ssh Key Rotation

This is ansible role that enables you to rotate ssh keys on your remote servers

Requirements

This modules depeds on ansible 2.2.X

Role Variables

For this role to work it requires the following variables:

# Removes the existing public keys when set to yes
is_exclusive: no

should_manage_dir: no

# The location to where the authorized_keys file existing
# .shh/authorized_keys is the deafult value
authorized_keys_path: .ssh/authorized_keys

# This is the passphrase used to encrypt your new ssh key
passphrase: 83g!8bfu5M5yy84x

# The number of bits you want to assign the key
ssh_key_bits: 2048

# The comment that accompanies the key
ssh_key_comment: [email protected]

# The user of the host keys are added to
ssh_host_user: ubuntu

# The location to store the keys to. (warning it should not begin with /)
ssh_key_path: ".ssh/new-ssh-key"

# if you already have generated you keys add the following variables.

# Set to true by default
generate_new_key: True
ssh_connection_key: "some key"

# add this if you want to add deployment key for your server,
ssh_deployment_key: "deployment key"

The above variables and values are the default inputs to this role. You can check the default folder. Make sure you upate them with your own.

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

---
- hosts: all
  remote_user: vagrant
  vars:
    host_user: vagrant
    ssh_key_path: .ssh/some-new-secure
  roles:
    - ssh-key-rotation

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Nyambati Thomas [email protected]

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Author Information

Thomas Nyambati [email protected]