telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_user module – Manage users in Icinga2

Note

This module is part of the telekom_mms.icinga_director collection (version 2.2.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install telekom_mms.icinga_director.

To use it in a playbook, specify: telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_user.

New in telekom_mms.icinga_director 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Add or remove a user to Icinga2 through the director API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

append

boolean

added in telekom_mms.icinga_director 1.25.0

Do not overwrite the whole object but instead append the defined properties.

Note - Appending to existing vars, imports or any other list/dict is not possible. You have to overwrite the complete list/dict.

Note - Variables that are set by default will also be applied, even if not set.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

client_cert

path

PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.

This file can also include the key as well, and if the key is included, client_key is not required.

client_key

path

PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.

If client_cert contains both the certificate and key, this option is not required.

disabled

boolean

Disabled objects will not be deployed.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

display_name

string

Alternative name for this user.

In case your object name is a username, this could be the full name of the corresponding person.

email

string

The Email address of the user.

force

boolean

If yes do not get a cached copy.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

force_basic_auth

boolean

Credentials specified with url_username and url_password should be passed in HTTP Header.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

groups

list / elements=string

User groups that should be directly assigned to this user.

Groups can be useful for various reasons. You might prefer to send notifications to groups instead of single users.

http_agent

string

Header to identify as, generally appears in web server logs.

Default: "ansible-httpget"

imports

list / elements=string

Importable templates, add as many as you want.

Please note that order matters when importing properties from multiple templates - last one wins.

object_name

aliases: name

string / required

Name of the user.

pager

string

The pager address of the user.

period

string

The name of a time period which determines when notifications to this User should be triggered. Not set by default.

state

string

Apply feature state.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

url

string / required

HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL in the form (http|https|ftp)://[user[:pass]]@host.domain[:port]/path

url_password

string

The password for use in HTTP basic authentication.

If the url_username parameter is not specified, the url_password parameter will not be used.

url_username

string

The username for use in HTTP basic authentication.

This parameter can be used without url_password for sites that allow empty passwords.

use_gssapi

boolean

added in ansible-core 2.11

Use GSSAPI to perform the authentication, typically this is for Kerberos or Kerberos through Negotiate authentication.

Requires the Python library gssapi to be installed.

Credentials for GSSAPI can be specified with url_username/url_password or with the GSSAPI env var KRB5CCNAME that specified a custom Kerberos credential cache.

NTLM authentication is not supported even if the GSSAPI mech for NTLM has been installed.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

use_proxy

boolean

If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

validate_certs

boolean

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.

This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

vars

dictionary

Custom properties of the user.

Default: {}

Notes

Note

  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Create user
  telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_user:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: "rb"
    pager: 'SIP/emergency'
    period: '24/7'
    email: "foouser@example.com"
    imports:
      - foousertemplate
    groups:
      - onCall
    vars:
      department: IT
      role: CTO

- name: Update user
  telekom_mms.icinga_director.icinga_user:
    state: present
    url: "{{ icinga_url }}"
    url_username: "{{ icinga_user }}"
    url_password: "{{ icinga_pass }}"
    object_name: "rb"
    display_name: "Rufbereitschaft"
    append: true

Authors

  • Sebastian Gumprich (@rndmh3ro)