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Terraform module for generating an SSH public/private key file.
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Terraform module for generating an SSH public key file.
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In Cloud Posse's examples, we avoid pinning modules to specific versions to prevent discrepancies between the documentationand the latest released versions. However, for your own projects, we strongly advise pinning each module to the exact versionyou're using. This practice ensures the stability of your infrastructure. Additionally, we recommend implementing a systematicapproach for updating versions to avoid unexpected changes.
| Name | Version |
|---|---|
| terraform | >= 0.13.0 |
| local | >= 1.3 |
| null | >= 2.1 |
| tls | >= 2.0 |
| Name | Version |
|---|---|
| local | >= 1.3 |
| null | >= 2.1 |
| tls | >= 2.0 |
| Name | Source | Version |
|---|---|---|
| this | cloudposse/label/null | 0.25.0 |
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| local_file.private_key_pem | resource |
| local_file.public_key_openssh | resource |
| null_resource.chmod | resource |
| tls_private_key.default | resource |
| Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| additional_tag_map | Additional key-value pairs to add to each map intags_as_list_of_maps. Not added totags orid.This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration. | map(string) | {} | no |
| attributes | ID element. Additional attributes (e.g.workers orcluster) to add toid,in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiterand treated as a single ID element. | list(string) | [] | no |
| chmod_command | Template of the command executed on the private key file | string | "chmod 600 %v" | no |
| context | Single object for setting entire context at once. See description of individual variables for details. Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object, except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged. | any | { | no |
| delimiter | Delimiter to be used between ID elements. Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to"" to use no delimiter at all. | string | null | no |
| descriptor_formats | Describe additional descriptors to be output in thedescriptors output map.Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form {<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>}(Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)format is a Terraform format string to be passed to theformat() function.labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass toformat() function.Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will beidentical to how they appear in id.Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty). | any | {} | no |
| enabled | Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources | bool | null | no |
| environment | ID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT' | string | null | no |
| id_length_limit | Limitid to this many characters (minimum 6).Set to 0 for unlimited length.Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to0.Does not affect id_full. | number | null | no |
| label_key_case | Controls the letter case of thetags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.Possible values: lower,title,upper.Default value: title. | string | null | no |
| label_order | The order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in theid.Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"]. You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present. | list(string) | null | no |
| label_value_case | Controls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included inid,set as tag values, and output by this module individually. Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.Possible values: lower,title,upper andnone (no transformation).Set this to title and setdelimiter to"" to yield Pascal Case IDs.Default value: lower. | string | null | no |
| labels_as_tags | Set of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in thetags output.Default is to include all labels. Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.Notes: The value of the name tag, if included, will be theid, not thename.Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting oflabels_as_tags cannot bechanged in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored. | set(string) | [ | no |
| name | ID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'. This is the only ID element not also included as a tag.The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of thename input. | string | null | no |
| namespace | ID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally unique | string | null | no |
| private_key_extension | Private key extension | string | "" | no |
| private_key_output_enabled | Add the private key as a terraform output private_key | bool | false | no |
| public_key_extension | Public key extension | string | ".pub" | no |
| regex_replace_chars | Terraform regular expression (regex) string. Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements. If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits. | string | null | no |
| ssh_key_algorithm | SSH key algorithm | string | "RSA" | no |
| ssh_public_key_path | Path to SSH public key directory (e.g./secrets) | string | n/a | yes |
| stage | ID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release' | string | null | no |
| tags | Additional tags (e.g.{'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}).Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module. | map(string) | {} | no |
| tenant | ID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | string | null | no |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| key_name | Name of SSH key |
| private_key | Content of the generated private key |
| public_key | Content of the generated public key |
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