user_ssh

Manage user SSH authorized keys and known hosts.

Platforms

• Debian / Ubuntu
• RHEL/CentOS and derivatives
• Fedora and derivatives

Requirements

• Chef 16+

Usage

It is recommended to create a project or organization specific wrapper cookbook and add the desired custom resources to the run list of a node.

Example of adding an authorized key and known host to user testuser01

user_ssh_known_host 'testhost' do
  user 'testuser01'
  key 'AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAInmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBMGCI1q4BvctMzIPGRwLZsyZRjbIzy0Qmai8gJd+rVvmbBzqhjSspKkHeKUOQSEc+JTsP/JjFdUgEii83uWTsm0='
  keytype 'ecdsa-sha2-nistp256'
end

user_ssh_authorized_key 'testuser01_key01' do
  user 'testuser01'
  key 'AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEA0JNuXwaB8T/3pR/MqehUn0tjt0jN8Cgf6PuSS1YZRUDc7T6mFGphO04/YzSIBsWdWKZe2uWgzJJkUGN815ua7CYQktfDVMRx12baBAtLsqeseheUSxlJhg5oA1NckpdXuN7ca3vAl6Rc6P/Njj10OPglRX17/J284KOXCkg+LDr6pJEglxXETJLiip7XSy70E/T14QkjlzFIFTU9xkb1++p2wLxNI2qAPaZZHN9LrNHeq8t129psc8jnkAEGMjufGJuyZKZCAEcr6/Na9kGoJbv5vi0WieCvL22sdA3hCuMrPcFkqYIz9RysOzwRwX/IdkSg5Jv5b9CZuMskA5Kb9Q=='
  comment 'Test Key 01'
end

Examples

Please check for more varied working examples in the test cookbook.

Resources

• user_ssh_authorized_key
• user_ssh_known_host