oracle.oci.oci_cims_user – Manage an User resource in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Note

This plugin is part of the oracle.oci collection (version 5.5.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install oracle.oci.

To use it in a playbook, specify: oracle.oci.oci_cims_user.

New in version 2.9.0: of oracle.oci

Synopsis

  • This module allows the user to create an User resource in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

  • For state=present, create user to request Customer Support Identifier(CSI) to Customer User Administrator(CUA).

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_user
string
The OCID of the user, on whose behalf, OCI APIs are invoked. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_ID environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the user is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the user's OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_fingerprint
string
Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key fingerprint is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the key pair's fingerprint value please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm.
api_user_key_file
string
Full path and filename of the private key (in PEM format). If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_FILE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the private key is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). If the key is encrypted with a pass-phrase, the api_user_key_pass_phrase option must also be provided.
api_user_key_pass_phrase
string
Passphrase used by the key referenced in api_user_key_file, if it is encrypted. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_PASS_PHRASE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location).
auth_purpose
string
    Choices:
  • service_principal
The auth purpose which can be used in conjunction with 'auth_type=instance_principal'. The default auth_purpose for instance_principal is None.
auth_type
string
    Choices:
  • api_key ←
  • instance_principal
  • instance_obo_user
  • resource_principal
  • security_token
The type of authentication to use for making API requests. By default auth_type="api_key" based authentication is performed and the API key (see api_user_key_file) in your config file will be used. If this 'auth_type' module option is not specified, the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_AUTH_TYPE, if any, is used. Use auth_type="instance_principal" to use instance principal based authentication when running ansible playbooks within an OCI compute instance.
cert_bundle
string
The full path to a CA certificate bundle to be used for SSL verification. This will override the default CA certificate bundle. If not set, then the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_CERT_BUNDLE variable, if any, is used.
compartment_id
string / required
The OCID of the tenancy.
config_file_location
string
Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_FILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to ~/.oci/config.
config_profile_name
string
The profile to load from the config file referenced by config_file_location. If not set, then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the "DEFAULT" profile in config_file_location.
country
string / required
Country of the user.
csi
string / required
CSI to be associated to the user.
first_name
string / required
First name of the user.
force_create
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to attempt non-idempotent creation of a resource. By default, create resource is an idempotent operation, and doesn't create the resource if it already exists. Setting this option to true, forcefully creates a copy of the resource, even if it already exists.This option is mutually exclusive with key_by.
homeregion
string
The region of the tenancy.
key_by
list / elements=string
The list of attributes of this resource which should be used to uniquely identify an instance of the resource. By default, all the attributes of a resource are used to uniquely identify a resource.
last_name
string / required
Last name of the user.
ocid
string / required
User OCID for Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) users who also have a federated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account.
organization_name
string / required
Organization of the user.
phone
string / required
Contact number of the user.
realm_specific_endpoint_template_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable/Disable realm specific endpoint template for service client. By Default, realm specific endpoint template is disabled. If not set, then the value of the OCI_REALM_SPECIFIC_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_TEMPLATE_ENABLED variable, if any, is used.
region
string
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region to use for all OCI API requests. If not set, then the value of the OCI_REGION variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the region is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). Please refer to https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/General/Concepts/regions.htm for more information on OCI regions.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
The state of the User.
Use state=present to create an User.
tenancy
string
OCID of your tenancy. If not set, then the value of the OCI_TENANCY variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the tenancy OCID is not specified through a configuration file (See config_file_location). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm
timezone
string / required
Timezone of the user.

Examples

- name: Create user
  oci_cims_user:
    # required
    compartment_id: "ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxxEXAMPLExxxxxx"
    first_name: first_name_example
    last_name: last_name_example
    country: country_example
    csi: csi_example
    phone: phone_example
    timezone: timezone_example
    organization_name: organization_name_example
    ocid: ocid_example

    # optional
    homeregion: us-phoenix-1

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
user
complex
on success
Details of the User resource acted upon by the current operation

Sample:
{'compartment_id': 'ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxxEXAMPLExxxxxx', 'contact_email': 'contact_email_example', 'country': 'country_example', 'csi': 'csi_example', 'first_name': 'first_name_example', 'key': 'key_example', 'last_name': 'last_name_example', 'organization_name': 'organization_name_example', 'phone': 'phone_example', 'timezone': 'timezone_example'}
 
compartment_id
string
on success
The OCID of the tenancy.

Sample:
ocid1.compartment.oc1..xxxxxxEXAMPLExxxxxx
 
contact_email
string
on success
The email of the contact person.

Sample:
contact_email_example
 
country
string
on success
Country of the user.

Sample:
country_example
 
csi
string
on success
CSI to be associated to the user.

Sample:
csi_example
 
first_name
string
on success
First name of the user.

Sample:
first_name_example
 
key
string
on success
Unique identifier for the user.

Sample:
key_example
 
last_name
string
on success
Last name of the user.

Sample:
last_name_example
 
organization_name
string
on success
Organization of the user.

Sample:
organization_name_example
 
phone
string
on success
Contact number of the user.

Sample:
phone_example
 
timezone
string
on success
Timezone of the user.

Sample:
timezone_example


Authors

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