community.general.ssh_config – Manage SSH config for user

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.ssh_config.

New in version 2.0.0: of community.general

Synopsis

• Configures SSH hosts with special ``IdentityFile``s and hostnames.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• StormSSH

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
group string		Which group this configuration file belongs to. If none given, user is used.
host string / required		The endpoint this configuration is valid for. Can be an actual address on the internet or an alias that will connect to the value of hostname.
hostname string		The actual host to connect to when connecting to the host defined.
identity_file path		The path to an identity file (SSH private key) that will be used when connecting to this host. File need to exist and have mode 0600 to be valid.
port string		The actual port to connect to when connecting to the host defined.
proxycommand string		Sets the ProxyCommand option.
remote_user string		Specifies the user to log in as.
ssh_config_file path		SSH config file. If user and this option are not specified, /etc/ssh/ssh_config is used. Mutually exclusive with user.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Whether a host entry should exist or not.
strict_host_key_checking string	Choices: yes no ask	Whether to strictly check the host key when doing connections to the remote host.
user string		Which user account this configuration file belongs to. If none given and ssh_config_file is not specified, /etc/ssh/ssh_config is used. If a user is given, ~/.ssh/config is used. Mutually exclusive with ssh_config_file.
user_known_hosts_file string		Sets the user known hosts file option.

Notes

Note

• Supports check mode.

Examples

- name: Add a host in the configuration
  community.general.ssh_config:
    user: akasurde
    host: "example.com"
    hostname: "github.com"
    identity_file: "/home/akasurde/.ssh/id_rsa"
    port: '2223'
    state: present

- name: Delete a host from the configuration
  community.general.ssh_config:
    ssh_config_file: "{{ ssh_config_test }}"
    host: "example.com"
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
hosts_added list / elements=string	success	A list of host added. Sample: ['example.com']
hosts_change_diff list / elements=string	on change	A list of host diff changes. Sample: [{'example.com': {'new': {'hostname': 'github.com', 'identityfile': ['/tmp/test_ssh_config/fake_id_rsa'], 'port': '2224'}, 'old': {'hostname': 'github.com', 'identityfile': ['/tmp/test_ssh_config/fake_id_rsa'], 'port': '2224'}}}]
hosts_changed list / elements=string	success	A list of host changed. Sample: ['example.com']
hosts_removed list / elements=string	success	A list of host removed. Sample: ['example.com']

Authors

• Björn Andersson (@gaqzi)

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)