cs_sshkeypair – Manages SSH keys on Apache CloudStack based clouds

Synopsis

  • Create, register and remove SSH keys.
  • If no key was found and no public key was provided and a new SSH private/public key pair will be created and the private key will be returned.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 2.6
  • cs >= 0.6.10

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account
string
Account the public key is related to.
api_http_method
string
    Choices:
  • get
  • post
HTTP method used to query the API endpoint.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_METHOD env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is get if not specified.
api_key
string
API key of the CloudStack API.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_KEY env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_region
string
Default:
"cloudstack"
Name of the ini section in the cloustack.ini file.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_REGION env variable is considered.
api_secret
string
Secret key of the CloudStack API.
If not set, the CLOUDSTACK_SECRET env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
api_timeout
integer
HTTP timeout in seconds.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
Fallback value is 10 seconds if not specified.
api_url
string
URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api.
If not given, the CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT env variable is considered.
As the last option, the value is taken from the ini config file, also see the notes.
domain
string
Domain the public key is related to.
name
string / required
Name of public key.
project
string
Name of the project the public key to be registered in.
public_key
string
String of the public key.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the public key.

Notes

Note

  • Ansible uses the cs library’s configuration method if credentials are not provided by the arguments api_url, api_key, api_secret. Configuration is read from several locations, in the following order. The CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT, CLOUDSTACK_KEY, CLOUDSTACK_SECRET and CLOUDSTACK_METHOD. CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT environment variables. A CLOUDSTACK_CONFIG environment variable pointing to an .ini file. A cloudstack.ini file in the current working directory. A .cloudstack.ini file in the users home directory. Optionally multiple credentials and endpoints can be specified using ini sections in cloudstack.ini. Use the argument api_region to select the section name, default section is cloudstack. See https://github.com/exoscale/cs for more information.
  • A detailed guide about cloudstack modules can be found in the CloudStack Cloud Guide.
  • This module supports check mode.

Examples

- name: create a new private / public key pair
  cs_sshkeypair:
    name: linus@example.com
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: key
- debug:
    msg: 'Private key is {{ key.private_key }}'

- name: remove a public key by its name
  cs_sshkeypair:
    name: linus@example.com
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: register your existing local public key
  cs_sshkeypair:
    name: linus@example.com
    public_key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
fingerprint
string
success
Fingerprint of the SSH public key.

Sample:
86:5e:a3:e8:bd:95:7b:07:7c:c2:5c:f7:ad:8b:09:28
id
string
success
UUID of the SSH public key.

Sample:
a6f7a5fc-43f8-11e5-a151-feff819cdc9f
name
string
success
Name of the SSH public key.

Sample:
linus@example.com
private_key
string
changed
Private key of generated SSH keypair.

Sample:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MII...8tO -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----


Status

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)

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