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Chapter 32. Delegating permissions to user groups to manage users using Ansible playbooks


Configure delegation rules using Ansible to grant one user group permission to manage entries for another group, distributing administrative responsibilities.

Delegation is one of the access control methods in Identity Management (IdM), along with self-service rules and role-based access control (RBAC). For general information about delegation rules, see Delegation rules.

32.1. Using Ansible to ensure that a delegation rule is present

Create delegation rules in Identity Management (IdM) using Ansible to grant one user group permission to manage specific attributes of another group’s members.

In the example, the new basic manager attributes delegation rule grants the managers group the ability to read and write the following attributes for members of the employees group:

  • businesscategory
  • departmentnumber
  • employeenumber
  • employeetype

Prerequisites

  • On the control node:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.15 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password and that you have access to a file that stores the password protecting the secret.yml file.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the freeipa.ansible_freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

    $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/
  2. Make a copy of the delegation-present.yml file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/ directory:

    $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/delegation-present.yml delegation-present-copy.yml
  3. Open the delegation-present-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.
  4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation task section:

    • Set the name variable to the name of the new delegation rule.
    • Set the permission variable to a comma-separated list of permissions to grant: read and write.
    • Set the attribute variable to a list of attributes the delegated user group can manage: businesscategory, departmentnumber, employeenumber, and employeetype.
    • Set the group variable to the name of the group that is being given access to view or modify attributes.
    • Set the membergroup variable to the name of the group whose attributes can be viewed or modified.

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

    ---
    - name: Playbook to manage a delegation rule
      hosts: ipaserver
    
      vars_files:
      - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
      tasks:
      - name: Ensure delegation "basic manager attributes" is present
        freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation:
          ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
          name: "basic manager attributes"
          permission: read, write
          attribute:
          - businesscategory
          - departmentnumber
          - employeenumber
          - employeetype
          group: managers
          membergroup: employees
  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-delegation.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/ipadelegation 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 ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory delegation-present-copy.yml

32.2. Using Ansible to ensure that a delegation rule is absent

Remove delegation rules from Identity Management (IdM) using Ansible to revoke a user group’s permission to manage attributes of another group’s members.

The example below describes how to make sure the custom basic manager attributes delegation rule does not exist in IdM.

Prerequisites

  • On the control node:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.15 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password and that you have access to a file that stores the password protecting the secret.yml file.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the freeipa.ansible_freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

    $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks>/
  2. Make a copy of the delegation-absent.yml file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/ directory:

    $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/delegation-present.yml delegation-absent-copy.yml
  3. Open the delegation-absent-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.
  4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation task section:

    • Set the name variable to the name of the delegation rule.
    • Set the state variable to absent.

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

    ---
    - name: Delegation absent
      hosts: ipaserver
    
      vars_files:
      - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
      tasks:
      - name: Ensure delegation "basic manager attributes" is absent
        freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation:
          ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
          name: "basic manager attributes"
          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-delegation.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/ipadelegation 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 ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory delegation-absent-copy.yml

32.3. Using Ansible to ensure that a delegation rule has specific attributes

Add attributes to existing Identity Management (IdM) delegation rules using Ansible to modify which user entry fields a group can manage for another group’s members.

In the example below, you ensure the basic manager attributes delegation rule only has the departmentnumber member attribute.

Prerequisites

  • On the control node:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.15 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password and that you have access to a file that stores the password protecting the secret.yml file.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the freeipa.ansible_freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.
  • The basic manager attributes delegation rule exists in IdM.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

    $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/
  2. Make a copy of the delegation-member-present.yml file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/ directory:

    $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/delegation-member-present.yml delegation-member-present-copy.yml
  3. Open the delegation-member-present-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.
  4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation task section:

    • Set the name variable to the name of the delegation rule to modify.
    • Set the attribute variable to departmentnumber.
    • Set the action variable to member.

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

    ---
    - name: Delegation member present
      hosts: ipaserver
    
      vars_files:
      - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
      tasks:
      - name: Ensure delegation "basic manager attributes" member attribute departmentnumber is present
        freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation:
          ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
          name: "basic manager attributes"
          attribute:
          - departmentnumber
          action: member
  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-delegation.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/ipadelegation 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 ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory delegation-member-present-copy.yml

Remove attributes from existing Identity Management (IdM) delegation rules using Ansible to restrict which user entry fields a group can manage for another group’s members, limiting undesired access.

In the example, you ensure the basic manager attributes delegation rule does not have the employeenumber and employeetype member attributes.

Prerequisites

  • On the control node:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.15 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password and that you have access to a file that stores the password protecting the secret.yml file.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the freeipa.ansible_freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.
  • The basic manager attributes delegation rule exists in IdM.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

    $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/
  2. Make a copy of the delegation-member-absent.yml file located in the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/ directory:

    $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/delegation/delegation-member-absent.yml delegation-member-absent-copy.yml
  3. Open the delegation-member-absent-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.
  4. Adapt the file by setting the following variables in the freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation task section:

    • Set the name variable to the name of the delegation rule to modify.
    • Set the attribute variable to employeenumber and employeetype.
    • Set the action variable to member.
    • Set the state variable to absent.

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

    ---
    - name: Delegation member absent
      hosts: ipaserver
    
      vars_files:
      - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
      tasks:
      - name: Ensure delegation "basic manager attributes" member attributes employeenumber and employeetype are absent
        freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipadelegation:
          ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
          name: "basic manager attributes"
          attribute:
          - employeenumber
          - employeetype
          action: member
          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-delegation.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/ipadelegation 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 ~/MyPlaybooks/inventory delegation-member-absent-copy.yml
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