exist yet.
    required: false
    type: str

attributes:
    aliases:
    - attr
    description:
    - The attributes the resulting filesystem object should have.
    - To get supported flags look at the man page for I(chattr) on the target system.
    - This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed
      by I(lsattr).
    - The C(=) operator is assumed as default, otherwise C(+) or C(-) operators need to
      be included in the string.
    type: str
    version_added: '2.3'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

hash_scheme:
    aliases:
    - crypt_scheme
    default: apr_md5_crypt
    description:
    - Hashing scheme to be used. As well as the four choices listed here, you can also
      use any other hash supported by passlib, such as V(portable_apache22) and V(host_apache24);
      or V(md5_crypt) and V(sha256_crypt), which are Linux passwd hashes. Only some schemes
      in addition to the four choices below will be compatible with Apache or Nginx, and
      supported schemes depend on passlib version and its dependencies.
    - See U(https://passlib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/lib/passlib.apache.html#passlib.apache.HtpasswdFile)
      parameter C(default_scheme).
    - 'Some of the available choices might be: V(apr_md5_crypt), V(des_crypt), V(ldap_sha1),
      V(plaintext).'
    required: false
    type: str

unsafe_writes:
    default: false
    description:
    - Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent
      reads from the target filesystem object.
    - By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent
      reads from the target filesystem objects, but sometimes systems are configured or
      just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted filesystem
      objects, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only
      be written in an unsafe manner.
    - This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating filesystem
      objects when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform
      unsafe writes).
    - IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.
    type: bool
    version_added: '2.2'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin