cristisulighetean / ansible-role-usermanagement

User management role for Ansible

Ansible Role: User Management

This role provides user management on a Linux system, including creating users, assigning them to groups, and setting up their SSH keys for authentication.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

group_name: mygroup
users: []
public_key_path: "/path/to/public/key"

• group_name is the name of the group that the users will be added to.
• users is a list of users to be created on the system. Each user is defined as a dictionary with the keys name and password_hash. For example:

users:
  - name: user1
    password_hash: hash1
  - name: user2
    password_hash: hash2

• public_key_path is the path to the public key file that will be added to the authorized_keys file of each user.

Example Playbook

Here's an example playbook using this role:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - ansible-role-usermanagement

To use this role with custom variables, include them either in your playbook, command line or in a separate file like so:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - ansible-role-usermanagement
  vars:
    group_name: developers
    users:
      - name: dev1
        password_hash: passwordhash1
      - name: dev2
        password_hash: passwordhash2
    public_key_path: "/path/to/your/public/key"

Notes

To get the password hash you could use the following:

• mkpasswd (linux)
• mkpasswd utility (written in go for portability)