ANSIBLE-ROLE-USERS

Ansible role create users with ssh pub key.

NO PRIVATE KEY

If you need to create a group, I have separeted this action with redbeard28.groups galaxy role

Howto use this role?

This role need to be include in a playbook.

Call this Galaxy role like this:

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml 

Inside requirements.yml

# from GitHub, overriding the name and specifying a specific tag
- src: redbeard28.users

More info => Ansible Docs

Requirements

• Ansible 2.9+

Role Variables

state* means ansible value: present or absent

---
users:
  - { state: 'present', name: 'myname', group: 'mygroup', password: {{ vault_password | password_hash('sha512') }}, key: {{ vault_ssh_pub_key }}, shell: '/bin/ksh', homepath: '/home' }

Dependencies

• redbeard28.groups if group do not exist

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: all
  roles:
     - { role: redbeard28.users, tags: mytags }

Molecule testing framework

You can use molecule to test this role.

image=debian tag="buster" molecule converge 
image=debian tag="buster" molecule verify 

Author Information

Jeremie CUADRADO¹ from Redbeard-Consulting