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community.general.ldap_search – Search for entries in a LDAP server

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.ldap_search.

New in version 0.2.0: of community.general

Synopsis

  • Return the results of an LDAP search.

Requirements

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

  • python-ldap

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
attrs
list / elements=string
A list of attributes for limiting the result. Use an actual list or a comma-separated string.
bind_dn
string
A DN to bind with. If this is omitted, we'll try a SASL bind with the EXTERNAL mechanism as default.
If this is blank, we'll use an anonymous bind.
bind_pw
string
The password to use with bind_dn.
dn
string / required
The LDAP DN to search in.
filter
string
Default:
"(objectClass=*)"
Used for filtering the LDAP search result.
referrals_chasing
string
added in 2.0.0 of community.general
    Choices:
  • disabled
  • anonymous ←
Set the referrals chasing behavior.
anonymous follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior.
disabled disable referrals chasing. This sets OPT_REFERRALS to off.
sasl_class
string
added in 2.0.0 of community.general
    Choices:
  • external ←
  • gssapi
The class to use for SASL authentication.
possible choices are external, gssapi.
schema
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Set to true to return the full attribute schema of entries, not their attribute values. Overrides attrs when provided.
scope
string
    Choices:
  • base ←
  • onelevel
  • subordinate
  • children
The LDAP scope to use.
server_uri
string
Default:
"ldapi:///"
A URI to the LDAP server.
The default value lets the underlying LDAP client library look for a UNIX domain socket in its default location.
start_tls
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If true, we'll use the START_TLS LDAP extension.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only be used on sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • The default authentication settings will attempt to use a SASL EXTERNAL bind over a UNIX domain socket. This works well with the default Ubuntu install for example, which includes a cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth ACL rule allowing root to modify the server configuration. If you need to use a simple bind to access your server, pass the credentials in bind_dn and bind_pw.

Examples

- name: Return all entries within the 'groups' organizational unit.
  community.general.ldap_search:
    dn: "ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com"
  register: ldap_groups

- name: Return GIDs for all groups
  community.general.ldap_search:
    dn: "ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com"
    scope: "onelevel"
    attrs:
      - "gidNumber"
  register: ldap_group_gids

Authors

  • Sebastian Pfahl (@eryx12o45)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/ldap_search_module.html