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+.. _vyos.rest.vyos_user_module:
+
+
+*******************
+vyos.rest.vyos_user
+*******************
+
+**Manage local users on VyOS via the REST API.**
+
+
+Version added: 1.0.0
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+ :depth: 1
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+- Manages local user accounts on VyOS devices using the HTTPS REST API.
+- Mirrors ``vyos.vyos.vyos_user`` but uses the HTTP API.
+
+
+
+
+Parameters
+----------
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="3">Parameter</th>
+ <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
+ <th width="100%">Comments</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>aggregate</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>List of user definitions. Mutually exclusive with <em>name</em>.</div>
+ <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: users, collection</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>configured_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Plaintext password (will be hashed on device).</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>encrypted_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Pre-hashed password string.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>full_name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Full name.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>level</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>admin</li>
+ <li>operator</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>User privilege level.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Username.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>public_keys</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>SSH public keys for authentication.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>key</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Base64-encoded public key.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Key identifier (e.g. user@host).</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>type</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>ssh-dss</li>
+ <li>ssh-rsa</li>
+ <li>ecdsa-sha2-nistp256</li>
+ <li>ecdsa-sha2-nistp384</li>
+ <li>ssh-ed25519</li>
+ <li>ecdsa-sha2-nistp521</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Key type.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>state</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>present</li>
+ <li>absent</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Present or absent.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>update_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>always</li>
+ <li>on_create</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>When to update the password.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>api_key</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>configured_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Plaintext password.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>encrypted_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Pre-hashed password.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>full_name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Full name for the single user.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>hostname</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>level</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>admin</li>
+ <li>operator</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Single username. Mutually exclusive with <em>aggregate</em>.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>port</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">443</div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>public_keys</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>key</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>name</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+ <td colspan="2">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>type</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>state</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+ <li>absent</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <div>Whether to create (present) or remove (absent) the user.</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>timeout</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">30</div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>update_password</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li>always</li>
+ <li>on_create</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+ <b>verify_ssl</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+ <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+ <li>yes</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <br/>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Return Values
+-------------
+Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+ <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="1">Key</th>
+ <th>Returned</th>
+ <th width="100%">Description</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="1">
+ <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+ <b>commands</b>
+ <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: small">
+ <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+ </div>
+ </td>
+ <td>always</td>
+ <td>
+ <div>set/delete commands issued.</div>
+ <br/>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <br/><br/>
+
+
+Status
+------
+
+
+Authors
+~~~~~~~
+
+- VyOS Community (@vyos)