# How to use ansible with active directory

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-with-active-directory/23497>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 18, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-with-active-directory/23497 "2017-01-18T18:58:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![challa.tek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@challa.tek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/challa.tek)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-with-active-directory/23497/1 "2017-01-18T18:58:23Z")

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Do we have any module in ansible that we can use to add users and groups to AD.

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**Author:** ![rmathus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@rmathus](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rmathus)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-with-active-directory/23497/2 "2017-02-01T19:49:08Z")

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Wondering this myself… I can’t find much documentation on it unless you’re using Tower.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-ansible-with-active-directory/23497/3 "2017-02-06T17:07:56Z")

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You can probably use the ldap modules (ldap\_attr ,ldap\_entry) or  
create AD specific modules.