https://github.com/aboutbits/ansible-user

Ansible User Role
https://github.com/aboutbits/ansible-user

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Ansible User Role

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aboutbits/ansible-user
• Owner: aboutbits
• Created: 2020-04-22T12:57:51.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-29T06:24:29.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-29T07:25:43.907Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: ansible, ansible-role, user-management
• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: readme.md

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Ansible User Role

=================

User creation role.

## Role Variables

- `user_name`: The name of the user

- `user_password`: The password for the user

- `user_groups`: The groups of the user

- `user_authorized_keys`: The authorized keys of the user

## Example Playbook

```yaml

- hosts: all

  tasks:

    - ansible.builtin.include_role:

        name: ansible-user

      vars:

        user_name: alex

        user_password: sha512-hashed-password

        user_groups:

          - docker

        user_authorized_keys:

          - {{ lookup('file', 'path-to-key') }}

```

## Password

To create a password hash for a user, the following command must be extecuted:

```

mkpasswd --method=SHA-512

```

The command is contained within the package "whois" that can be installed on

Linux by executing `apt-get install -y whois`.

## Versioning

In order to have a verioning in place and working, create leightweight tags that point to the appropriate minor release versions.

Creating a new minor release:

```bash

git tag v2

git push --tags

```

Replacing an already existing minor release:

```bash

git tag -d v2

git push origin :refs/tags/v2

git tag v2

git push --tags

```