27.4. Using Ansible to ensure that an automember rule for an IdM user group is absent

Procedure

1. Navigate to your ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Copy the automember-group-absent.yml Ansible playbook file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/automember/ directory:

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

3. Open the automember-group-absent-copy.yml file for editing.

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

   • Set the ipaadmin_password variable to the password of the IdM admin.
   • Set the name variable to testing_group.
   • Set the automember_type variable to group.

   • Ensure that the state variable is set to absent.

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

     ---
     - name: Automember group absent example
       hosts: ipaserver
       vars_files:
       - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
       tasks:
       - name: Ensure group automember rule admins is absent
         freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipaautomember:
           ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
           name: testing_group
           automember_type: group
           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-automember.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/automember 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 automember-group-absent.yml