@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ options:
description :
- Public key material .
required : false
force :
description :
- Force overwrite of already existing key pair if key has changed .
required : false
default : true
version_added : " 2.3 "
state :
description :
- create or delete keypair
@ -80,6 +86,15 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
key_material : ' ssh-rsa AAAAxyz...== me@example.com '
state : present
# Given example2 is already existing, the key will not be replaced because the
# force flag was set to `false`
- name : example2 ec2 key
ec2_key :
name : example2
key_material : ' ssh-rsa AAAAxyz...== me@example.com '
force : false
state : present
# Creates a new ec2 key pair named `example` if not present using provided key
# material
- name : example3 ec2 key
@ -110,6 +125,7 @@ def main():
argument_spec . update ( dict (
name = dict ( required = True ) ,
key_material = dict ( required = False ) ,
force = dict ( required = False , type = ' bool ' , default = True ) ,
state = dict ( default = ' present ' , choices = [ ' present ' , ' absent ' ] ) ,
wait = dict ( type = ' bool ' , default = False ) ,
wait_timeout = dict ( default = 300 ) ,
@ -126,6 +142,7 @@ def main():
name = module . params [ ' name ' ]
state = module . params . get ( ' state ' )
key_material = module . params . get ( ' key_material ' )
force = module . params . get ( ' force ' )
wait = module . params . get ( ' wait ' )
wait_timeout = int ( module . params . get ( ' wait_timeout ' ) )
@ -162,7 +179,7 @@ def main():
elif state == ' present ' :
if key :
# existing key found
if key_material :
if key_material and force :
# EC2's fingerprints are non-trivial to generate, so push this key
# to a temporary name and make ec2 calculate the fingerprint for us.
#