github_deploy_key – Manages deploy keys for GitHub repositories

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Adds or removes deploy keys for GitHub repositories. Supports authentication using username and password, username and password and 2-factor authentication code (OTP), OAuth2 token, or personal access token.

Requirements

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

• python-requests

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# add a new read-only deploy key to a GitHub repository using basic authentication
- github_deploy_key:
    owner: "johndoe"
    repo: "example"
    name: "new-deploy-key"
    key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDAwXxn7kIMNWzcDfou..."
    read_only: yes
    username: "johndoe"
    password: "supersecretpassword"

# remove an existing deploy key from a GitHub repository
- github_deploy_key:
    owner: "johndoe"
    repository: "example"
    name: "new-deploy-key"
    key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDAwXxn7kIMNWzcDfou..."
    force: yes
    username: "johndoe"
    password: "supersecretpassword"
    state: absent

# add a new deploy key to a GitHub repository, replace an existing key, use an OAuth2 token to authenticate
- github_deploy_key:
    owner: "johndoe"
    repository: "example"
    name: "new-deploy-key"
    key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/github.pub') }}"
    force: yes
    token: "ABAQDAwXxn7kIMNWzcDfo..."

# re-add a deploy key to a GitHub repository but with a different name
- github_deploy_key:
    owner: "johndoe"
    repository: "example"
    name: "replace-deploy-key"
    key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/github.pub') }}"
    username: "johndoe"
    password: "supersecretpassword"

# add a new deploy key to a GitHub repository using 2FA
- github_deploy_key:
    owner: "johndoe"
    repo: "example"
    name: "new-deploy-key-2"
    key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDAwXxn7kIMNWzcDfou..."
    username: "johndoe"
    password: "supersecretpassword"
    otp: 123456

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Ali (@bincyber)