community.general.packet_sshkey – Create/delete an SSH key in Packet host.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.packet_sshkey.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.6
  • packet-python

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth_token
string
Packet API token. You can also supply it in env var PACKET_API_TOKEN.
fingerprint
string
Fingerprint of the key which you want to remove.
id
string
UUID of the key which you want to remove.
key
string
Public Key string ({type} {base64 encoded key} {description}).
key_file
path
File with the public key.
label
string
Label for the key. If you keep it empty, it will be read from key string.

aliases: name
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Indicate desired state of the target.

Examples

# All the examples assume that you have your Packet API token in env var PACKET_API_TOKEN.
# You can also pass the api token in module param auth_token.

- name: Create sshkey from string
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    community.general.packet_sshkey:
      key: "{{ lookup('file', 'my_packet_sshkey.pub') }}"

- name: Create sshkey from file
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    community.general.packet_sshkey:
      label: key from file
      key_file: ~/ff.pub

- name: Remove sshkey by id
  hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    community.general.packet_sshkey:
      state: absent
      id: eef49903-7a09-4ca1-af67-4087c29ab5b6

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
True if a sshkey was created or removed.

Sample:
True
sshkeys
list / elements=string
always
Information about sshkeys that were created/removed.

Sample:
[{'fingerprint': '5c:93:74:7c:ed:07:17:62:28:75:79:23:d6:08:93:46', 'id': '41d61bd8-3342-428b-a09c-e67bdd18a9b7', 'key': 'ssh-dss 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 tomk@hp2', 'label': 'mynewkey33'}]


Authors

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/packet_sshkey_module.html