Ansible Role infra.aap_configuration.authenticators

Description

An Ansible Role to add Authenticators on Ansible Automation gateway.

Variables

Variable Name Default Value Required Description Example
platform_state “present” no The state all objects will take unless overridden by object default ‘absent’
aap_hostname ”” yes URL to the Ansible Automation Platform Server. 127.0.0.1
aap_validate_certs True no Whether or not to validate the Ansible Automation Platform Server’s SSL certificate.  
aap_username ”” no Admin User on the Ansible Automation Platform Server. Either username / password or oauthtoken need to be specified.  
aap_password ”” no Platform Admin User’s password on the Server. This should be stored in an Ansible Vault at vars/platform-secrets.yml or elsewhere and called from a parent playbook.  
aap_token ”” no Controller Admin User’s token on the Ansible Automation Platform Server. This should be stored in an Ansible Vault at or elsewhere and called from a parent playbook. Either username / password or oauthtoken need to be specified.  
aap_request_timeout 10 no Specify the timeout in seconds Ansible should use in requests to the Ansible Automation Platform host.  
gateway_authenticators see below yes Data structure describing your gateway_authenticators Described below.  

Secure Logging Variables

The following Variables compliment each other. If Both variables are not set, secure logging defaults to false. The role defaults to False as normally the add ee_registry task does not include sensitive information. gateway_authenticators_secure_logging defaults to the value of aap_configuration_secure_logging if it is not explicitly called. This allows for secure logging to be toggled for the entire suite of automation hub configuration roles with a single variable, or for the user to selectively use it.

Variable Name Default Value Required Description
gateway_authenticators_secure_logging False no Whether or not to include the sensitive Registry role tasks in the log. Set this value to True if you will be providing your sensitive values from elsewhere.
aap_configuration_secure_logging False no This variable enables secure logging as well, but is shared across multiple roles, see above.

Asynchronous Retry Variables

The following Variables set asynchronous retries for the role. If neither of the retries or delay or retries are set, they will default to their respective defaults. This allows for all items to be created, then checked that the task finishes successfully. This also speeds up the overall role.

Variable Name Default Value Required Description
aap_configuration_async_retries 50 no This variable sets the number of retries to attempt for the role globally.
gateway_authenticators_async_retries aap_configuration_async_retries no This variable sets the number of retries to attempt for the role.
aap_configuration_async_delay 1 no This sets the delay between retries for the role globally.
gateway_authenticators_async_delay aap_configuration_async_delay no This sets the delay between retries for the role.
aap_configuration_loop_delay 1000 no This variable sets the loop_delay for the role globally.
gateway_authenticators_loop_delay aap_configuration_loop_delay no This variable sets the loop_delay for the role.
aap_configuration_async_dir null no Sets the directory to write the results file for async tasks. The default value is set to null which uses the Ansible Default of /root/.ansible_async/.

Data Structure

Authenticator Arguments

Options for the authenticators_list variable:

Variable Name Default Value Required Type Description
name N/A yes str The name of the resource
new_name N/A no str Setting this option will change the existing name (looked up via the name field)
slug N/A no str An immutable identifier for the authenticator
enabled N/A(false by API) no bool Enable/Disable the authenticator
create_objects N/A(true by API) no bool Allow authenticator to create objects (users, teams, organizations)
remove_users N/A(true by API) no bool When a user authenticates from this source should they be removed from any other groups they were previously added to
configuration N/A no dict The required configuration for this source (dict keys specified by the module in ‘type’)
type N/A no str The type of authentication service this is. Can be one of the modules: ansible_base.authentication.authenticator_plugins.*
order N/A (1 by API) no int The order in which an authenticator will be tried. This only pertains to username/password authenticators
state present no str Desired state of the resource.

Unique value

  • name
  • slug (can’t be used as an identificator)

Usage

Json Example

  • Creates local authenticator
  • Renames authenticator
{
  "gateway_authenticators": [
    {
      "name": "local authenticator",
      "slug": "local-authenticator",
      "type": "ansible_base.authentication.authenticator_plugins.local",
      "enabled": true,
      "configuration": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "github authenticator",
      "new_name": "New GitHub Authenticator"
    }
  ]
}

Yaml Example

  • Deletes 1 authenticator
  • Creates an AzureAD authenticator with configuration provided by the ansible_base.authentication.authenticator_plugins.azuread module

File name: data/gateway_authenticators.yml

gateway_authenticators:
- name: "Deprecated Authenticator"
  state: absent
- name: Auth AzureAD
  type: 'ansible_base.authentication.authenticator_plugins.azuread'
  slug: authenticator-azuread
  enabled: true
  configuration:
    CALLBACK_URL: 'https://127.0.0.1'
    KEY: 'oidc-key'
    SECRET: 'oidc-secret'

Run Playbook

File name: manage_data.yml can be found in the top-level README.

ansible-playbook manage_data.yml -e @data/gateway_authenticators.yml

License

GPL-3.0