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

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