community.general.rax_keypair module – Create a keypair for use with Rackspace Cloud Servers
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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 community.general
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.rax_keypair
.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in:
version 9.0.0
- Why:
This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
- Alternative:
Use the Openstack modules instead.
Synopsis
Create a keypair for use with Rackspace Cloud Servers
Aliases: cloud.rackspace.rax_keypair
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
pyrax
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Rackspace API key, overrides |
|
The URI of the authentication service. If not specified will be set to https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/. |
|
Environment as configured in |
|
Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone. Default: |
|
Name of keypair |
|
Public Key string to upload. Can be a file path or string |
|
Region to create an instance in. |
|
Indicate desired state of the resource Choices:
|
|
The tenant ID used for authentication. |
|
The tenant name used for authentication. |
|
Rackspace username, overrides |
|
Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints. Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: none |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Notes
Note
Keypairs cannot be manipulated, only created and deleted. To “update” a keypair you must first delete and then recreate.
The ability to specify a file path for the public key was added in 1.7
The following environment variables can be used,
RAX_USERNAME
,RAX_API_KEY
,RAX_CREDS_FILE
,RAX_CREDENTIALS
,RAX_REGION
.RAX_CREDENTIALS
andRAX_CREDS_FILE
points to a credentials file appropriate for pyrax. See https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating.RAX_USERNAME
andRAX_API_KEY
obviate the use of a credentials file.RAX_REGION
defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, …).
Examples
- name: Create a keypair
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Keypair request
local_action:
module: rax_keypair
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: my_keypair
region: DFW
register: keypair
- name: Create local public key
local_action:
module: copy
content: "{{ keypair.keypair.public_key }}"
dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/{{ keypair.keypair.name }}.pub"
- name: Create local private key
local_action:
module: copy
content: "{{ keypair.keypair.private_key }}"
dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/{{ keypair.keypair.name }}"
- name: Create a keypair
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Keypair request
local_action:
module: rax_keypair
credentials: ~/.raxpub
name: my_keypair
public_key: "{{ lookup('file', 'authorized_keys/id_rsa.pub') }}"
region: DFW
register: keypair
Status
This module will be removed in version 9.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.