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hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_ssh_key – Create and manage ssh keys on the Hetzner Cloud.

Note

This plugin is part of the hetzner.hcloud collection (version 1.6.0).

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 hetzner.hcloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_ssh_key.

Synopsis

• Create, update and manage ssh keys on the Hetzner Cloud.

Requirements

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

• hcloud-python >= 1.0.0

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_token string / required	This is the API Token for the Hetzner Cloud.
endpoint string	This is the API Endpoint for the Hetzner Cloud. Default: “https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1”
fingerprint string	The Fingerprint of the Hetzner Cloud ssh_key to manage. Only required if no ssh_key id or name is given.
id integer	The ID of the Hetzner Cloud ssh_key to manage. Only required if no ssh_key name is given
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs)
name string	The Name of the Hetzner Cloud ssh_key to manage. Only required if no ssh_key id is given or a ssh_key does not exists.
public_key string	The Public Key to add. Required if ssh_key does not exists.
state string	State of the ssh_key. Choices: absent present ← (default)

See Also

See also

Documentation for Hetzner Cloud API

Complete reference for the Hetzner Cloud API.

Examples

- name: Create a basic ssh_key
  hcloud_ssh_key:
    name: my-ssh_key
    public_key: "ssh-rsa AAAjjk76kgf...Xt"
    state: present

- name: Create a ssh_key with labels
  hcloud_ssh_key:
    name: my-ssh_key
    public_key: "ssh-rsa AAAjjk76kgf...Xt"
    labels:
        key: value
        mylabel: 123
    state: present

- name: Ensure the ssh_key is absent (remove if needed)
  hcloud_ssh_key:
    name: my-ssh_key
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
hcloud_ssh_key complex	The ssh_key instance Returned: Always
fingerprint string	Fingerprint of the ssh_key Returned: Always Sample: “b7:2f:30:a0:2f:6c:58:6c:21:04:58:61:ba:06:3b:2f”
id integer	ID of the ssh_key Returned: Always Sample: 12345
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs) Returned: Always Sample: {“key”: “value”, “mylabel”: 123}
name string	Name of the ssh_key Returned: Always Sample: “my-ssh-key”
public_key string	Public key of the ssh_key Returned: Always Sample: “ssh-rsa AAAjjk76kgf…Xt”

Authors

• Lukas Kaemmerling (@LKaemmerling)