community.crypto.gpg_fingerprint filter – Retrieve a GPG fingerprint from a GPG public or private key

Note

This filter plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.23.0).

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.crypto. You need further requirements to be able to use this filter plugin, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.crypto.gpg_fingerprint.

New in community.crypto 2.15.0

Synopsis

  • Takes the content of a private or public GPG key as input and returns its fingerprint.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this filter.

  • GnuPG (gpg executable)

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | community.crypto.gpg_fingerprint.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

The content of a GPG public or private key.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.gpg_fingerprint lookup plugin

Retrieve a GPG fingerprint from a GPG public or private key file.

Examples

- name: Show fingerprint of GPG public key
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/public_key.gpg') | community.crypto.gpg_fingerprint }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The fingerprint of the provided public or private GPG key.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.