How to create a user using Ansible Playbook

Question

Hi Guys,

I am trying to configure one remote system. At the time of configuring the system, I want ansible-playbook will create a user at run time. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You can use the user module in your Ansible Playbook. This will allow you to create a user with credentials. You can see the below example.

- hosts: all
  tasks:
  - name: Create a User.
    user:
      name: user1
      state: present
      password: password