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# junos_user – Manage local user accounts on Juniper JUNOS devices

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module manages locally configured user accounts on remote network devices running the JUNOS operating system. It provides a set of arguments for creating, removing and updating locally defined accounts

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
active boolean added in 2.4 | Choices: no yes ← | Specifies whether or not the configuration is active or deactivated
aggregate - added in 2.4 |  | The `aggregate` argument defines a list of users to be configured on the remote device. The list of users will be compared against the current users and only changes will be added or removed from the device configuration. This argument is mutually exclusive with the name argument. aliases: users, collection
encrypted_password - added in 2.8 |  | The `encrypted_password` argument set already hashed password for the user account on the remote system.
full_name - |  | The `full_name` argument provides the full name of the user account to be created on the remote device. This argument accepts any text string value.
name - |  | The `name` argument defines the username of the user to be created on the system. This argument must follow appropriate usernaming conventions for the target device running JUNOS. This argument is mutually exclusive with the `aggregate` argument.
provider dictionary |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` or `connection: netconf`. For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
| host string / required |  | Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
| password string |  | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 22 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for `transport=cli`) or port 830 (for `transport=netconf`) device.
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
| timeout integer | Default: 10 | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
purge boolean | Choices: no ← yes | The `purge` argument instructs the module to consider the users definition absolute. It will remove any previously configured users on the device with the exception of the current defined set of aggregate.
role - | Choices: operator read-only super-user unauthorized | The `role` argument defines the role of the user account on the remote system. User accounts can have more than one role configured.
sshkey - |  | The `sshkey` argument defines the public SSH key to be configured for the user account on the remote system. This argument must be a valid SSH key
state - | Choices: present ← absent | The `state` argument configures the state of the user definitions as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set to present, the user should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the user should not be in the device active configuration

## Notes

Note

- This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.

- Tested against vSRX JUNOS version 15.1X49-D15.4, vqfx-10000 JUNOS Version 15.1X53-D60.4.

- Recommended connection is `netconf`. See the Junos OS Platform Options.

- This module also works with `local` connections for legacy playbooks.

- For information on using CLI and netconf see the Junos OS Platform Options guide

- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

- For more information on using Ansible to manage Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

## Examples

    - name: create new user account
      junos_user:
        name: ansible
        role: super-user
        sshkey: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/ansible.pub') }}"
        state: present

    - name: remove a user account
      junos_user:
        name: ansible
        state: absent

    - name: remove all user accounts except ansible
      junos_user:
        aggregate:
        - name: ansible
        purge: yes

    - name: set user password
      junos_user:
        name: ansible
        role: super-user
        encrypted_password: "{{ 'my-password' | password_hash('sha512') }}"
        state: present

    - name: Create list of users
      junos_user:
        aggregate:
          - {name: test_user1, full_name: test_user2, role: operator, state: present}
          - {name: test_user2, full_name: test_user2, role: read-only, state: present}

    - name: Delete list of users
      junos_user:
        aggregate:
          - {name: test_user1, full_name: test_user2, role: operator, state: absent}
          - {name: test_user2, full_name: test_user2, role: read-only, state: absent}

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
diff.prepared string | when configuration is changed and diff option is enabled. | Configuration difference before and after applying change. Sample: [edit system login] + user test-user { + uid 2005; + class read-only; + }

## Status

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

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

### Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

### Authors

- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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