Resource Type: ssh_key

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/ssh_key.rb

Providers:

openssh

Overview

Manage SSH keys

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent

Parameters

• comment

  Comment for SSH key

• name (namevar)

  User to manage SSH key for

• passphrase

  Passphrase for key

• path

  File path for key

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘ssh_key` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• size

  Size of key to create

• type (defaults to: ed25519)

  Kind of key to create

  Supported values:

  • rsa
  • ecdsa
  • ed25519