2.4. Using Ansible to verify that a topology suffix exists in IdM

Procedure

1. Navigate to your ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory:

   $ cd ~/MyPlaybooks/

2. Copy the verify-topologysuffix.yml Ansible playbook file provided by the ansible-freeipa package:

   $ cp /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/topology/ verify-topologysuffix.yml verify-topologysuffix-copy.yml

3. Open the verify-topologysuffix-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

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

   • Indicate that the value of the ipaadmin_password variable is defined in the secret.yml Ansible vault file.
   • Set the suffix variable to domain. If you are verifying the presence of the ca suffix, set the variable to ca.
   • Ensure that the state variable is set to verified. No other option is possible.

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

   ---
   - name: Playbook to handle topologysuffix
     hosts: ipaserver
   
     vars_files:
     - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
     tasks:
     - name: Verify topology suffix
       freeipa.ansible_freeipa.ipatopologysuffix:
         ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
         suffix: domain
         state: verified

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-topology.md file and the /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/freeipa/ansible_freeipa/playbooks/topology 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 verify-topologysuffix-copy.yml