On 09/01/2017 03:56 PM, Rob Crittenden via FreeIPA-devel wrote:
Florence Blanc-Renaud via FreeIPA-devel wrote:
On 08/16/2017 09:16 AM, Martin Kosek wrote:
On 08/02/2017 01:36 PM, Florence Blanc-Renaud via FreeIPA-devel wrote:
Hi all,
The first version of a new design document is available at https://www.freeipa.org/page/V4/ClientInstallationWithAnsible
The feature will allow to deploy IPA clients using Ansible. Please feel free to send your comments, suggestions or concerns.
Thanks, Flo
Thanks for design, I just read it. For now, I have just a question regarding what is the state of communication with Ansible upstream community, especially regarding improvement of the already developed modules.
In the design, I see: " ipa_host module does not allow to create a random One-Time Password all the IPA modules are authenticating to IPA server using principal + password and do not support keytabs all the IPA modules are communicating with the IPA server using the remote JSON API instead of the Python API These limitations argue in favor of a new ipahost module. " Does it mean you want to propose a parallel ipahost Ansible module for the upstream Module Index? I would think it would be better to work with Ansible upstream and refactor/enhance the modules that are existing in there already, rather than fork them. The upstream Ansible modules are in "preview" mode anyway, i.e. the interface can change.
Thanks, Martin
Hi,
an internal conversation also argued that my proposal would require ssh access to ipa master from Ansible controller, and some users may not agree with this.
Keeping this in mind, I now tend to think that it would be better to enhance the existing ipa_host module (still using HTTP+JSON) and if possible also support authentication with an admin keytab. The other IPA modules would benefit from this change, too.
Are there any concerns with this new approach?
Support for using an OTP is a must for proper automation.
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Hi Rob, I totally agree that we need to support OTP.
The draft design was proposing to provide a new Ansible module performing the equivalent of ipa host-add/mod --random (to create the OTP) by executing the Ansible module on IPA master and using IPA API. Then concerns were raised, that this required ssh access to the master for Ansible. Hence my proposal for the module to use JSON and be executed on the Ansible controller. Does this clarify (or did I have a wrong interpretation of your concern)?
Flo