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Rafael Guterres Jeffman 012f0deb00 Remove 'vars' files of unsupported distributions
This patch removes 'vars' files from roles for unsupported distributions
and change minimum supported Fedora to version 40+.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Guterres Jeffman <rjeffman@redhat.com>
2025-01-31 12:45:45 -03:00

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ipasmartcard_server role
========================
Description
-----------
This role allows to configure an IPA server (master or replica) for Smart Card authentication.
**Note**: The ansible-freeipa smartcard server role requires a configured IPA server with ipa-ca.DOMAIN resolvable by the DNS server.
With external DNS ipa-ca.DOMAIN needs to be set.
Features
--------
* Server setup for Smart Card authentication
Supported FreeIPA Versions
--------------------------
FreeIPA versions 4.5 and up are supported by this role.
Supported Distributions
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* RHEL/CentOS 7.6+
* CentOS Stream 8+
* Fedora 40+
Requirements
------------
**Controller**
* Ansible version: 2.14+
**Node**
* Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
* Supported distribution (needed for package installation only, see above)
* Deployed IPA server
Limitations
-----------
Only the enablement of smartcards is supported by the role, there is no disablement. The disablement of features in IPA in not supported.
Usage
=====
Example inventory file with ipa server and replicas:
```ini
[ipaserver]
ipaserver.example.com
[ipareplicas]
ipareplica1.example.com
ipareplica2.example.com
[ipacluster:children]
ipaserver
ipareplicas
[ipacluster:vars]
ipaadmin_password=SomeADMINpassword
ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs=/etc/ipa/ca.crt
```
Example playbook to setup smartcard for the IPA server using admin password and ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs from inventory file:
```yaml
---
- name: Playbook to setup smartcard for IPA server
hosts: ipaserver
become: true
roles:
- role: ipasmartcard_server
state: present
```
Example playbook to setup smartcard for the IPA servers in ipareplicas group using admin password and ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs from inventory file:
```yaml
---
- name: Playbook to setup smartcard for IPA replicas
hosts: ipareplicas
become: true
roles:
- role: ipasmartcard_server
state: present
```
Example playbook to setup smartcard for the IPA servers in ipaserver and ipareplicas group using admin password and ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs from inventory file:
```yaml
---
- name: Playbook to setup smartcard for IPA server and replicas
hosts: ipaserver, ipareplicas
become: true
roles:
- role: ipasmartcard_server
state: present
```
Playbooks
=========
The playbooks needed to setup smartcard for the IPA server and the replicas are part of the repository in the playbooks folder.
```
install-smartcard-server.yml
install-smartcard-servers.yml
install-smartcard-replicas.yml
```
Please remember to link or copy the playbooks to the base directory of ansible-freeipa if you want to use the roles within the source archive.
How to setup smartcard for server
---------------------------------
```bash
ansible-playbook -v -i inventory/hosts install-smartcard-server.yml
```
This will setup the server for smartcard use.
How to setup smartcard for replicas
-----------------------------------
```bash
ansible-playbook -v -i inventory/hosts install-smartcard-replicas.yml
```
This will setup the replicas for smartcard use.
How to setup smartcard for server and replicas
----------------------------------------------
```bash
ansible-playbook -v -i inventory/hosts install-smartcard-servers.yml
```
This will setup the replicas for smartcard use.
Variables
=========
Variable | Description | Required
-------- | ----------- | --------
`ipaadmin_principal` | The kerberos principal used for admin. Will be set to `admin` if not set. (string) | no
`ipaadmin_password` | The password for the IPA admin user. As an alternative an admin user keytab can be used instead with `ipaadmin_keytab`. (string) | yes
`ipaadmin_keytab` | The admin keytab as an alternative to `ipaadmin_password`. (string) | no
`ipaserver_hostname` | Fully qualified name of the server. By default `ansible_facts['fqdn']` will be used. (string) | no
`ipaserver_domain` | The primary DNS domain of an existing IPA deployment. By default the domain will be used from ipa server-find result. (string) | no
`ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs` | The CA certificates for smartcard use. (list of string) | yes
Authors
=======
Thomas Woerner