Ansible Role: Interactive Linux User Management

An interactive, menu-driven Ansible role for comprehensive Linux user management. This role provides a CLI-based interactive interface for managing users, groups, SSH keys, and sudo privileges across your infrastructure.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Interactive Operation
• Role Variables
• Default Configuration
• Example Playbook
• Operation Guides
• Security & Compliance
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing
• License
• Author

✨ Features

• 🖥️ Interactive Menu System - User-friendly CLI interface with numbered options
• 👤 Complete User Lifecycle - Create, update, and delete user accounts
• 👥 Advanced Group Management - Pre-defined groups (developers, devops) with specific GIDs
• 🔐 Secure Password Policies - Configurable password complexity and aging policies
• 🗝️ SSH Key Management - Deploy and manage authorized SSH keys
• ⚡ Sudo Privileges - Granular sudo access control with secure sudoers.d management
• 📊 Comprehensive Audit Logging - Track all user management operations with retention policies
• 🛡️ Security Hardened - Configurable UID ranges, password policies, and lockout settings
• ⚙️ Multiple Shell Options - Support for various shells with descriptive names
• ⏱️ Timeout Control - Configurable operation timeout for long-running tasks

📦 Requirements

Ansible

• Ansible 2.9 or higher
• Python 3.6+ on control node and managed hosts

Target Hosts

Distribution	Versions
RHEL/CentOS	7, 8, 9
Ubuntu	18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Debian	10, 11, 12
Amazon Linux	2, 2023

Privileges

• become: yes (root/sudo access required on target hosts)

🎮 Interactive Operation

When you run the playbook, you'll be presented with this interactive menu: