multiple fixes in user handling

defaults/main.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ postgres_repository_filename: "Postgresql-{{ postgres_version | regex_replace('\
 postgres_user: postgres
 postgres_group: postgres
 
-# available postgresql.conf options
+# Available postgresql.conf options
 postgres_log_destination:
   - stderr
 postgres_log_directory: log
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ postgres_socket_directories:
 
 postgres_password_encryption: md5
 
+# Enable and setup ssl transport security
 postgres_tls_enabled: False
 postgres_tls_cert_filename: "mycert.pem"
 postgres_tls_key_filename: "mykey.pem"
@@ -29,7 +30,21 @@ postgres_tls_source_use_files: True
 postgres_tls_cert_source: mycert.pem
 postgres_tls_key_source: mykey.pem
 
-postgresql_hba_entries:
+postgres_users: []
-  - {type: local, database: all, user: all, auth_method: md5}
+# - name: jdoe #required; the rest are optional
+#   password: # defaults to not set
+#   encrypted: # defaults to 'yes'
+#   priv: # defaults to not set
+#   role_attr_flags: # defaults to not set
+#   db: # defaults to not set
+#   login_host: # defaults to 'localhost'
+#   login_password: # defaults to not set
+#   login_user: # defaults to '{{ postgres_user }}'
+#   login_unix_socket: # defaults to 1st of postgres_socket_directories
+#   port: # defaults to not set
+#   state: # defaults to 'present'
+
+postgres_hba_entries:
+  - {type: local, database: all, user: all, auth_method: peer}
   - {type: host, database: all, user: all, address: '127.0.0.1/32', auth_method: md5}
   - {type: host, database: all, user: all, address: '::1/128', auth_method: md5}

tasks/config.yml

@@ -15,3 +15,30 @@
     notify: __postgres_restart
   become: True
   become_user: root
+
+- name: Ensure linux user '{{ postgresql_users }}' is present
+  user:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    password: "{{ item.password }}"
+  with_items: "{{ postgresql_users }}"
+  when: item.name == postgres_user
+
+- name: Ensure PostgreSQL users are present
+  postgresql_user:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    password: "{{ item.password | default(omit) }}"
+    encrypted: "{{ item.encrypted | default('yes') }}"
+    priv: "{{ item.priv | default(omit) }}"
+    role_attr_flags: "{{ item.role_attr_flags | default(omit) }}"
+    db: "{{ item.db | default(omit) }}"
+    login_host: "{{ item.login_host | default('localhost') }}"
+    login_password: "{{ item.login_password | default(omit) }}"
+    login_user: "{{ item.login_user | default(postgresql_user) }}"
+    login_unix_socket: "{{ item.login_unix_socket | default(postgresql_unix_socket_directories[0]) }}"
+    port: "{{ item.port | default(omit) }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+  with_items: "{{ postgresql_users }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ postgresql_user }}"

templates/postgresql/data/pg_hba.conf.j2

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 # See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html
 
 # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
-{% for client in postgresql_hba_entries %}
+{% for client in postgres_hba_entries %}
 {{ client.type }} {{ client.database }} {{ client.user }} {{ client.address|default('') }} {{ client.ip_address|default('') }} {{ client.ip_mask|default('') }} {{ client.auth_method }} {{ client.auth_options|default("") }}
 {% endfor %}