community.general.rax_keypair – Create a keypair for use with Rackspace Cloud Servers¶
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.rax_keypair
.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 2.6
pyrax
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
api_key
string
|
Rackspace API key, overrides credentials.
aliases: password |
|
auth_endpoint
string
|
The URI of the authentication service.
If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/
|
|
credentials
path
|
File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided.
aliases: creds_file |
|
env
string
|
Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
|
|
identity_type
string
|
Default: "rackspace"
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
|
name
string
/ required
|
Name of keypair
|
|
public_key
string
|
Public Key string to upload. Can be a file path or string
|
|
region
string
|
Region to create an instance in.
|
|
state
string
|
|
Indicate desired state of the resource
|
tenant_id
string
|
The tenant ID used for authentication.
|
|
tenant_name
string
|
The tenant name used for authentication.
|
|
username
string
|
Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
|
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
aliases: verify_ssl |
Notes¶
Note
Keypairs cannot be manipulated, only created and deleted. To “update” a keypair you must first delete and then recreate.
The ability to specify a file path for the public key was added in 1.7
The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
.RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticatingRAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials fileRAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …)
Examples¶
- name: Create a keypair
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: Keypair request
local_action:
module: rax_keypair
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: my_keypair
region: DFW
register: keypair
- name: Create local public key
local_action:
module: copy
content: "{{ keypair.keypair.public_key }}"
dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/{{ keypair.keypair.name }}.pub"
- name: Create local private key
local_action:
module: copy
content: "{{ keypair.keypair.private_key }}"
dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/{{ keypair.keypair.name }}"
- name: Create a keypair
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: Keypair request
local_action:
module: rax_keypair
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: my_keypair
public_key: "{{ lookup('file', 'authorized_keys/id_rsa.pub') }}"
region: DFW
register: keypair
Authors¶
Matt Martz (@sivel)