aci_aaa_user - Manage AAA users (aaa:User)¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage AAA users on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

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Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
aaa_password		The password of the locally-authenticated user.
aaa_password_lifetime		The lifetime of the locally-authenticated user password.
aaa_password_update_required bool	Choices: no yes	Whether this account needs password update.
aaa_user		The name of the locally-authenticated user user to add. aliases: name, user
certificate_name		The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication. It defaults to the `private_key` basename, without extension. aliases: cert_name
clear_password_history bool	Choices: no yes	Whether to clear the password history of a locally-authenticated user.
description		Description for the AAA user. aliases: descr
email		The email address of the locally-authenticated user.
enabled bool	Choices: no yes	The status of the locally-authenticated user account.
expiration		The expiration date of the locally-authenticated user account.
expires bool	Choices: no yes	Whether to enable an expiration date for the locally-authenticated user account.
first_name		The first name of the locally-authenticated user.
host required		IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host. aliases: hostname
last_name		The last name of the locally-authenticated user.
output_level	Choices: debug info normal ←	Influence the output of this ACI module. `normal` means the standard output, incl. `current` dict `info` adds informational output, incl. `previous`, `proposed` and `sent` dicts `debug` adds debugging output, incl. `filter_string`, `method`, `response`, `status` and `url` information
password required		The password to use for authentication. This option is mutual exclusive with `private_key`. If `private_key` is provided too, it will be used instead.
phone		The phone number of the locally-authenticated user.
port		Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.
private_key required		PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for signature-based authentication. The name of the key (without extension) is used as the certificate name in ACI, unless `certificate_name` is specified. This option is mutual exclusive with `password`. If `password` is provided too, it will be ignored. aliases: cert_key
state	Choices: absent present ← query	Use `present` or `absent` for adding or removing. Use `query` for listing an object or multiple objects.
timeout int	Default: 30	The socket level timeout in seconds.
use_proxy bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
use_ssl bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username	Default: admin	The username to use for authentication. aliases: user
validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `no` when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes ¶

Note

This module is not idempotent when aaa_password is being used (even if that password was already set identically). This appears to be an inconsistency wrt. the idempotent nature of the APIC REST API. The vendor has been informed. More information in the ACI documentation.
More information about the internal APIC class aaa:User from the APIC Management Information Model reference.
Please read the Cisco ACI Guide for more detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Examples ¶

- name: Add a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    aaa_password: AnotherSecretPassword
    expiration: never
    expires: no
    email: dag@wieers.com
    phone: 1-234-555-678
    first_name: Dag
    last_name: Wieers
    state: present

- name: Remove a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    state: absent

- name: Query a user
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    aaa_user: dag
    state: query

- name: Query all users
  aci_aaa_user:
    host: apic
    username: admin
    password: SomeSecretPassword
    state: query

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
current list	success	The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'ownerKey': '', 'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production environment', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error dict	failure	The error information as returned from the APIC Sample: {'text': 'unknown managed object class foo', 'code': '122'}
filter_string string	failure or debug	The filter string used for the request Sample: ?rsp-prop-include=config-only
method string	failure or debug	The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC Sample: POST
previous list	info	The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'ownerKey': '', 'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed dict	info	The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'name': 'production', 'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
raw string	parse error	The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json) Sample: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
response string	failure or debug	The HTTP response from the APIC Sample: OK (30 bytes)
sent list	info	The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
status int	failure or debug	The HTTP status from the APIC Sample: 200
url string	failure or debug	The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC Sample: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author ¶

Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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