ansible.builtin.apt_key – Add or remove an apt key

Note

This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name apt_key even without specifying the collections: keyword. Despite that, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

New in version 1.0: of ansible.builtin

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Add or remove an apt key, optionally downloading it.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
data string		The keyfile contents to add to the keyring.
file path		The path to a keyfile on the remote server to add to the keyring.
id string		The identifier of the key. Including this allows check mode to correctly report the changed state. If specifying a subkey's id be aware that apt-key does not understand how to remove keys via a subkey id. Specify the primary key's id instead. This parameter is required when `state` is set to `absent`.
keyring path added in 1.3 of ansible.builtin		The full path to specific keyring file in `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/`.
keyserver string added in 1.6 of ansible.builtin		The keyserver to retrieve key from.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Ensures that the key is present (added) or absent (revoked).
url string		The URL to retrieve key from.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates for the target url will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

The apt-key command has been deprecated and suggests to ‘manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead’. See the Debian wiki for details. This module is kept for backwards compatiblity for systems that still use apt-key as the main way to manage apt repository keys.
As a sanity check, downloaded key id must match the one specified.
Use full fingerprint (40 characters) key ids to avoid key collisions. To generate a full-fingerprint imported key: apt-key adv --list-public-keys --with-fingerprint --with-colons.
If you specify both the key id and the URL with state=present, the task can verify or add the key as needed.
Adding a new key requires an apt cache update (e.g. using the ansible.builtin.apt module’s update_cache option).
Supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Add an apt key by id from a keyserver
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
    id: 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9

- name: Add an Apt signing key, uses whichever key is at the URL
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    state: present

- name: Add an Apt signing key, will not download if present
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    id: 9FED2BCBDCD29CDF762678CBAED4B06F473041FA
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    state: present

- name: Remove a Apt specific signing key, leading 0x is valid
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    id: 0x9FED2BCBDCD29CDF762678CBAED4B06F473041FA
    state: absent

# Use armored file since utf-8 string is expected. Must be of "PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK" type.
- name: Add a key from a file on the Ansible server
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    data: "{{ lookup('file', 'apt.asc') }}"
    state: present

- name: Add an Apt signing key to a specific keyring file
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    id: 9FED2BCBDCD29CDF762678CBAED4B06F473041FA
    url: https://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-6.0.asc
    keyring: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.gpg

- name: Add Apt signing key on remote server to keyring
  ansible.builtin.apt_key:
    id: 9FED2BCBDCD29CDF762678CBAED4B06F473041FA
    file: /tmp/apt.gpg
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
after list / elements=string	on change	List of apt key ids or fingerprints after any modification Sample: ['D8576A8BA88D21E9', '3B4FE6ACC0B21F32', 'D94AA3F0EFE21092', '871920D1991BC93C']
before list / elements=string	always	List of apt key ids or fingprints before any modifications Sample: ['3B4FE6ACC0B21F32', 'D94AA3F0EFE21092', '871920D1991BC93C']
fp string	always	Fingerprint of the key to import Sample: D8576A8BA88D21E9
id string	always	key id from source Sample: 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
key_id string	always	calculated key id, it should be same as 'id', but can be different Sample: 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
short_id string	always	caclulated short key id Sample: A88D21E9

Authors

Jayson Vantuyl (@jvantuyl)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/ansible/builtin/apt_key_module.html