vultr.cloud.ssh_key module – Manages ssh keys on Vultr.

Note

This module is part of the vultr.cloud collection (version 1.11.0).

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 vultr.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vultr.cloud.ssh_key.

New in vultr.cloud 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update and remove ssh keys.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_endpoint

string

URL to API endpint (without trailing slash).

Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT.

Default: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"

api_key

string / required

API key of the Vultr API.

Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_KEY.

api_retries

integer

Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP 503 code.

Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRIES.

Default: 5

api_retry_max_delay

integer

Retry backoff delay in seconds is exponential up to this max. value, in seconds.

Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRY_MAX_DELAY.

Default: 12

api_timeout

integer

HTTP timeout to Vultr API.

Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT.

Default: 180

name

string / required

Name of the ssh key.

ssh_key

string

SSH public key.

Required if state=present.

state

string

State of the ssh key.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

validate_certs

boolean

Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: ensure an SSH key is present
  vultr.cloud.ssh_key:
    name: my ssh key
    ssh_key: "{{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"

- name: ensure an SSH key is absent
  vultr.cloud.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

vultr_api

dictionary

Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification.

Returned: success

api_endpoint

string

Endpoint used for the API requests.

Returned: success

Sample: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"

api_retries

integer

Amount of max retries for the API requests.

Returned: success

Sample: 5

api_retry_max_delay

integer

Exponential backoff delay in seconds between retries up to this max delay value.

Returned: success

Sample: 12

api_timeout

integer

Timeout used for the API requests.

Returned: success

Sample: 60

vultr_ssh_key

dictionary

Response from Vultr API.

Returned: success

date_created

string

Date the ssh key was created.

Returned: success

Sample: "2020-10-10T01:56:20+00:00"

id

string

ID of the ssh key.

Returned: success

Sample: "cb676a46-66fd-4dfb-b839-443f2e6c0b60"

name

string

Name of the ssh key.

Returned: success

Sample: "my ssh key"

ssh_key

string

SSH public key.

Returned: success

Sample: "ssh-rsa AA... someother@example.com"

Authors

  • René Moser (@resmo)