The hostgroup module allows to ensure presence and absence of hostgroups and members of hostgroups.
The hostgroup module is as compatible as possible to the Ansible upstream ipa_hostgroup
module, but additionally offers to make sure that hosts are present or absent in a hostgroup.
- Hostgroup management
FreeIPA versions 4.4.0 and up are supported by the ipahostgroup module.
Some variables are only supported on newer versions of FreeIPA. Check Variables
section for details.
Controller
- Ansible version: 2.15+
Node
- Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
Example inventory file
[ipaserver]
ipaserver.test.local
Example playbook to make sure hostgroup databases exists:
---
- name: Playbook to handle hostgroups
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
# Ensure host-group databases is present
- ipahostgroup:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: databases
host:
- db.example.com
hostgroup:
- mysql-server
- oracle-server
Example playbook to make sure that hosts and hostgroups are present in existing databases hostgroup:
---
- name: Playbook to handle hostgroups
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
# Ensure hosts and hostgroups are present in existing databases hostgroup
- ipahostgroup:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: databases
host:
- db.example.com
hostgroup:
- mysql-server
- oracle-server
action: member
action
controls if a the hostgroup or member will be handled. To add or remove members, set action
to member
.
Example playbook to make sure hosts and hostgroups are absent in databases hostgroup:
---
- name: Playbook to handle hostgroups
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
# Ensure hosts and hostgroups are absent in databases hostgroup
- ipahostgroup:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: databases
host:
- db.example.com
hostgroup:
- mysql-server
- oracle-server
action: member
state: absent
Example playbook to rename an existing playbook:
---
- name: Playbook to handle hostgroups
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
# Ensure host-group databases is absent
- ipahostgroup:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: databases
rename: datalake
state: renamed
Example playbook to make sure host-group databases is absent:
---
- name: Playbook to handle hostgroups
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
tasks:
# Ensure host-group databases is absent
- ipahostgroup:
ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
name: databases
state: absent
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 |
ipaapi_context |
The context in which the module will execute. Executing in a server context is preferred. If not provided context will be determined by the execution environment. Valid values are server and client . |
no |
ipaapi_ldap_cache |
Use LDAP cache for IPA connection. The bool setting defaults to yes. (bool) | no |
name | cn |
The list of hostgroup name strings. | no |
description |
The hostgroup description string. | no |
nomembers |
Suppress processing of membership attributes. (bool) | no |
host |
List of host name strings assigned to this hostgroup. | no |
hostgroup |
List of hostgroup name strings assigned to this hostgroup. | no |
membermanager_user |
List of member manager users assigned to this hostgroup. Only usable with IPA versions 4.8.4 and up. | no |
membermanager_group |
List of member manager groups assigned to this hostgroup. Only usable with IPA versions 4.8.4 and up. | no |
rename | new_name |
Rename hostgroup to the provided name. Only usable with IPA versions 4.8.7 and up. | no |
action |
Work on hostgroup or member level. It can be on of member or hostgroup and defaults to hostgroup . |
no |
state |
The state to ensure. It can be one of present , absent or renamed , default: present . |
no |
Thomas Woerner