Thank you both. I'm going with the
[defaults] private_key_file = ~/mykeyfile.pem method, but it's good to know that this can also be done inside the playbook, as I might want to consider using ansible for key rotation at some point in the future... Thanks again. Jason On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 2:30:24 p.m. UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Funny this came up, as I just finished a playbook that bounces keys > several times. There are 2 variables you can use in the playbook itself and > can be changed using set_fact:ansible_private_key_file, and > ansible_ssh_private_key_file. Used with the ansible_user or > ansible_ssh_user variables it can be quite handy cycling users or updating > authorized keys mid play. > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 1:07 PM Brian Coca <[email protected]> wrote: > >> several ways: >> >> In ssh_config you can: >> Host * >> >> ^ will match all hosts, you can be more/less restrictive than that. >> >> Within ansible there are many ways to supply the key : >> >> [defaults] >> private_key_file = ~/mykeyfile.pem >> >> for a full list see >> >> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/ssh_connection.html#parameters >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------- >> Brian Coca >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CACVha7fUtaV_O20o6aBvTqNYxHJA1o%2BBQbO_Wq%2BiJcrjwwT5Tg%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/6de943e5-8cb2-49e0-b4c9-ff2e4267f48an%40googlegroups.com.
