Ansible Role SSH Keys

This role allows management of SSH and authorized keys independently of users.

Requirements

No special requirements.

Role Variables

Variable name	Default value	Description
`ssh_user`	`undefined`	Name of ssh key owner.
`ssh_user_home`	`/home/{{ ssh_user }}`	Derived path to owner's home directory.
`ssh_ssh_dir`	`{{ ssh_user_home }}/.ssh`	Derived path to owner's .ssh directory.
`ssh_ssh_dir_owner`	`{{ ssh_user }}`	Owner of .ssh directory.
`ssh_ssh_dir_group`	`{{ ssh_user }}`	Group of .ssh directory.
`ssh_ssh_dir_mode`	`0700`	Default permissions for .ssh directory.
`ssh_ssh_keys`	`[]`	List of ssh keys.
`ssh_authorized_keys_file`	`{{ ssh_ssh_dir }}/authorized_keys`	Derived path to owner's authorized_keys file.
`ssh_authorized_keys_mode`	`0600`	Default permissions for authorized_keys file.
`ssh_authorized_keys`	`[]`	List of paths to public keys to be added to authorized_keys file.

`ssh_ssh_keys` Structure

The ssh_ssh_keys var is a list of the properties of the keys. The src property is mandatory, but the mode property can be omitted:

ssh_ssh_keys:
  - src: path/to/private_key
    mode: 0600
  - src: path/to/public_key.pub
    mode: 0644

`ssh_authorized_keys` Structure

The ssh_authorized_keys var is a simple list of paths:

ssh_authorized_keys:
  - path/to/public_key_1.pub
  - path/to/public_key_2.pub

Linux vs macOS

On linux systems, only one variable besides ssh_ssh_keys and/or ssh_authorized_keysmust be set: ssh_user.
On macOS hosts, two variables besides ssh_ssh_keys and/or ssh_authorized_keys must be set: ssh_user and ssh_user_home.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  vars:
    ssh_user: "username"
    ssh_ssh_keys:
      - src: "files/keys/id_rsa"
      - src: "files/keys/id_rsa.pub"
    ssh_authorized_keys:
      - "files/authorized_keys/keyname.pub"
  role:
     - ansible-role-ssh-keys

License

GPLv3

Author Information

Christopher Torgalson

ctorgalson/ansible-role-ssh-keys