Ansible role users

The purpose of this role is to add users and groups on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.users
      # You can create groups:
      users_groups:
        - name: robertdb
          gid: 1024
        - name: users
          # You can also remove groups.
        - name: notgroup
          state: absent
          # A system group is also possible.
        - name: systemgroup
          system: true
          # A group with sudo options.
        - name: mywheel
          sudo_options: "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"

      # You can create users.
      users:
        - name: root
          cron_allow: true
          # You can remove authorized keys.
          unauthorized_keys:
            - "ssh-rsa XYZYX54321"
        - name: robertdb
          comment: Robert de Bock
          uid: 1024
          # The `group` and `groups` listed here should exist.
          group: robertdb
          # groups: A list of groups
          # groups:
          #   - users
          #   - wheel
          groups:
            - users
          cron_allow: true
          sudo_options: "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"
          # Adding an authorized key.
          authorized_keys:
            - "ssh-rsa ABC123"
          # EPOCH timestamp when an account should expire.
          # Typically a positive value like: `1641971487`.
          # The value `-1` removes the expiry time.
          expires: -1
          password_validity_days: 9
          # Test username with dots
        - name: robert.d.b
          comment: Robert de Bock with dots in username
          uid: 1025
          # The `group` and `groups` listed here should exist.
          group: robertdb
          # groups: A list of groups
          # groups:
          #   - users
          #   - wheel
          groups:
            - users
          cron_allow: true
          # Allow sudo, but require a password.
          sudo_options: "ALL=(ALL) ALL"
          # Adding an authorized key.
          authorized_keys:
            - "ssh-rsa ABC123"
          # EPOCH timestamp when an account should expire.
          # Typically a positive value like: `1641971487`.
          # The value `-1` removes the expiry time.
          expires: -1
          password_validity_days: 9
        # Here a user is removed.
        - name: notuser
          state: absent
        - name: keyuser
          manage_ssh_key: true
        - name: privkeyuser
          # This user will have ssh-keys generated.
          manage_ssh_key: true
          copy_private_key: true
        - name: multiplekeys
          authorized_keys:
            - "ssh-rsa ABC1234"
            - "ssh-rsa ABC12345"
        - name: passuser
          # You can set a password. (Hashed and salted.)
          password: "$6$mysecretsalt$qJbapG68nyRab3gxvKWPUcs2g3t0oMHSHMnSKecYNpSi3CuZm.GbBqXO8BE6EI6P1JUefhA0qvD7b5LSh./PU1"
          update_password: on_create
        - name: remotekey
          authorized_keys:
            # You can also download a public key from a URL.
            - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shaanr/smdb/master/file.pub"
        - name: systemuser
          system: true
        - name: multisudo
          # An account that can run just a few commands without a password.
          sudo_options:
            - "ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd"
            - "ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl start httpd"
            - "ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl stop httpd"
        - name: myprivkeyuser
          private_keys:
            - name: id_rsa
              content: |
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                -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies

  tasks:
    - name: Set authorized keys for root
      ansible.posix.authorized_key:
        user: root
        state: present
        key: "ssh-rsa XYZYX54321"

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for users

# The location to store ssh keys for user
users_ssh_key_directory: ssh_keys

# The default shell if not overwritten.
users_shell: /bin/bash

# manage cron permissions via /etc/cron.allow
users_cron_allow: true

# should homedirectories be created?
users_create_home: true

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.core_dependencies

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Alpine	all
Amazon	Candidate
EL	9
Debian	all
Fedora	39, 40
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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