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community.hrobot.ssh_key – Add, remove or update SSH key
Note
This plugin is part of the community.hrobot collection (version 1.2.0).
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.hrobot.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.hrobot.ssh_key.
New in version 1.2.0: of community.hrobot
Synopsis
- Add, remove or update an SSH key stored in Hetzner’s Robot.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| fingerprint
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The MD5 fingerprint of the public SSH key to remove.
        
       
        One of public_key and fingerprint are required if state=absent.
         | 
     |
| hetzner_password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The password for the Robot webservice user.
         | 
     |
| hetzner_user
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The username for the Robot webservice user.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The public key's name.
        
       
        Required if state=present, and ignored if state=absent.
         | 
     |
| public_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The public key data in OpenSSH format.
        
       
        Example:  
       ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc+...
       
        One of public_key and fingerprint are required if state=absent.
        
       
        Required if state=present.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string / required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether to make sure a public SSH key is present or absent.
        
       present makes sure that the SSH key is available, and potentially updates names for existing SHS public keys.
       absent makes sure that the SSH key is not available. The fingerprint or public key data is used for matching the key.
        | 
     
See Also
See also
- community.hrobot.ssh_key_info
 - 
     
Query information on SSH keys
 
Examples
- name: Add an SSH key
  community.hrobot.ssh_key:
    hetzner_user: foo
    hetzner_password: bar
    state: present
    name: newKey
    public_key: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc+...
- name: Remove a SSH key by fingerprint
  community.hrobot.ssh_key:
    hetzner_user: foo
    hetzner_password: bar
    state: absent
    fingerprint: cb:8b:ef:a7:fe:04:87:3f:e5:55:cd:12:e3:e8:9f:99
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| fingerprint
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The MD5 fingerprint of the key.
        
       
        This is the value used to reference the SSH public key, for example in the community.hrobot.boot module.
         Sample:
        
       
        cb:8b:ef:a7:fe:04:87:3f:e5:55:cd:12:e3:e8:9f:99
         | 
     
Authors
- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
 
© 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/hrobot/ssh_key_module.html