- May 23, 2018 In this step, we will create a new ansible playbook to deploy a new user, deploy the ssh key, and configure the ssh service. Before we create a new ansible playbook, we will scan all server fingerprint using the ssh-keyscan command as below.
- Step 4.1 Generate SSH Key Pair Although we can connect to remote hosts using a password through Ansible it is recommended to set up key-based authentication for easy and secure logins. Generate an SSH key pair on your system by running the command.
Aug 02, 2018 How to run Ansible Playbooks on EC2 without key pairs. Ansible is an open source software that automates software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. Ansible connects via SSH, remote PowerShell or via other remote APIs. Feb 20, 2019 SUMMARY. I'd like to suggets adding the public key to opensshkeypair return values. This is helpful when generating a SSH key pair and distribute the resulting public key. At the moment one needs to run a command task that outputs keyfile.pub and use its stdout to get hold of the public key.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
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- boto
- boto3
- python >= 2.6
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
aws_access_key string | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. | |
aws_secret_key | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. | |
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs added in 2.8 |
| Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) 'resource:action' API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used. |
ec2_url string | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used. | |
force boolean |
| Force overwrite of already existing key pair if key has changed. |
key_material - | ||
name | Name of the key pair. | |
profile string | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0. | |
region string | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region | |
security_token | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. | |
state |
| |
validate_certs |
| When set to 'no', SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0. |
wait boolean |
| Wait for the specified action to complete before returning. This option has no effect since version 2.5. |
wait_timeout - | Default: | How long before wait gives up, in seconds. This option has no effect since version 2.5. |
Note
- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
AWS_URL
orEC2_URL
,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
orAWS_ACCESS_KEY
orEC2_ACCESS_KEY
,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
orAWS_SECRET_KEY
orEC2_SECRET_KEY
,AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN
orEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN
,AWS_REGION
orEC2_REGION
- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGION
orEC2_REGION
can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
changed boolean | always | Sample: | |
key | always | details of the keypair (this is set to null when state is absent) | |
fingerprint string | when state is present | Sample: b0:22:49:61:d9:44:9d:0c:7e:ac:8a:32:93:21:6c:e8:fb:59:62:43 | |
name string | when state is present | Sample: | |
private_key | when a new keypair is created by AWS (key_material is not provided) | private key of a newly created keypair -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEowIBAAKC... -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- | |
msg string | always | Sample: |
- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Vincent Viallet (@zbal)
- Prasad Katti (@prasadkatti)
Ansible Generate Ssh Key Pairs
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