rax_keypair - Create a keypair for use with Rackspace Cloud Servers¶

New in version 1.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Create a keypair for use with Rackspace Cloud Servers

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
pyrax

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
api_key		Rackspace API key, overrides credentials. aliases: password
auth_endpoint (added in 1.5)	Default: https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/	The URI of the authentication service.
credentials		File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if api_key and username are provided. aliases: creds_file
env (added in 1.5)		Environment as configured in ~/.pyrax.cfg, see https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration.
identity_type (added in 1.5)	Default: rackspace	Authentication mechanism to use, such as rackspace or keystone.
name required		Name of keypair
public_key		Public Key string to upload. Can be a file path or string
region	Default: DFW	Region to create an instance in.
state	Choices: present ← absent	Indicate desired state of the resource
tenant_id (added in 1.5)		The tenant ID used for authentication.
tenant_name (added in 1.5)		The tenant name used for authentication.
username		Rackspace username, overrides credentials.
verify_ssl (added in 1.5)		Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.

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 and RAX_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 and RAX_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 is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Matt Martz (@sivel)

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