{"id":1286,"date":"2024-04-27T16:51:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shijuvarghese.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2024-04-28T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T12:16:53","slug":"ansible-user-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shijuvarghese.com\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"Ansible: User management – Add user – ssh key"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this section we will try to understand few of the operations we can do using User module.<\/p>\n

In the below example, we will create anew user named shiju in the managed node, and will try to see the users secondary group and lilst content of .ssh folder:<\/p>\n

[root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> cat adduser_playbook.yml<\/p>\n

==== ===<\/em><\/p>\n

– – –<\/em>
\n– name: Playbook to add a new user<\/em>
\n     hosts: 192.168.48.129<\/em>
\n     vars:<\/em>
\n         theName: shiju<\/em>
\n     tasks:<\/em>
\n         – name: Task to add a new user<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.user:<\/em>
\n                 name: “{{ theName }}”<\/em>
\n                 groups: developers<\/em>
\n                 append: true<\/em><\/p>\n

        – name: Tast to check information in user home folder<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.command:<\/em>
\n                 cmd: “ls -A \/home\/{{ theName }}”<\/em>
\n                 register: results<\/em><\/p>\n

        – name: Display the listing of home directory<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.debug:<\/em>
\n                 var: results.stdout<\/em><\/p>\n

        – name: Create sn SSH key for user {{ theName }}<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.user:<\/em>
\n                 name: “{{ theName }}”<\/em>
\n                 generate_ssh_key: yes<\/em>
\n                 ssh_key_bits: 2048<\/em>
\n                 ssh_key_file: .ssh\/id_rsa<\/em><\/p>\n

        – name: Tast again to check information in user home folder<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.command:<\/em>
\n                 cmd: “ls -A \/home\/{{ theName }}”<\/em>
\n                 register: newResults<\/em><\/p>\n

        – name: Display the listing of home directory to see if ssh folder was created<\/em>
\n             ansible.builtin.debug:<\/em>
\n                 var: newResults.stdout<\/em><\/p>\n

===== ====
\n[root@centos9vm ~]#<\/strong> ansible-navigator run -m stdout adduser_playbook.yml<\/p>\n

===== ===<\/p>\n

PLAY [Playbook to add a new user] **********************************************<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************<\/em>
\nok: [192.168.48.129]<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Task to add a new user] **************************************************<\/em>
\nchanged: [192.168.48.129]<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Tast to check information in user home folder] ***************************<\/em>
\nchanged: [192.168.48.129]<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Display the listing of home directory] ***********************************<\/em>
\nok: [192.168.48.129] => {<\/em>
\n “results.stdout”: “.bash_logout\\n.bash_profile\\n.bashrc”<\/em>
\n}<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Create sn SSH key for user shiju] ****************************************<\/em>
\nchanged: [192.168.48.129]<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Tast again to check information in user home folder] *********************<\/em>
\nchanged: [192.168.48.129]<\/em><\/p>\n

TASK [Display the listing of home directory to see if ssh folder was created] ***<\/em>
\nok: [192.168.48.129] => {<\/em>
\n “newResults.stdout”: “.bash_logout\\n.bash_profile\\n.bashrc\\n.ssh<\/strong>“<\/em>
\n}<\/em><\/p>\n

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************<\/em>
\n192.168.48.129 : ok=7 changed=4 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0<\/em><\/p>\n

===== ===<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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