amazon.aws.ec2_key module – create or delete an ec2 key pair
Note
This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 3.5.0).
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 amazon.aws
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.ec2_key
.
New in amazon.aws 1.0.0
Synopsis
create or delete an ec2 key pair.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.16.0
botocore >= 1.19.0
Parameters
Parameter |
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If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01. |
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The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. Not used by boto 2 based modules. Note: The CA Bundle is read ‘module’ side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally. |
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A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config. Only the ‘user_agent’ key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration. |
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If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01. |
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Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) “resource:action” API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used. Choices:
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URL to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used. |
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Force overwrite of already existing key pair if key has changed. Choices:
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Public key material. |
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The type of key pair to create. Note that ED25519 keys are not supported for Windows instances, EC2 Instance Connect, and EC2 Serial Console. By default Amazon will create an RSA key. Mutually exclusive with parameter key_material. Requires at least botocore version 1.21.23. Choices:
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Name of the key pair. |
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Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated. aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01. |
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Delete any tags not specified in tags. Choices:
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The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region |
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If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01. Aliases aws_session_token and session_token have been added in version 3.2.0. |
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create or delete keypair Choices:
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A dictionary of tags to set on the key pair. |
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When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Choices:
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This option has no effect since version 2.5 and will be removed after 2022-06-01. Choices:
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This option has no effect since version 2.5 and will be removed after 2022-06-01. |
Notes
Note
If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
AWS_URL
orEC2_URL
,AWS_PROFILE
orAWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE
,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
orAWS_ACCESS_KEY
orEC2_ACCESS_KEY
,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
orAWS_SECRET_KEY
orEC2_SECRET_KEY
,AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN
orEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN
,AWS_REGION
orEC2_REGION
,AWS_CA_BUNDLE
When no credentials are explicitly provided the AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses will fall back to its configuration files (typically
~/.aws/credentials
). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.Modules based on the original AWS SDK (boto) may read their default configuration from different files. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html for more information.
AWS_REGION
orEC2_REGION
can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be defined in the configuration files.
Examples
# Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.
- name: create a new ec2 key pair, returns generated private key
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
- name: create key pair using provided key_material
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
key_material: 'ssh-rsa AAAAxyz...== [email protected]'
- name: create key pair using key_material obtained using 'file' lookup plugin
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
key_material: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/public_key/id_rsa.pub') }}"
- name: Create ED25519 key pair
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
key_type: ed25519
# try creating a key pair with the name of an already existing keypair
# but don't overwrite it even if the key is different (force=false)
- name: try creating a key pair with name of an already existing keypair
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_existing_keypair
key_material: 'ssh-rsa AAAAxyz...== [email protected]'
force: false
- name: remove key pair by name
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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whether a keypair was created/deleted Returned: always Sample: |
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details of the keypair (this is set to null when state is absent) Returned: always |
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fingerprint of the key Returned: when state is present Sample: |
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id of the keypair Returned: when state is present Sample: |
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name of the keypair Returned: when state is present Sample: |
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private key of a newly created keypair Returned: when a new keypair is created by AWS (key_material is not provided) Sample: |
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a dictionary representing the tags attached to the key pair Returned: when state is present Sample: |
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type of a newly created keypair Returned: when a new keypair is created by AWS Sample: |
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short message describing the action taken Returned: always Sample: |