All imports that are only available after installing IPA need to be in a try exception clause to be able to pass the fake execution test. If the imports can not be done, all used and needed attributes are defined with the value None, MODULE_IMPORT_ERROR is set to the import error and fail_json is called.
ipasmartcard_client role
Description
This role allows to configure IPA clients for Smart Card authentication.
Note: The ansible-freeipa smartcard client role requires an enrolled IPA client.
Features
- Client setup for Smart Card authentication
Supported FreeIPA Versions
FreeIPA versions 4.5 and up are supported by this role.
Supported Distributions
- RHEL/CentOS 7.6+
- Fedora 26+
Requirements
Controller
- Ansible version: 2.8+
Node
- Supported FreeIPA version (see above)
- Supported distribution (needed for package installation only, see above)
- Enrolled IPA client
Limitations
Only the enablement of smartcards is supported by the role, there is no disablement.
Usage
Example inventory file with IPA clients:
[ipaclients]
ipaclient1.example.com
ipaclient2.example.com
[ipaclients:vars]
ipaadmin_password=SomeADMINpassword
ipasmartcard_client_ca_certs=/etc/ipa/ca.crt
Example playbook to setup smartcard for the IPA clients using admin password and ipasmartcard_client_ca_certs from inventory file:
---
- name: Playbook to setup smartcard for IPA clients
hosts: ipaclients
become: true
roles:
- role: ipasmartcard_client
state: present
Playbooks
The playbooks needed to setup smartcard for the IPA clients is part of the repository in the playbooks folder.
install-smartcard-clients.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 clients
ansible-playbook -v -i inventory/hosts install-smartcard-clients.yml
This will setup the clients 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 |
ipasmartcard_client_ca_certs |
The CA certificates for smartcard use. If ipasmartcard_client_ca_certs is not set, but ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs, then ipasmartcard_server_ca_certs will be used. |
yes |
Authors
Thomas Woerner