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# ipa_sudorule – Manage FreeIPA sudo rule

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Add, modify or delete sudo rule within IPA server using IPA API.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
cmd - |  | List of commands assigned to the rule. If an empty list is passed all commands will be removed from the rule. If option is omitted commands will not be checked or changed.
cmdcategory - | Choices: all | Command category the rule applies to.
cn - / required |  | Canonical name. Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier. aliases: name
description - |  | Description of the sudo rule.
host - |  | List of hosts assigned to the rule. If an empty list is passed all hosts will be removed from the rule. If option is omitted hosts will not be checked or changed. Option `hostcategory` must be omitted to assign hosts.
hostcategory - | Choices: all | Host category the rule applies to. If 'all' is passed one must omit `host` and `hostgroup`. Option `host` and `hostgroup` must be omitted to assign 'all'.
hostgroup - |  | List of host groups assigned to the rule. If an empty list is passed all host groups will be removed from the rule. If option is omitted host groups will not be checked or changed. Option `hostcategory` must be omitted to assign host groups.
ipa_host string | Default: "ipa.example.com" | IP or hostname of IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_HOST` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_HOST` and the value are not specified in the task, then DNS will be used to try to discover the FreeIPA server. The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the 'ipa-ca' entry. If neither the DNS entry, nor the environment `IPA_HOST`, nor the value are available in the task, then the default value will be used. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_pass string / required |  | Password of administrative user. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PASS` will be used instead. Note that if the 'urllib_gssapi' library is available, it is possible to use GSSAPI to authenticate to FreeIPA. If the environment variable `KRB5CCNAME` is available, the module will use this kerberos credentials cache to authenticate to the FreeIPA server. If the environment variable `KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME` is available, and `KRB5CCNAME` is not; the module will use this kerberos keytab to authenticate. If GSSAPI is not available, the usage of 'ipa_pass' is required. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_port integer | Default: 443 | Port of FreeIPA / IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PORT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_PORT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_prot string | Choices: http https ← | Protocol used by IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PROT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_PROT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_timeout integer added in 2.7 | Default: 10 | Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection. For bulk operations, you may want to increase this in order to avoid timeout from IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_TIMEOUT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_TIMEOUT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
ipa_user string | Default: "admin" | Administrative account used on IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_USER` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_USER` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
runasgroupcategory - added in 2.5 | Choices: all | RunAs Group category the rule applies to.
runasusercategory - added in 2.5 | Choices: all | RunAs User category the rule applies to.
state - | Choices: present ← absent enabled disabled | State to ensure
sudoopt - |  | List of options to add to the sudo rule.
user - |  | List of users assigned to the rule. If an empty list is passed all users will be removed from the rule. If option is omitted users will not be checked or changed.
usercategory - | Choices: all | User category the rule applies to.
usergroup - |  | List of user groups assigned to the rule. If an empty list is passed all user groups will be removed from the rule. If option is omitted user groups will not be checked or changed.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | This only applies if `ipa_prot` is https. If set to `no`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `no` used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

## Examples

    # Ensure sudo rule is present that's allows all every body to execute any command on any host without being asked for a password.
    - ipa_sudorule:
        name: sudo_all_nopasswd
        cmdcategory: all
        description: Allow to run every command with sudo without password
        hostcategory: all
        sudoopt:
        - '!authenticate'
        usercategory: all
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret
    # Ensure user group developers can run every command on host group db-server as well as on host db01.example.com.
    - ipa_sudorule:
        name: sudo_dev_dbserver
        description: Allow developers to run every command with sudo on all database server
        cmdcategory: all
        host:
        - db01.example.com
        hostgroup:
        - db-server
        sudoopt:
        - '!authenticate'
        usergroup:
        - developers
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
sudorule dictionary | always | Sudorule as returned by IPA

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Thomas Krahn (@Nosmoht)

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