Ansible Role: Update Known Hosts

Updates the known_hosts file on the Ansible controller with the

Requirements

Requires ssh-keyscan on the Ansible controller.

Role Variables

There are three variables included in the role:

ssh_known_hosts_command: "ssh-keyscan -T 10"
ssh_known_hosts_file: "{{ lookup('env','HOME') + '/.ssh/known_hosts' }}"
ssh_known_hosts: "{{ groups['servers'] }}"

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

# ===========================================================================
# Update Ansible controller SSH keys
# ===========================================================================
- name: Update SSH keys for Ansible controller known_hosts
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  become: false

  roles:
    - jedimt.ssh

License

MIT

Author Information

Aaron Patten aaronpatten@gmail.com