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ipa_host - Manage FreeIPA host

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Add, modify and delete an IPA host using IPA API

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
description
A description of this host.
force
Force host name even if not in DNS.
fqdn
required
Full qualified domain name.
Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier.

aliases: name
ip_address
Add the host to DNS with this IP address.
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_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.
mac_address
List of Hardware MAC address(es) off this host.
If option is omitted MAC addresses will not be checked or changed.
If an empty list is passed all assigned MAC addresses will be removed.
MAC addresses that are already assigned but not passed will be removed.

aliases: macaddress
ns_hardware_platform
Host hardware platform (e.g. "Lenovo T61")

aliases: nshardwareplatform
ns_host_location
Host location (e.g. "Lab 2")

aliases: nshostlocation
ns_os_version
Host operating system and version (e.g. "Fedora 9")

aliases: nsosversion
random_password
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Generate a random password to be used in bulk enrollment
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • disabled
State to ensure
update_dns
(added in 2.5)
Default:
no
If set "True" with state as "absent", then removes DNS records of the host managed by FreeIPA DNS.
This option has no effect for states other than "absent".
user_certificate
List of Base-64 encoded server certificates.
If option is omitted certificates will not be checked or changed.
If an empty list is passed all assigned certificates will be removed.
Certificates already assigned but not passed will be removed.

aliases: usercertificate
validate_certs
Default:
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 host is present
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    description: Example host
    ip_address: 192.168.0.123
    ns_host_location: Lab
    ns_os_version: CentOS 7
    ns_hardware_platform: Lenovo T61
    mac_address:
    - "08:00:27:E3:B1:2D"
    - "52:54:00:BD:97:1E"
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Generate a random password for bulk enrolment
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    description: Example host
    ip_address: 192.168.0.123
    state: present
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret
    validate_certs: False
    random_password: True

# Ensure host is disabled
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    state: disabled
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure that all user certificates are removed
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    user_certificate: []
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure host is absent
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret

# Ensure host and its DNS record is absent
- ipa_host:
    name: host01.example.com
    state: absent
    ipa_host: ipa.example.com
    ipa_user: admin
    ipa_pass: topsecret
    update_dns: True

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
host
dict
always
Host as returned by IPA API.
host_diff
list
if check mode and a difference is found
List of options that differ and would be changed


Status

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

Author

  • Thomas Krahn (@Nosmoht)

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