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community.general.onepassword_ssh_key lookup – Fetch SSH keys stored in 1Password

Note

This lookup plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.3).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.onepassword_ssh_key.

New in community.general 10.3.0

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.

Terms

Parameter

Comments

Terms

list / elements=string / required

Identifier(s) (case-insensitive UUID or name) of item(s) to retrieve.

Keyword parameters

This describes keyword parameters of the lookup. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following examples: lookup('community.general.onepassword_ssh_key', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...) and query('community.general.onepassword_ssh_key', key1=value1, key2=value2, ...)

Parameter

Comments

account_id

string

The account ID to target.

connect_host

string

added in community.general 8.1.0

The host for 1Password Connect. Must be used in combination with connect_token.

Configuration:

connect_token

string

added in community.general 8.1.0

The token for 1Password Connect. Must be used in combination with connect_host.

Configuration:

domain

string

Domain of 1Password.

Default: "1password.com"

master_password

aliases: vault_password

string

The password used to unlock the specified vault.

secret_key

string

The secret key used when performing an initial sign in.

section

string

Item section containing the field to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will return first match from any section.

service_account_token

string

The access key for a service account.

Only works with 1Password CLI version 2 or later.

Configuration:

ssh_format

boolean

Output key in SSH format if true. Otherwise, outputs in the default format (PKCS#8).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)
  • true

subdomain

string

The 1Password subdomain to authenticate against.

username

string

The username used to sign in.

vault

string

Vault containing the item to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will search all vaults.

Notes

Note

  • When keyword and positional parameters are used together, positional parameters must be listed before keyword parameters: lookup('community.general.onepassword_ssh_key', term1, term2, key1=value1, key2=value2) and query('community.general.onepassword_ssh_key', term1, term2, key1=value1, key2=value2)
  • By default, it returns the private key value in PKCS#8 format, unless ssh_format=true is passed.
  • The pluging works only for SSHKEY type items.
  • This plugin requires op version 2 or later.
  • This lookup will use an existing 1Password session if one exists. If not, and you have already performed an initial sign in (meaning ~/.op/config, ~/.config/op/config or ~/.config/.op/config exists), then only the master_password is required. You may optionally specify subdomain in this scenario, otherwise the last used subdomain will be used by op.
  • This lookup can perform an initial login by providing subdomain, username, secret_key, and master_password.
  • Can target a specific account by providing the account_id.
  • Due to the very sensitive nature of these credentials, it is highly recommended that you only pass in the minimal credentials needed at any given time. Also, store these credentials in an Ansible Vault using a key that is equal to or greater in strength to the 1Password master password.
  • This lookup stores potentially sensitive data from 1Password as Ansible facts. Facts are subject to caching if enabled, which means this data could be stored in clear text on disk or in a database.
  • Tested with op version 2.7.2.

Examples

---
- name: Retrieve the private SSH key from 1Password
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.onepassword_ssh_key', 'SSH Key', ssh_format=true) }}"

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

list / elements=string

Private key of SSH keypair.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Mohammed Babelly (@mohammedbabelly20)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/onepassword_ssh_key_lookup.html