i would write the users and their info in 1 file users.py:
allusers;
username:
uid: 123
fullname: ....
username2:
uid: 321
....
and then for each host just list the users that have access, either in
host_vars/hostname.yml:
myusers:
- username
- username1
or inline in the ini file:
hotname myusers=[ 'username', 'username1']
then in the user creation task:
- users: uid={{allusers[item].uid}} ....
with_items: "{{myusers}}"
There are other ways, but this seems to me easiest for you.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:09 PM, T N <trr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can't find an answer to this.
>
> The Ansible documents talk about "How do I handle different machines needing
> different user accounts or ports to log in with?", and other things, but I
> can't see how to address what we're trying to do from the information and
> zillions of searches I've done on Google and this list.
>
> I'm open to different ways of doing it, but ideally (I guess), I'd like to
> have a single file that lists all our hosts, and for each host, lists the
> login names (in addition to the "stock" login names) that should be on that
> machine. From that list, I'd like ansible to pull in the remaining user
> information to create the account (uid, primary gid, shell, comment, home
> directory, possibly a password), and then make sure the user's account is on
> the machine.
>
> I have gotten Ansible so that users common to all hosts are added. That
> works fine.
>
> But how do I call the user module per host to have it add a list of
> additional users that are unique to that machine- ie. the users who have
> accounts on some machines and not others?
>
> There is no grouping (eg. "web servers") that this can be subsumed under in
> our environment.
>
> This seems like a simple task but it isn't obvious to me how to do it- at
> least not elegantly (especially in a way that's dry).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> T N
>
>
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