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

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