ansible.authorized_key(3) - Linux man page

Name

authorized_key - Adds or removes an SSH authorized key

Description

Adds or removes an SSH authorized key for a user from a remote host.

Options

key

the SSH public key, as a string(required)

state

whether the given key should or should not be in the file Choices: present,absent. (default: present)

user

Name of the user who should have access to the remote host(required)."

Examples

Example from Ansible Playbooks

authorized_key: user=charlie key="ssh-dss ASDF1234L+8BTwaRYr/rycsBF1D8e5pTxEsXHQs4iq+mZdyWqlW++L6pMiam1A8yweP+rKtgjK2httVS6GigVsuWWfOd7/sdWippefq74nppVUELHPKkaIOjJNN1zUHFoL/YMwAAAEBALnAsQN10TNGsRDe5arBsW8cTOjqLyYBcIqgPYTZW8zENErFxt7ij3fW3Jh/sCpnmy8rkS7FyK8ULX0PEy/2yDx8/5rXgMIICbRH/XaBy9Ud5bRBFVkEDu/r+rXP33wFPHjWjwvHAtfci1NRBAudQI/98DbcGQw5HmE89CjgZRo5ktkC5yu/8agEPocVjdHyZr7PaHfxZGUDGKtGRL2QzRYukCmWo1cZbMBHcI5FzImvTHS9/8B3SATjXMPgbfBuEeBwuBK5EjL+CtHY5bWs9kmYjmeo0KfUMH8hY4MAXDoKhQ7DhBPIrcjS5jPtoGxIREZjba67r6/P2XKXaCZH6Fc= charlie@example.org 2011-01-17"
Shorthand available in Ansible 0.8 and later
authorized_key: user=charlie key='$FILE(/home/charlie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)'

Author

Brad Olson

See Also

ansible(1), http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#authorized-key