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# ipa_host – Manage FreeIPA host

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Add, modify and delete an IPA host using IPA API

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
description - |  | A description of this host.
force boolean | Choices: no yes | Force host name even if not in DNS.
fqdn - / required |  | Full qualified domain name. Can not be changed as it is the unique identifier. aliases: name
ip_address - |  | Add the host to DNS with this IP address.
ipa_host string | Default: "ipa.example.com" | IP or hostname of IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_HOST` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_HOST` and the value are not specified in the task, then DNS will be used to try to discover the FreeIPA server. The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the 'ipa-ca' entry. If neither the DNS entry, nor the environment `IPA_HOST`, nor the value are available in the task, then the default value will be used. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_pass string / required |  | Password of administrative user. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PASS` will be used instead. Note that if the 'urllib_gssapi' library is available, it is possible to use GSSAPI to authenticate to FreeIPA. If the environment variable `KRB5CCNAME` is available, the module will use this kerberos credentials cache to authenticate to the FreeIPA server. If the environment variable `KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME` is available, and `KRB5CCNAME` is not; the module will use this kerberos keytab to authenticate. If GSSAPI is not available, the usage of 'ipa_pass' is required. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_port integer | Default: 443 | Port of FreeIPA / IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PORT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_PORT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_prot string | Choices: http https ← | Protocol used by IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_PROT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_PROT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
ipa_timeout integer added in 2.7 | Default: 10 | Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection. For bulk operations, you may want to increase this in order to avoid timeout from IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_TIMEOUT` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_TIMEOUT` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
ipa_user string | Default: "admin" | Administrative account used on IPA server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `IPA_USER` will be used instead. If both the environment variable `IPA_USER` and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set. Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
mac_address - |  | List of Hardware MAC address(es) off this host. If option is omitted MAC addresses will not be checked or changed. If an empty list is passed all assigned MAC addresses will be removed. MAC addresses that are already assigned but not passed will be removed. aliases: macaddress
ns_hardware_platform - |  | Host hardware platform (e.g. "Lenovo T61") aliases: nshardwareplatform
ns_host_location - |  | Host location (e.g. "Lab 2") aliases: nshostlocation
ns_os_version - |  | Host operating system and version (e.g. "Fedora 9") aliases: nsosversion
random_password boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no ← yes | Generate a random password to be used in bulk enrollment
state - | Choices: present ← absent enabled disabled | State to ensure
update_dns boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no ← yes | If set `"True"` with state as `"absent"`, then removes DNS records of the host managed by FreeIPA DNS. This option has no effect for states other than "absent".
user_certificate - |  | List of Base-64 encoded server certificates. If option is omitted certificates will not be checked or changed. If an empty list is passed all assigned certificates will be removed. Certificates already assigned but not passed will be removed. aliases: usercertificate
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | This only applies if `ipa_prot` is https. If set to `no`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only set to `no` used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

## Examples

    # Ensure host is present
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        description: Example host
        ip_address: 192.168.0.123
        ns_host_location: Lab
        ns_os_version: CentOS 7
        ns_hardware_platform: Lenovo T61
        mac_address:
        - "08:00:27:E3:B1:2D"
        - "52:54:00:BD:97:1E"
        state: present
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret

    # Generate a random password for bulk enrolment
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        description: Example host
        ip_address: 192.168.0.123
        state: present
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret
        validate_certs: False
        random_password: True

    # Ensure host is disabled
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        state: disabled
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret

    # Ensure that all user certificates are removed
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        user_certificate: []
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret

    # Ensure host is absent
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        state: absent
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret

    # Ensure host and its DNS record is absent
    - ipa_host:
        name: host01.example.com
        state: absent
        ipa_host: ipa.example.com
        ipa_user: admin
        ipa_pass: topsecret
        update_dns: True

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
host dictionary | always | Host as returned by IPA API.
host_diff list | if check mode and a difference is found | List of options that differ and would be changed

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Thomas Krahn (@Nosmoht)

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