README.md

client_preflight Role

The client_preflight role checks client readiness for Safeguard Authentication Services client software installation and Active Directory joining. Report generation can be enabled to provide CSV and HTML reports of the results.

Requirements

The role requires the Safeguard Authentication Services client software install packages be available on Ansible control node. See variables section for more detail.

Variables

All of the variables shown below have a default value but can be overridden to suit your environment. Variable overriding can be done in playbooks, inventories, from the command line using the -e switch with the ansible-playbook command, or from Ansible Tower and AWX. See Ansbile documentation for further information.

Client Software Directories

See client software directories variables in thecommon role.

Active Directory

See Active Directory variables in the common role.

Preflight Binary

• client_preflight_timeout sets timeout for port checks in seconds.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_checks: 5

• client_preflight_timesync enables time synchronization of client if needed.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_timesync: false

• client_preflight_extra_args allows passing additional arguments to the preflight binary.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_extra_args: ''

Facts generation

Facts generation variable defaults for all roles are set by variables in the common role and can be overriden for all roles by setting the appropriate common role variable. See common role facts generation variables in the common role.

• client_preflight_facts_generate enables facts generation. Implicitely enabled if client_preflight_reports_generate is set.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_facts_generate: "{{ facts_generate }}"

• client_preflight_facts_verbose enables verbose facts generation.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_facts_verbose: "{{ facts_verbose }}"

Report generation

Report generation variable defaults for all roles are set by variables in the common role and can be overriden for all roles by setting the appropriate common role variable. See common role report generation variables in the common role.

• client_preflight_reports_generate enables report generation. Reports are generated at the end of a client_preflight run for all hosts.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_reports_generate: "{{ reports_generate }}"

  Disabling report generation if not needed will increase the speed of the client_preflight role.

• client_preflight_reports_backup enables backup of prior reports by renaming them with the date and time they were generated so that the latest reports do not override the previous reports.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_reports_backup: "{{ reports_backup }}"
  

• client_preflight_reports_details_format sets the format of the details section in both the HTML and CSV reports. Valid options:

  • yaml details will be in YAML format
  • json details will be in JSON format

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_reports_details_format: "{{ reports_details_format }}"
  

• client_preflight_reports_host sets the host on which the reports should be generated.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_reports_host: "{{ reports_host }}"

• client_preflight_reports is a list of dictionaries that define the reports to be generated. The default value creates a CSV and HTML report using the templates included with the client_preflight role.

  Default value is:

  client_preflight_reports: 
    - src:  client_preflight_report.csv.j2   
      dest: client_preflight_report.csv
    - src:  client_preflight_report.html.j2
      dest: client_preflight_report.html

  The src key for each list entry is the report template file on the Ansible control node. With a relative path Ansible will look in the client_preflight role template directory. Use a absolute path to speciy templates located elsewhere on the Ansible control node.

  The dest key for each list entry is the report file on the machine specified in client_preflight_reports_host. If client_preflight_reports_host is set to the Ansible control node a relative path can be used and it will be relative to the directory from which the playbook is run. For other hosts, an absolute path must be used. In either case the containing directory must exist.

Plugins

The client_preflight role contains a plugin to support operation of the role:

• preflight module performs preflight tasks on host by wrapping the Safeguard Authentication Services preflight binary.

Usage

Below is a sample playbook using the client_preflight role.

---

- hosts: all 
  gather_facts: false

  # The variables you would most likely want/need to override have been included
  vars:

    # Active Directory
    client_domain: sample.net
    client_username: user
    client_password: pass

    # Directories
    client_sw_dir: "./files/QAS-4.2.3.25456/client"
    client_sw_tmp_dir: /tmp/1id

    # Facts
    client_preflight_facts_generate: true
    client_preflight_facts_verbose: false

    # Reports
    client_preflight_reports_generate: true
    client_preflight_reports_backup: false 

  roles:
    - name: oneidentity.authentication_services.client_preflight

For a copy of this and other sample playbooks see examples