Create User

A simple role which creates a user and some folders, used as an example in an ansible training

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Required variables:

user_name: Name of the target user

Defaults:

home_directory: /home user_password: "{{ lookup('password', '{{ user_name }} length=16') | password_hash('sha512', 'salty') }}" user_comment: "Ansible managed user" user_shell: /bin/bash user_id: 1000 main_group: name: users gid: 1000

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- name: create user
  hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: "Include create_user"
      include_role:
        name: "create_user"
      vars:
        user_name: myUser

License

BSD