pn_user – CLI command to create/modify/delete user

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• This module can be used to create a user and apply a role, update a user and delete a user.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
pn_cliswitch string		Target switch to run the CLI on.
pn_initial_role string		initial role for user.
pn_name string		username.
pn_password string		plain text password.
pn_scope string	Choices: local fabric	local or fabric.
state string / required	Choices: present absent update	State the action to perform. Use present to create user and absent to delete user update to update user.

Examples

- name: Create user
  pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "present"
    pn_scope: "fabric"
    pn_password: "foo123"
    pn_name: "foo"

- name: Delete user
  pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "absent"
    pn_name: "foo"

- name: Modify user
  pn_user:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "update"
    pn_password: "test1234"
    pn_name: "foo"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	indicates whether the CLI caused changes on the target.
command string	always	the CLI command run on the target node.
stderr list	on error	set of error responses from the user command.
stdout list	always	set of responses from the user command.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Pluribus Networks (@rajaspachipulusu17)

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