# aci_aaa_user – Manage AAA users (aaa:User)

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- See Also

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manage AAA users on Cisco ACI fabrics.

## Requirements

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

- python-dateutil

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aaa_password string |  | The password of the locally-authenticated user.
aaa_password_lifetime integer |  | The lifetime of the locally-authenticated user password.

aaa_password_update_required
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Whether this account needs password update.

aaa_user string |  | The name of the locally-authenticated user user to add. aliases: name, user
certificate_name string |  | The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication. If a `private_key` filename was provided, this defaults to the `private_key` basename, without extension. If PEM-formatted content was provided for `private_key`, this defaults to the `username` value. aliases: cert_name

clear_password_history
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Whether to clear the password history of a locally-authenticated user.

description string |  | Description for the AAA user. aliases: descr
email string |  | The email address of the locally-authenticated user.

enabled
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

The status of the locally-authenticated user account.

expiration string |  | The expiration date of the locally-authenticated user account.

expires
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Whether to enable an expiration date for the locally-authenticated user account.

first_name string |  | The first name of the locally-authenticated user.
host string / required |  | IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host. aliases: hostname
last_name string |  | The last name of the locally-authenticated user.

output_level
string

Choices:
- debug
- info
- normal ←

Influence the output of this ACI module.
`normal` means the standard output, incl. `current` dict
`info` adds informational output, incl. `previous`, `proposed` and `sent` dicts
`debug` adds debugging output, incl. `filter_string`, `method`, `response`, `status` and `url` information

password string / required |  | The password to use for authentication. This option is mutual exclusive with `private_key`. If `private_key` is provided too, it will be used instead.
phone string |  | The phone number of the locally-authenticated user.
port integer |  | Port number to be used for REST connection. The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.
private_key string / required |  | Either a PEM-formatted private key file or the private key content used for signature-based authentication. This value also influences the default `certificate_name` that is used. This option is mutual exclusive with `password`. If `password` is provided too, it will be ignored. aliases: cert_key

state
string

Choices:
- absent
- present ←
- query

Use `present` or `absent` for adding or removing.
Use `query` for listing an object or multiple objects.

timeout integer | Default: 30 | The socket level timeout in seconds.

use_proxy
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

use_ssl
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

username string | Default: "admin" | The username to use for authentication. aliases: user

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to `no` when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

## Notes

Note

- This module is not idempotent when `aaa_password` is being used (even if that password was already set identically). This appears to be an inconsistency wrt. the idempotent nature of the APIC REST API. The vendor has been informed. More information in the ACI documentation.

## See Also

See also

aci_aaa_user_certificate – Manage AAA user certificates (aaa:UserCert)

  The official documentation on the aci_aaa_user_certificate module.

APIC Management Information Model reference

  More information about the internal APIC class aaa:User.

Cisco ACI Guide

  Detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.

Developing Cisco ACI modules

  Detailed guide on how to write your own Cisco ACI modules to contribute.

## Examples

    - name: Add a user
      aci_aaa_user:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        aaa_user: dag
        aaa_password: AnotherSecretPassword
        expiration: never
        expires: no
        email: dag@wieers.com
        phone: 1-234-555-678
        first_name: Dag
        last_name: Wieers
        state: present
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove a user
      aci_aaa_user:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        aaa_user: dag
        state: absent
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Query a user
      aci_aaa_user:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        aaa_user: dag
        state: query
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: query_result

    - name: Query all users
      aci_aaa_user:
        host: apic
        username: admin
        password: SomeSecretPassword
        state: query
      delegate_to: localhost
      register: query_result

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
current list | success | The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error dictionary | failure | The error information as returned from the APIC Sample: {'code': '122', 'text': 'unknown managed object class foo'}
filter_string string | failure or debug | The filter string used for the request Sample: ?rsp-prop-include=config-only
method string | failure or debug | The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC Sample: POST
previous list | info | The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started Sample: [{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed dictionary | info | The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'name': 'production'}}}
raw string | parse error | The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json) Sample: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
response string | failure or debug | The HTTP response from the APIC Sample: OK (30 bytes)
sent list | info | The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC Sample: {'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
status integer | failure or debug | The HTTP status from the APIC Sample: 200
url string | failure or debug | The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC Sample: https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json

## Status

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

- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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