apt_key - Add or remove an apt key

Synopsis

  • Add or remove an apt key, optionally downloading it.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
data
The keyfile contents to add to the keyring.
file
The path to a keyfile on the remote server to add to the keyring.
id
The identifier of the key.
Including this allows check mode to correctly report the changed state.
If specifying a subkey's id be aware that apt-key does not understand how to remove keys via a subkey id. Specify the primary key's id instead.
This parameter is required when state is set to absent.
keyring
(added in 1.3)
The full path to specific keyring file in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
keyserver
(added in 1.6)
The keyserver to retrieve key from.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Ensures that the key is present (added) or absent (revoked).
url
The URL to retrieve key from.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates for the target url will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • Doesn’t download the key unless it really needs it.
  • As a sanity check, downloaded key id must match the one specified.
  • Best practice is to specify the key id and the URL.

Examples

- name: Add an apt key by id from a keyserver
  apt_key:
    keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
    id: 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9

- name: Add an Apt signing key, uses whichever key is at the URL
  apt_key:
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    state: present

- name: Add an Apt signing key, will not download if present
  apt_key:
    id: 473041FA
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    state: present

- name: Remove a Apt specific signing key, leading 0x is valid
  apt_key:
    id: 0x473041FA
    state: absent

# Use armored file since utf-8 string is expected. Must be of "PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK" type.
- name: Add a key from a file on the Ansible server.
  apt_key:
    data: "{{ lookup('file', 'apt.asc') }}"
    state: present

- name: Add an Apt signing key to a specific keyring file
  apt_key:
    id: 473041FA
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    keyring: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.gpg

- name: Add Apt signing key on remote server to keyring
  apt_key:
    id: 473041FA
    file: /tmp/apt.gpg
    state: present

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as core which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Core Team, see here.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Jayson Vantuyl (@jvantuyl)

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