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:


 * 1) !/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook

- hosts: YOUR_HOST_GROUP vars: USERNAME: YOUR_USERNAME

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

- name: Set authorized key defining and key options for user XXXXXX authorized_key: user: "" state: present key: ""          # Path to users public key

Execute: 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.