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nova_keypair - Add/Delete key pair from nova

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 2.0. Use os_keypair instead

Synopsis

Add or Remove key pair from nova .

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • python-novaclient

Options

parameter required default choices comments
auth_url
 no http://127.0.0.1:35357/v2.0/
    The keystone url for authentication
    login_password
    		 yes yes
      Password of login user
      login_tenant_name
      		 yes yes
        The tenant name of the login user
        login_username
        		 yes admin
          login username to authenticate to keystone
          name
          		 yes None
            Name that has to be given to the key pair
            public_key
            		 no None
              The public key that would be uploaded to nova and injected to vm's upon creation
              region_name
              		 no None
                Name of the region
                state
                		 no present
                • present
                • absent
                Indicate desired state of the resource

                Examples

                # Creates a key pair with the running users public key
- nova_keypair: state=present login_username=admin
                login_password=admin login_tenant_name=admin name=ansible_key
                public_key={{ lookup('file','~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}

# Creates a new key pair and the private key returned after the run.
- nova_keypair: state=present login_username=admin login_password=admin
                login_tenant_name=admin name=ansible_key

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