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Ansible - add apt_key inline
Published: 19-04-2018 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
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Using the apt key module one can add an APT key with ansible. You can get the key from a remote server or from a file, or just a key ID. I got the request to do some stuff on a machine which was quite rescricted (so no HKP protocol) and I was asked not to place to many files on the machine. The apt key was needed but it could not be a file, so using a YAML Literal Block Scalar I was able to add the key inline in the playbook. Not the best way to do it, but one of the many ways Ansible allows it.
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Literal Block Scalar
In the Ansible documentation we find the Literal Block Scalar:
Values can span multiple lines using | or >. Spanning multiple lines using a "Literal Block Scalar" | will include the newlines and any trailing spaces.
Since it's still YAML you do need to have the indentation correct.
Example
In my case it is a playbook for MediaWiki, here's the code:
- name: Ubuntu | Configuration | Add mediawiki apt key
apt_key:
data: |
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: SKS 1.1.6
Comment: Hostname: keyserver.ubuntu.com
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
tags:
- mediawiki
- name: Ubuntu | Configuration | add mediawiki apt repo
apt_repository:
repo: deb https://releases.wikimedia.org/debian jessie-mediawiki main
state: present
tags:
- mediawiki
If you do not have the indentation correct, like this:
- name: Ubuntu | Configuration | Add mediawiki apt key
apt_key:
data: |
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: SKS 1.1.6
Comment: Hostname: keyserver.ubuntu.com
mQINBFeYfNABEAC6licKZEtY8NbvlDg5l49r3MBksYJ4ggcUQfScLJj8xUZ5Dyqnmw9uPuzr
ct4sT/MSuVYE1I8fiWGL2SdjFaVMk7Vao7QFWUj+WLenOg2jLOwoOGRGdqaeMeH4/q71KqPA
VyHeDOfyHg+Wuhy4Z7whHDVXpebP6iP6yGfl6XlTyayUqS9C7vqhidAQ4y7mg6NFlAIiuRr8
Ansible will complain and fail:
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
could not find expected ':'
The error appears to have been in '[...]roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml': line 8, column 1, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
The offending line appears to be:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: SKS 1.1.6
^ here