Ansible Role: SSH

This role will assume the following configuration:

• Allow sudo authentication over ssh
• Enable/Disable the SSH daemon password authentication
• Set the SSH daemon accepted environment variables
• Set ssh know hosts

It's part of the ELAO Ansible stack but can be used as a stand alone component.

Requirements

• Ansible 1.7.2+

Dependencies

None.

Installation

Ansible 2+

Using ansible galaxy cli:

ansible-galaxy install elao.ssh,2.0

Using ansible galaxy requirements file:

- src:     elao.ssh
  version: 2.0

Ansible 1 (no longer maintained)

Using ansible galaxy cli:

ansible-galaxy install elao.ssh,1.0

Using ansible galaxy requirements file:

- src:     elao.ssh
  version: 1.0

Role Handlers

|Name|Action|Description| |----|----|-----------|-------| sudo restart|Service restarted|Ensure sudo service has been restarted. ssh reload|Service reloaded|Ensure ssh service has been reloaded.

Role Variables

Name	Default	Type	Description
elao_ssh_known_hosts	Empty collection	Collection	Ssh known hosts.
elao_ssh_sudo_auth	false	Binary	Allow sudo authentication over ssh.
elao_ssh_config.daemon.password_authentication	true	Binary	Enable/Disable the SSH daemon password authentication.
elao_ssh_config.daemon.accept_env	LANG LC_*	String	SSH daemon accepted environment variables.

Example playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: elao.ssh }

Licence

MIT

Author information

ELAO (http://www.elao.com/)