21.2. Using Ansible to ensure that a self-service rule is absent

Procedure

1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Make a copy of the selfservice-absent.yml file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/selfservice/ directory:

   $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/selfservice/selfservice-absent.yml selfservice-absent-copy.yml

3. Open the selfservice-absent-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaselfservice task section:

   • Set the name variable to the name of the self-service rule.
   • Set the state variable to absent.

   This is the modified Ansible playbook file for the current example:

   ---
   - name: Self-service absent
     hosts: ipaserver
   
     vars_files:
     - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
     tasks:
     - name: Ensure self-service rule "Users can manage their own name details" is absent
       freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaselfservice:
         ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
         name: "Users can manage their own name details"
         state: absent

5. Save the file.

   For details about variables and example playbooks in the FreeIPA Ansible collection, see the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/README-selfservice.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/selfservice directory on the control node.

6. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file:

   $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i inventory selfservice-absent-copy.yml