Want to use private_key_file as varable in template file.

[t goto]

Hello.

I want to use `private_key_file` in ansible.cfg as a variable in template file.

Say, I have ansible.cfg like this..

[defaults]
hostfile = hosts
remote_user = ubuntu
private_key_file = /home/test/.ssh/id_rsa

And want to use it in Jinja2 format like this..

options[:user] ||= Etc.getlogin
options[:keys] = "{{ private_key_file }}"
# options[:keys] = "/home/test/.ssh/id_rsa"

with playbook calls template modules..

- name: template copy
  template: src=spec.j2 dest=/serverspec/.spec

If you use `ansible_ssh_private_key_file` in inventory host file, you can successfuly template it.

But I  want to use good old ansible.cfg.

Any ideas?

[Brian Coca]

something like:
lookup('pipe', 'grep private_key_file /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg|cut -f2 -d"="')


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Brian Coca

[t goto]

Sounds like a plan! :)

I willl try this method, thanks!

2015年5月8日金曜日 23時46分28秒 UTC+9 Brian Coca:

[Marcus Franke]

Am 09.05.2015 07:36 schrieb "t goto" <tomoy...@gmail.com>:
>
> Sounds like a plan! :)
> I willl try this method, thanks!
>

Hi,

one thing I don't understand, why do you need to roll out the private key at all? Using the ssh-agent and agent forwarding you can use your locally stored private key even for those hosts in the second row behind some kind of jump host.

Regards,
Marcus

[t goto]

Hello, Marcus.

What I'm trying to do is to use `serverspec` to test the ansible-deployed hosts.

As `serverspec` connects to test machines via ssh, I have to let it know the location of ssh private key.

I didn't want to edit the root .ssh/config for such small part, I was looking for a way to specify private key.

Thank you.

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t goto

2015年5月11日月曜日 5時51分32秒 UTC+9 Marcus Franke: