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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

  • 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:
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