DevOps/Ansible/User ssh access

Solution:

touch create_user_with_public_key_access.yml

If you are using this playbook for the first time and ssh key authentication is not configured modify first line to: #!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook --ask-pass

#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook

- hosts: YOUR_HOST_GROUP
  vars:
    USERNAME: YOUR_USERNAME

  tasks:
  - name: Create user  
    user:
      name: "{{ USERNAME }}"
      #comment: Add you comment here

  - name: Set authorized key defining and key options for user XXXXXX
    authorized_key:
      user: "{{ USERNAME }}"
      state: present
      key: "{{ lookup('file', '/tmp/id_ed25519.pub') }}"           # Path to users public key

Execute: ansible-playbook create_user_with_public_key_access.yml References:

• User Module doc: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/user_module.html#user-module
• SSH authorized key module: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/authorized_key_module.html#authorized-key-module

You can also loop over Subelements, check https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/playbooks_loops.html#looping-over-subelements.

See also

• with_items https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/lookup/items.html
• DevOps/Ansible/Use loops in task