Ansible Role: Users

This role install or remove users on an host, with sudo right, on a Debian or a RedHat host.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

---
# Users to install
USERS:
users:
  - name: Bob
    username: bob
    public_keys: https://github.com/bob.keys

# Users to remove
USERS_TO_REMOVE:
  - username: alice

• USERS: The users to install.

  • name: The complete name of the user
  • username: The login name of the user
  • public_keys: A link to a keys file, or the plaintext key

• USERS_TO_REMOVE: The user to ensure to be absent.

  • username: The login name of the user

Example Playbook

This is an example of how to use this role:

  - hosts: servers
    roles:
      - { role: users,
        USERS:
          - name: Bob
            username: bob
            public_keys: https://github.com/bob.keys
        
        USERS_TO_REMOVE:
          - username: alice
      }