ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_sshkeypair – Manages SSH keys on Apache CloudStack based clouds.

Note

This plugin is part of the ngine_io.cloudstack collection (version 2.2.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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 ngine_io.cloudstack.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_sshkeypair.

New in version 0.1.0: of ngine_io.cloudstack

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

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 >= 0.9.0

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.
api_key string / required		API key of the CloudStack API. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_KEY` env variable is considered.
api_secret string / required		Secret key of the CloudStack API. If not set, the `CLOUDSTACK_SECRET` env variable is considered.
api_timeout integer	Default: 10	HTTP timeout in seconds. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_TIMEOUT` env variable is considered.
api_url string / required		URL of the CloudStack API e.g. https://cloud.example.com/client/api. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_ENDPOINT` env variable is considered.
api_verify_ssl_cert string		Verify CA authority cert file. If not given, the `CLOUDSTACK_VERIFY` env variable is considered.
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

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
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_sshkeypair:
    name: [email protected]
  register: key

- debug:
    msg: 'Private key is {{ key.private_key }}'

- name: remove a public key by its name
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_sshkeypair:
    name: [email protected]
    state: absent

- name: register your existing local public key
  ngine_io.cloudstack.cs_sshkeypair:
    name: [email protected]
    public_key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"

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: [email protected]
private_key string	changed	Private key of generated SSH keypair. Sample: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MII...8tO -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Authors

René Moser (@resmo)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ngine_io/cloudstack/cs_sshkeypair_module.html