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

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).

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.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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.

  • packet-python

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_token

string

Packet API token. You can also supply it in environment variable 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

aliases: name

string

Label for the key. If you keep it empty, it will be read from key string.

state

string

Indicate desired state of the target.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: none

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

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

Description

changed

boolean

True if a sshkey was created or removed.

Returned: always

Sample: true

sshkeys

list / elements=string

Information about sshkeys that were created/removed.

Returned: always

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

  • Tomas Karasek (@t0mk)