SSH Keys

This role configures all hosts in the current play to allow password-free (pubkey based) SSH authentication amongst themselves.

Requirements

Ansible 2.8 or higher OpenSSH software present.

Role Variables

Available variables can be found in vars.

Key variables are:

• ssh_keys_keypair_name - Name of keypair. This file should NOT be the current user's normal private key, unless that key is not considered a secure secret.
• ssh_keys_keypair_owner - SSH client user
• ssh_keys_authorized_keys_owner - SSH server user

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

Example for Production:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: eusebium.ssh_keys
      ssh_keys_keypair_name: id_rsa_pgpool
      ssh_keys_keypair_owner: postgres
      ssh_keys_authorized_keys_owner: postgres

Example for test/dev:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: eusebium.ssh_keys
      ssh_keys_keypair_name: id_test_{{ ssh_keys_keypair_type }}
      ssh_keys_generate_on_controller: true
      ssh_keys_keypair_owner: vagrant
      ssh_keys_authorized_keys_owner: vagrant
      ssh_keys_keypair_comment: 'vagrant_test_key'

License

MIT

Author Information

Sebi C. cristeaeusebiu@gmail.com