Creating and managing users and authentication options

You just executed a playbook that validated reachability to the devices. In this recipe, you will create the same two users we’ve been using throughout this part of the book. The ansible-ro user will be configured as a read-only user, and the read/write user will be named ansible-rw:

1. Edit the encrypted vars file (srl_secrets.yml) that was created in the last section:

   root@cookbook-lab:~/cookbook-lab/chapters/ch06# ansible-vault edit srl_secret.yml
   ... an editor is opened ...
   ---
   ... omitted output ...
   ansible_rw_password: “ansible123”
   ansible_ro_password: “ansiblero123”
   

2. Create a new playbook called pb_users.yml that will take care of provisioning the users:

   root@cookbook-lab:~/cookbook-lab/chapters/ch06# vi pb_users.yml
   ---
   - name: “Create New User with Ansible”
     hosts: “nokia_srlinux...