The server module allows to ensure presence and absence of servers. The module requires an existing server, the deployment of a new server can not be done with the module.
- Server management
FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipaserver module.
Controller
- Ansible version: 2.8+
Node
- Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
Example inventory file
[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present with location mylocation:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
location: mylocation
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present without a location:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
location: ""
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present with service weight 1:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
service_weight: 1
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present without service weight:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
service_weight: -1
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present and hidden:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
hidden: yes
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is present and not hidden:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
hidden: no
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
state: absent
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent in continuous mode in error case:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
continue: yes
state: absent
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent with last of role check skip:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
ignore_last_of_role: yes
state: absent
Example playbook to make sure server "server.example.com" is absent iwith topology disconnect check skip:
---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA server.
hosts: ipaserver
become: yes
tasks:
- ipaserver:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: server.example.com
ignore_topology_disconnect: yes
state: absent
MORE EXAMPLE PLAYBOOKS HERE
Variable | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
ipaadmin_principal |
The admin principal is a string and defaults to admin |
no |
ipaadmin_password |
The admin password is a string and is required if there is no admin ticket available on the node | no |
name | cn |
The list of server name strings. | yes |
location | ipalocation_location |
The server location string. Only in state: present. "" for location reset. | no |
service_weight | ipaserviceweight |
Weight for server services. Type Values 0 to 65535, -1 for weight reset. Only in state: present. (int) | no |
hidden |
Set hidden state of a server. Only in state: present. (bool) | no |
no_members |
Suppress processing of membership attributes. Only in state: present. (bool) | no |
delete_continue | continue |
Continuous mode: Don't stop on errors. Only in state: absent. (bool) | no |
ignore_last_of_role |
Skip a check whether the last CA master or DNS server is removed. Only in state: absent. (bool) | no |
ignore_topology_disconnect |
Ignore topology connectivity problems after removal. Only in state: absent. (bool) | no |
force |
Force server removal even if it does not exist. Will always result in changed. Only in state: absent. (bool) | no |
state |
The state to ensure. It can be one of present , absent , default: present . present is only working with existing servers. |
no |
Thomas Woerner