amazon.aws.ec2_key module – Create or delete an EC2 key pair
Note
This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 9.1.0).
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 >= 1.28.0
botocore >= 1.31.0
Parameters
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AWS access key ID. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. The |
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A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config. |
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Use a The Choices:
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URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS. The The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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Name of the file where the generated private key will be saved. When provided, the The file is written out on the ‘host’ side rather than the ‘controller’ side. Ignored when |
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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 Choices:
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Name of the key pair. |
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A named AWS profile to use for authentication. See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html. The The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options. |
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If If the Tag keys beginning with Choices:
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The AWS region to use. For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored. The See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region. The Support for the |
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AWS secret access key. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive. The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials. See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys. The The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive. Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0. The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. Support for the |
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Create or delete keypair. Choices:
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A dictionary representing the tags to be applied to the resource. If the |
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When set to Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead. Choices:
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Notes
Note
Support for
tagsandpurge_tagswas added in release 2.1.0.For security reasons, this module should be used with no_log=true and (register) functionalities when creating new key pair without providing
key_material.Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.
The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically
~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.
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
# use no_log to avoid private key being displayed into output
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
no_log: true
register: aws_ec2_key_pair
- 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 and save private key into a file
amazon.aws.ec2_key:
name: my_keypair
key_type: ed25519
file_name: /tmp/aws_ssh_rsa
# 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 from AWS 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 |
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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 Sample: |
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Private key of a newly created keypair. Returned: when a new keypair is created by AWS ( Sample: |
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A dictionary representing the tags attached to the key pair. Returned: when 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: |