dellemc.openmanage.ome_user – Create, modify or delete a user on OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 3.6.0).

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 dellemc.openmanage.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.ome_user.

New in version 2.0.0: of dellemc.openmanage

Synopsis

  • This module creates, modifies or deletes a user on OpenManage Enterprise.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7.5

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
attributes
dictionary
Default:
{}
Payload data for the user operations. It can take the following attributes for present.
UserTypeId, DirectoryServiceId, Description, Name, Password, UserName, RoleId, Locked, Enabled.
OME will throw error if required parameter is not provided for operation.
Refer OpenManage Enterprise API Reference Guide for more details.
hostname
string / required
OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.
name
string
Unique Name of the user to be deleted.
Either user_id or name is mandatory for absent operation.
password
string / required
OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.
port
integer
Default:
443
OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
present creates a user in case the UserName provided inside attributes does not exist.
present modifies a user in case the UserName provided inside attributes exists.
absent deletes an existing user.
user_id
integer
Unique ID of the user to be deleted.
Either user_id or name is mandatory for absent operation.
username
string / required
OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

Notes

Note

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to DellEMC OpenManage Enterprise.
  • This module does not support check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Create user with required parameters
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_user:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    attributes:
      UserName: "user1"
      Password: "UserPassword"
      RoleId: "10"
      Enabled: True

- name: Create user with all parameters
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_user:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    attributes:
      UserName: "user2"
      Description: "user2 description"
      Password: "UserPassword"
      RoleId: "10"
      Enabled: True
      DirectoryServiceId: 0
      UserTypeId: 1
      Locked: False
      Name: "user2"

- name: Modify existing user
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_user:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    state: "present"
    attributes:
      UserName: "user3"
      RoleId: "10"
      Enabled: True
      Description: "Modify user Description"

- name: Delete existing user using id
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_user:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    state: "absent"
    user_id: 1234

- name: Delete existing user using name
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_user:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    state: "absent"
    name: "name"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
always
Overall status of the user operation.

Sample:
Successfully created a User
user_status
dictionary
When state is present.
Details of the user operation, when state is present.

Sample:
{'Description': 'Test user creation', 'DirectoryServiceId': 0, 'Enabled': True, 'Id': '61546', 'IsBuiltin': False, 'Locked': False, 'Name': 'test', 'Password': None, 'PlainTextPassword': None, 'RoleId': '10', 'UserName': 'test', 'UserTypeId': 1}


Authors

  • Sajna Shetty(@Sajna-Shetty)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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