Creating a new user and password with Ansible

Question

I have an ansible task which creates a new user on ubuntu 12.04;

- name: Add deployment user
    action: user name=deployer password=mypassword

Answer 1

Neither of the solutions worked directly on my Mac controlling Ubuntu. So for others' sake, combining Mxx and JoelB answers, here is the current Python 3 solution:

pip3 install passlib

python3 -c 'from passlib.hash import md5_crypt; \
      print(md5_crypt.encrypt("This is my Password", salt="SomeSalt"))'

The result will be $1$SomeSalt$UqddPX3r4kH3UL5jq5/ZI., as in Mxx' answer.

Better still, use SHA512 instead of MD5:

python3 -c 'from passlib.hash import sha512_crypt; \
      print(sha512_crypt.encrypt("This is my Password", salt="SomeSalt"))' 

Result:

$6$rounds=656000$SomeSalt$oYpmnpZahIsvn5FK8g4bDFEAmGpEN114Fe6Ko4HvinzFaz5Rq2UXQxoJZ9ZQyQoi9zaBo3gBH/FEAov3FHv48