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Chapter 85. Ensuring the presence and absence of services in IdM using Ansible

With the Ansible service module, Identity Management (IdM) administrator can ensure that specific services that are not native to IdM are present or absent in IdM. For example, you can use the service module to:

85.1. Ensuring the presence of an HTTP service in IdM using an Ansible playbook

Follow this procedure to ensure the presence of an HTTP server in IdM using an Ansible playbook.

Prerequisites

  • The system to host the HTTP service is an IdM client.
  • You have the IdM administrator password.

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-copy.yml

  4. Open the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing: 

    ---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA service.
  hosts: ipaserver
  gather_facts: false

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  # Ensure service is present
  - ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com

  5. Adapt the file:

    • Change the IdM administrator password defined by the ipaadmin_password variable.
    • Change the name of your IdM client on which the HTTP service is running, as defined by the name variable of the ipaservice task.
  6. Save and exit the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. Log into the IdM Web UI as IdM administrator.
  2. Navigate to Identity → Services.

If HTTP/client.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM is listed in the Services list, the Ansible playbook has been successfully added to IdM.

Additional resources

85.2. Ensuring the presence of multiple services in IdM on an IdM client using a single Ansible task

You can use the ansible-freeipa ipaservice module to add, modify, and delete multiple Identity Management (IdM) services with a single Ansible task. For that, use the services option of the ipaservice module.

Using the services option, you can also specify multiple service variables that only apply to a particular service. Define this service by the name variable, which is the only mandatory variable for the services option.

Complete this procedure to ensure the presence of the HTTP/client01.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM and the ftp/client02.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM services in IdM with a single task.

Prerequisites

  • On the control node:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.14 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package.
    • You have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory.
    • You are using RHEL 8.9 and later.
    • You have stored your ipaadmin_password in the secret.yml Ansible vault.

Procedure

  1. Create your Ansible playbook file add-http-and-ftp-services.yml with the following content: 

    ---
- name: Playbook to add multiple services in a single task
  hosts: ipaserver
  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml

  tasks:
  - name: Add HTTP and ftp services
    ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      services:
      - name:  HTTP/client01.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM
      - name: ftp/client02.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM

  2. Run the playbook: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i inventory add-http-and-ftp-services.yml

Additional resources

85.3. Ensuring the presence of an HTTP service in IdM on a non-IdM client using an Ansible playbook

Follow this procedure to ensure the presence of an HTTP server in IdM on a host that is not an IdM client using an Ansible playbook. By adding the HTTP server to IdM you are also adding the host to IdM.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-without-host-check.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-without-host-check.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-without-host-check-copy.yml

  4. Open the copied file, /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-without-host-check-copy.yml, for editing. Locate the ipaadmin_password and name variables in the ipaservice task: 

    ---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA service.
  hosts: ipaserver
  gather_facts: false

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  # Ensure service is present
  - ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/www2.example.com
      skip_host_check: yes

  5. Adapt the file:

    • Set the ipaadmin_password variable to your IdM administrator password.
    • Set the name variable to the name of the host on which the HTTP service is running.
  6. Save and exit the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-without-host-check-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. Log into the IdM Web UI as IdM administrator.
  2. Navigate to Identity → Services.

You can now see HTTP/client.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM listed in the Services list.

Additional resources

85.4. Ensuring the presence of an HTTP service on an IdM client without DNS using an Ansible playbook

Follow this procedure to ensure the presence of an HTTP server running on an IdM client that has no DNS entry using an Ansible playbook. The scenario implied is that the IdM host has no DNS A entry available - or no DNS AAAA entry if IPv6 is used instead of IPv4.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-with-host-force.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-with-host-force.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-with-host-force-copy.yml

  4. Open the copied file, /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-with-host-force-copy.yml, for editing. Locate the ipaadmin_password and name variables in the ipaservice task: 

    ---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA service.
  hosts: ipaserver
  gather_facts: false

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  # Ensure service is present
  - ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/ihavenodns.info
      force: yes

  5. Adapt the file:

    • Set the ipaadmin_password variable to your IdM administrator password.
    • Set the name variable to the name of the host on which the HTTP service is running.
  6. Save and exit the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-present-with-host-force-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. Log into the IdM Web UI as IdM administrator.
  2. Navigate to Identity → Services.

You can now see HTTP/client.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM listed in the Services list.

Additional resources

85.5. Ensuring the presence of an externally signed certificate in an IdM service entry using an Ansible playbook

Follow this procedure to use the ansible-freeipa service module to ensure that a certificate issued by an external certificate authority (CA) is attached to the IdM entry of the HTTP service. Having the certificate of an HTTP service signed by an external CA rather than the IdM CA is particularly useful if your IdM CA uses a self-signed certificate.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-certificate-present.yml file, for example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-certificate-present.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-certificate-present-copy.yml

  4. Optional: If the certificate is in the Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format, convert the certificate to the Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) format for easier handling through the command-line interface (CLI): 

    $ openssl x509 -outform der -in cert1.pem -out cert1.der

  5. Decode the DER file to standard output using the base64 command. Use the -w0 option to disable wrapping: 

    $ base64 cert1.der -w0
MIIC/zCCAeegAwIBAgIUV74O+4kXeg21o4vxfRRtyJm...
  6. Copy the certificate from the standard output to the clipboard.

  7. Open the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-certificate-present-copy.yml file for editing and view its contents: 

    ---
- name: Service certificate present.
  hosts: ipaserver
  gather_facts: false

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  # Ensure service certificate is present
  - ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com
      certificate: |
        - MIICBjCCAW8CFHnm32VcXaUDGfEGdDL/...
      [...]
      action: member
      state: present

  8. Adapt the file:

    • Replace the certificate, defined using the certificate variable, with the certificate you copied from the CLI. Note that if you use the certificate: variable with the "|" pipe character as indicated, you can enter the certificate THIS WAY rather than having it to enter it in a single line. This makes reading the certificate easier.
    • Change the IdM administrator password, defined by the ipaadmin_password variable.
    • Change the name of your IdM client on which the HTTP service is running, defined by the name variable.
    • Change any other relevant variables.
  9. Save and exit the file.

  10. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-certificate-present-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. Log into the IdM Web UI as IdM administrator.
  2. Navigate to Identity → Services.
  3. Click the name of the service with the newly added certificate, for example HTTP/client.idm.example.com.

In the Service Certificate section on the right, you can now see the newly added certificate.

85.6. Using an Ansible playbook to allow IdM users, groups, hosts, or host groups to create a keytab of a service

A keytab is a file containing pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. Keytab files are commonly used to allow scripts to automatically authenticate using Kerberos, without requiring human interaction or access to password stored in a plain-text file. The script is then able to use the acquired credentials to access files stored on a remote system.

As an Identity Management (IdM) administrator, you can allow other users to retrieve or even create a keytab for a service running in IdM. By allowing specific users and user groups to create keytabs, you can delegate the administration of the service to them without sharing the IdM administrator password. This delegation provides a more fine-grained system administration.

Follow this procedure to allow specific IdM users, user groups, hosts, and host groups to create a keytab for the HTTP service running on an IdM client. Specifically, it describes how you can allow the user01 IdM user to create a keytab for the HTTP service running on an IdM client named client.idm.example.com.

Prerequisites

  • You know the IdM administrator password.

  • You have configured your Ansible control node to meet the following requirements:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.14 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package on the Ansible controller.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.
  • You have enrolled the HTTP service to IdM.
  • The system to host the HTTP service is an IdM client.
  • The IdM users and user groups that you want to allow to create the keytab exist in IdM.
  • The IdM hosts and host groups that you want to allow to create the keytab exist in IdM.

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_create_keytab-present.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_create_keytab-present.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_create_keytab-present-copy.yml
  4. Open the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_create_keytab-present-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

  5. Adapt the file by changing the following:

    • The IdM administrator password specified by the ipaadmin_password variable.
    • The name of your IdM client on which the HTTP service is running. In the current example, it is HTTP/client.idm.example.com
    • The names of IdM users that are listed in the allow_create_keytab_user: section. In the current example, it is user01.
    • The names of IdM user groups that are listed in the allow_create_keytab_group: section.
    • The names of IdM hosts that are listed in the allow_create_keytab_host: section.
    • The names of IdM host groups that are listed in the allow_create_keytab_hostgroup: section.

    • The name of the task specified by the name variable in the tasks section.

      After being adapted for the current example, the copied file looks like this: 

    ---
- name: Service member allow_create_keytab present
  hosts: ipaserver

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Service HTTP/client.idm.example.com members allow_create_keytab present for user01
    ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com
      allow_create_keytab_user:
      - user01
      action: member
  6. Save the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_create_keytab-present-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. SSH to an IdM server as an IdM user that has the privilege to create a keytab for the particular HTTP service: 

    $ ssh user01@server.idm.example.com
Password:

  2. Use the ipa-getkeytab command to generate the new keytab for the HTTP service: 

    $ ipa-getkeytab -s server.idm.example.com -p HTTP/client.idm.example.com -k /etc/httpd/conf/krb5.keytab

    The -s option specifies a Key Distribution Center (KDC) server to generate the keytab.

    The -p option specifies the principal whose keytab you want to create.

    The -k option specifies the keytab file to append the new key to. The file will be created if it does not exist.

If the command does not result in an error, you have successfully created a keytab of HTTP/client.idm.example.com as user01.

85.7. Using an Ansible playbook to allow IdM users, groups, hosts, or host groups to retrieve a keytab of a service

A keytab is a file containing pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. Keytab files are commonly used to allow scripts to automatically authenticate using Kerberos, without requiring human interaction or access to a password stored in a plain-text file. The script is then able to use the acquired credentials to access files stored on a remote system.

As IdM administrator, you can allow other users to retrieve or even create a keytab for a service running in IdM.

Follow this procedure to allow specific IdM users, user groups, hosts, and host groups to retrieve a keytab for the HTTP service running on an IdM client. Specifically, it describes how to allow the user01 IdM user to retrieve the keytab of the HTTP service running on client.idm.example.com.

Prerequisites

  • You know the IdM administrator password.

  • You have configured your Ansible control node to meet the following requirements:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.14 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package on the Ansible controller.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.
  • You have enrolled the HTTP service to IdM.
  • The IdM users and user groups that you want to allow to retrieve the keytab exist in IdM.
  • The IdM hosts and host groups that you want to allow to retrieve the keytab exist in IdM.

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_retrieve_keytab-present.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_retrieve_keytab-present.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_retrieve_keytab-present-copy.yml
  4. Open the copied file, /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_retrieve_keytab-present-copy.yml, for editing:

  5. Adapt the file:

    • Set the ipaadmin_password variable to your IdM administrator password.
    • Set the name variable of the ipaservice task to the principal of the HTTP service. In the current example, it is HTTP/client.idm.example.com
    • Specify the names of IdM users in the allow_retrieve_keytab_group: section. In the current example, it is user01.
    • Specify the names of IdM user groups in the allow_retrieve_keytab_group: section.
    • Specify the names of IdM hosts in the allow_retrieve_keytab_group: section.
    • Specify the names of IdM host groups in the allow_retrieve_keytab_group: section.

    • Specify the name of the task using the name variable in the tasks section.

      After being adapted for the current example, the copied file looks like this: 

    ---
- name: Service member allow_retrieve_keytab present
  hosts: ipaserver

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Service HTTP/client.idm.example.com members allow_retrieve_keytab present for user01
    ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com
      allow_retrieve_keytab_user:
      - user01
      action: member
  6. Save the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-allow_retrieve_keytab-present-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. SSH to an IdM server as an IdM user with the privilege to retrieve a keytab for the HTTP service: 

    $ ssh user01@server.idm.example.com
Password:

  2. Use the ipa-getkeytab command with the -r option to retrieve the keytab: 

    $ ipa-getkeytab -r -s server.idm.example.com -p HTTP/client.idm.example.com -k /etc/httpd/conf/krb5.keytab

    The -s option specifies a Key Distribution Center (KDC) server from which you want to retrieve the keytab.

    The -p option specifies the principal whose keytab you want to retrieve.

    The -k option specifies the keytab file to which you want to append the retrieved key. The file will be created if it does not exist.

If the command does not result in an error, you have successfully retrieved a keytab of HTTP/client.idm.example.com as user01.

85.8. Ensuring the presence of a Kerberos principal alias of a service using an Ansible playbook

In some scenarios, it is beneficial for IdM administrator to enable IdM users, hosts, or services to authenticate against Kerberos applications using a Kerberos principal alias. These scenarios include:

  • The user name changed, but the user should be able to log into the system using both the previous and new user names.
  • The user needs to log in using the email address even if the IdM Kerberos realm differs from the email domain.

Follow this procedure to create the principal alias of HTTP/mycompany.idm.example.com for the HTTP service running on client.idm.example.com.

Prerequisites

  • You know the IdM administrator password.

  • You have configured your Ansible control node to meet the following requirements:

    • You are using Ansible version 2.14 or later.
    • You have installed the ansible-freeipa package on the Ansible controller.
    • The example assumes that in the ~/MyPlaybooks/ directory, you have created an Ansible inventory file with the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the IdM server.
    • The example assumes that the secret.yml Ansible vault stores your ipaadmin_password.
  • The target node, that is the node on which the ansible-freeipa module is executed, is part of the IdM domain as an IdM client, server or replica.
  • You have set up an HTTP service
  • You have enrolled the HTTP service to IdM.
  • The host on which you have set up HTTP is an IdM client.

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-principal-present.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-principal-present.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-principal-present-copy.yml
  4. Open the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-principal-present-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

  5. Adapt the file by changing the following:

    • The IdM administrator password specified by the ipaadmin_password variable.
    • The name of the service specified by the name variable. This is the canonical principal name of the service. In the current example, it is HTTP/client.idm.example.com.
    • The Kerberos principal alias specified by the principal variable. This is the alias you want to add to the service defined by the name variable. In the current example, it is host/mycompany.idm.example.com.

    • The name of the task specified by the name variable in the tasks section.

      After being adapted for the current example, the copied file looks like this: 

    ---
- name: Service member principal present
  hosts: ipaserver

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  - name: Service HTTP/client.idm.example.com member principals host/mycompany.idm.exmaple.com present
    ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com
      principal:
        - host/mycompany.idm.example.com
      action: member
  6. Save the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-member-principal-present-copy.yml

If running the playbook results in 0 unreachable and 0 failed tasks, you have successfully created the host/mycompany.idm.example.com Kerberos principal for the HTTP/client.idm.example.com service.

Additional resources

85.9. Ensuring the absence of an HTTP service in IdM using an Ansible playbook

Follow this procedure to unenroll a service from IdM. More specifically, it describes how to use an Ansible playbook to ensure the absence of an HTTP server named HTTP/client.idm.example.com in IdM.

Prerequisites

  • You have the IdM administrator password.

Procedure

  1. Create an inventory file, for example inventory.file: 

    $ touch inventory.file

  2. Open the inventory.file and define the IdM server that you want to configure in the [ipaserver] section. For example, to instruct Ansible to configure server.idm.example.com, enter: 

    [ipaserver]
server.idm.example.com

  3. Make a copy of the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-absent.yml Ansible playbook file. For example: 

    $ cp /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-absent.yml /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-absent-copy.yml
  4. Open the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-absent-copy.yml Ansible playbook file for editing.

  5. Adapt the file by changing the following:

    • The IdM administrator password defined by the ipaadmin_password variable.

    • The Kerberos principal of the HTTP service, as defined by the name variable of the ipaservice task.

      After being adapted for the current example, the copied file looks like this: 

    ---
- name: Playbook to manage IPA service.
  hosts: ipaserver
  gather_facts: false

  vars_files:
  - /home/user_name/MyPlaybooks/secret.yml
  tasks:
  # Ensure service is absent
  - ipaservice:
      ipaadmin_password: "{{ ipaadmin_password }}"
      name: HTTP/client.idm.example.com
      state: absent
  6. Save and exit the file.

  7. Run the Ansible playbook. Specify the playbook file, the file storing the password protecting the secret.yml file, and the inventory file: 

    $ ansible-playbook --vault-password-file=password_file -v -i path_to_inventory_directory/inventory.file /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/service/service-is-absent-copy.yml

Verification steps

  1. Log into the IdM Web UI as IdM administrator.
  2. Navigate to Identity → Services.

If you cannot see the HTTP/client.idm.example.com@IDM.EXAMPLE.COM service in the Services list, you have successfully ensured its absence in IdM.

85.10. Additional resources

  • See the README-service.md Markdown file in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/ directory.
  • See sample playbooks in the /usr/share/doc/ansible-freeipa/playbooks/config directory.