junos_user - Manage local user accounts on Juniper JUNOS devices

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • This module manages locally configured user accounts on remote network devices running the JUNOS operating system. It provides a set of arguments for creating, removing and updating locally defined accounts

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

Options

parameter required default choices comments
active
(added in 2.4)
no True
  • True
  • False
Specifies whether or not the configuration is active or deactivated
aggregate
(added in 2.4)
no
The aggregate argument defines a list of users to be configured on the remote device. The list of users will be compared against the current users and only changes will be added or removed from the device configuration. This argument is mutually exclusive with the name argument. alias users.
full_name
no
The full_name argument provides the full name of the user account to be created on the remote device. This argument accepts any text string value.
name
no
The name argument defines the username of the user to be created on the system. This argument must follow appropriate usernaming conventions for the target device running JUNOS. This argument is mutually exclusive with the aggregate argument.
provider
no
A dict object containing connection details.
Dictionary object provider
parameter required default choices comments
username
no
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
yes
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
no
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
no 10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password
no
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
no 22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for transport=cli) or port 830 (for transport=netconf) device.
purge
no
The purge argument instructs the module to consider the users definition absolute. It will remove any previously configured users on the device with the exception of the current defined set of aggregate.
role
no
  • operator
  • read-only
  • super-user
  • unauthorized
The role argument defines the role of the user account on the remote system. User accounts can have more than one role configured.
sshkey
no
The sshkey argument defines the public SSH key to be configured for the user account on the remote system. This argument must be a valid SSH key
state
no present
  • present
  • absent
The state argument configures the state of the user definitions as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set to present, the user should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the user should not be in the device active configuration

Examples

- name: create new user account
  junos_user:
    name: ansible
    role: super-user
    sshkey: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/ansible.pub') }}"
    state: present

- name: remove a user account
  junos_user:
    name: ansible
    state: absent

- name: remove all user accounts except ansible
  junos_user:
    aggregate:
    - name: ansible
    purge: yes

- name: Create list of users
  junos_user:
    aggregate:
      - {name: test_user1, full_name: test_user2, role: operator, state: present}
      - {name: test_user2, full_name: test_user2, role: read-only, state: present}

- name: Delete list of users
  junos_user:
    aggregate:
      - {name: test_user1, full_name: test_user2, role: operator, state: absent}
      - {name: test_user2, full_name: test_user2, role: read-only, state: absent}

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
diff.prepared
Configuration difference before and after applying change.
when configuration is changed and diff option is enabled. string [edit system login] + user test-user { + uid 2005; + class read-only; + }

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
  • Tested against vSRX JUNOS version 15.1X49-D15.4, vqfx-10000 JUNOS Version 15.1X53-D60.4.

Status

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

Maintenance Info

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