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

Comments

aws_access_key

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key

string

AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.

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.

aws_ca_bundle

path

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.

aws_config

dictionary

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.

aws_secret_key

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key

string

AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.

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.

debug_botocore_endpoint_logs

boolean

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ec2_url

aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url

string

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.

force

boolean

Force overwrite of already existing key pair if key has changed.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

key_material

string

Public key material.

key_type

string

added in amazon.aws 3.1.0

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:

  • "rsa"

  • "ed25519"

name

string / required

Name of the key pair.

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

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.

purge_tags

boolean

added in amazon.aws 2.1.0

Delete any tags not specified in tags.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

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

security_token

aliases: aws_session_token, session_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

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.

state

string

create or delete keypair

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

dictionary

added in amazon.aws 2.1.0

A dictionary of tags to set on the key pair.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait

boolean

This option has no effect since version 2.5 and will be removed after 2022-06-01.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

wait_timeout

integer

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 or EC2_URL, AWS_PROFILE or AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_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 or EC2_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

changed

boolean

whether a keypair was created/deleted

Returned: always

Sample: true

key

complex

details of the keypair (this is set to null when state is absent)

Returned: always

fingerprint

string

fingerprint of the key

Returned: when state is present

Sample: "b0:22:49:61:d9:44:9d:0c:7e:ac:8a:32:93:21:6c:e8:fb:59:62:43"

id

string

id of the keypair

Returned: when state is present

Sample: "key-123456789abc"

name

string

name of the keypair

Returned: when state is present

Sample: "my_keypair"

private_key

string

private key of a newly created keypair

Returned: when a new keypair is created by AWS (key_material is not provided)

Sample: "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIEowIBAAKC... -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----"

tags

dictionary

a dictionary representing the tags attached to the key pair

Returned: when state is present

Sample: {"my_key": "my value"}

type

string

added in amazon.aws 3.1.0

type of a newly created keypair

Returned: when a new keypair is created by AWS

Sample: "rsa"

msg

string

short message describing the action taken

Returned: always

Sample: "key pair created"

Authors

  • Vincent Viallet (@zbal)

  • Prasad Katti (@prasadkatti)