salt.states.ssh_auth

Control of entries in SSH authorized_key files

The information stored in a user's SSH authorized key file can be easily controlled via the ssh_auth state. Defaults can be set by the enc, options, and comment keys. These defaults can be overridden by including them in the name.

Since the YAML specification limits the length of simple keys to 1024 characters, and since SSH keys are often longer than that, you may have to use a YAML 'explicit key', as demonstrated in the second example below.

AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAL0sQ9fJ5bYTEyY==:
  ssh_auth.present:
    - user: root
    - enc: ssh-dss

? AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAL0sQ9fJ5bYTEyY==...
:
  ssh_auth.present:
    - user: root
    - enc: ssh-dss

thatch:
  ssh_auth.present:
    - user: root
    - source: salt://ssh_keys/thatch.id_rsa.pub
    - config: %h/.ssh/authorized_keys

sshkeys:
  ssh_auth.present:
    - user: root
    - enc: ssh-rsa
    - options:
      - option1="value1"
      - option2="value2 flag2"
    - comment: myuser
    - names:
      - AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAACBAL0sQ9fJ5bYTEyY==
      - ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaCL0sQ9fJ5bYTEyY== user@domain
      - option3="value3" ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kcQ9J5bYTEyY== other@testdomain
      - AAAAB3NzaC1kcQ9fJFF435bYTEyY== newcomment
salt.states.ssh_auth.absent(name, user, enc='ssh-rsa', comment='', source='', options=None, config='.ssh/authorized_keys')

Verifies that the specified SSH key is absent

name
The SSH key to manage
user
The user who owns the SSH authorized keys file to modify
enc
Defines what type of key is being used; can be ed25519, ecdsa, ssh-rsa or ssh-dss
comment
The comment to be placed with the SSH public key
options
The options passed to the key, pass a list object
source

The source file for the key(s). Can contain any number of public keys, in standard "authorized_keys" format. If this is set, comment, enc and options will be ignored.

New in version Beryllium.

config
The location of the authorized keys file relative to the user's home directory, defaults to ".ssh/authorized_keys". Token expansion %u and %h for username and home path supported.
salt.states.ssh_auth.present(name, user, enc='ssh-rsa', comment='', source='', options=None, config='.ssh/authorized_keys', **kwargs)

Verifies that the specified SSH key is present for the specified user

name
The SSH key to manage
user
The user who owns the SSH authorized keys file to modify
enc
Defines what type of key is being used; can be ed25519, ecdsa, ssh-rsa or ssh-dss
comment
The comment to be placed with the SSH public key
source
The source file for the key(s). Can contain any number of public keys, in standard "authorized_keys" format. If this is set, comment and enc will be ignored.

Note

The source file must contain keys in the format <enc> <key> <comment>. If you have generated a keypair using PuTTYgen, then you will need to do the following to retrieve an OpenSSH-compatible public key.

  1. In PuTTYgen, click Load, and select the private key file (not the public key), and click Open.
  2. Copy the public key from the box labeled Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file.
  3. Paste it into a new file.
options
The options passed to the key, pass a list object
config
The location of the authorized keys file relative to the user's home directory, defaults to ".ssh/authorized_keys". Token expansion %u and %h for username and home path supported.