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community.network.pn_user – CLI command to create/modify/delete user

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 2.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.pn_user.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to create a user and apply a role, update a user and delete a user.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
pn_cliswitch
string
Target switch to run the CLI on.
pn_initial_role
string
initial role for user.
pn_name
string
username.
pn_password
string
plain text password.
pn_scope
string
    Choices:
  • local
  • fabric
local or fabric.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
  • update
State the action to perform. Use present to create user and absent to delete user update to update user.

Examples

- name: Create user
  community.network.pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "present"
    pn_scope: "fabric"
    pn_password: "foo123"
    pn_name: "foo"

- name: Delete user
  community.network.pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "absent"
    pn_name: "foo"

- name: Modify user
  community.network.pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "update"
    pn_password: "test1234"
    pn_name: "foo"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
indicates whether the CLI caused changes on the target.
command
string
always
the CLI command run on the target node.
stderr
list / elements=string
on error
set of error responses from the user command.
stdout
list / elements=string
always
set of responses from the user command.


Authors

  • Pluribus Networks (@rajaspachipulusu17)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/network/pn_user_module.html