awx.awx.user – create, update, or destroy Automation Platform Controller users.

Note

This plugin is part of the awx.awx collection (version 19.4.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install awx.awx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: awx.awx.user.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
controller_config_file
path
Path to the controller config file.
If provided, the other locations for config files will not be considered.

aliases: tower_config_file
controller_host
string
URL to your Automation Platform Controller instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_HOST and then config files
If value not specified by any means, the value of 127.0.0.1 will be used

aliases: tower_host
controller_oauthtoken
raw
added in 3.7.0 of awx.awx
The OAuth token to use.
This value can be in one of two formats.
A string which is the token itself. (i.e. bqV5txm97wqJqtkxlMkhQz0pKhRMMX)
A dictionary structure as returned by the token module.
If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_OAUTH_TOKEN and then config files

aliases: tower_oauthtoken
controller_password
string
Password for your controller instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_PASSWORD and then config files

aliases: tower_password
controller_username
string
Username for your controller instance.
If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_USERNAME and then config files

aliases: tower_username
email
string
Email address of the user.
first_name
string
First name of the user.
is_superuser
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.

aliases: superuser
is_system_auditor
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
User is a system wide auditor.

aliases: auditor
last_name
string
Last name of the user.
password
string
Write-only field used to change the password.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Desired state of the resource.
update_secrets
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
true will always change password if user specifies password, even if API gives $encrypted$ for password.
false will only set the password if other values change too.
username
string / required
Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to allow insecure connections to AWX.
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
If value not set, will try environment variable CONTROLLER_VERIFY_SSL and then config files

aliases: tower_verify_ssl

Notes

Note

  • If no config_file is provided we will attempt to use the tower-cli library defaults to find your host information.
  • config_file should be in the following format host=hostname username=username password=password

Examples

- name: Add user
  user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    first_name: John
    last_name: Doe
    state: present
    controller_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add user as a system administrator
  user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    superuser: yes
    state: present
    controller_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Add user as a system auditor
  user:
    username: jdoe
    password: foobarbaz
    email: [email protected]
    auditor: yes
    state: present
    controller_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

- name: Delete user
  user:
    username: jdoe
    email: [email protected]
    state: absent
    controller_config_file: "~/tower_cli.cfg"

Authors

  • John Westcott IV (@john-westcott-iv)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/awx/awx/user_module.html