ansible_mitogen: Handle templated connection passwords and ansible_ssh_password

This switches `ansible_mitogen.transport_config.PlayContextSpec.password()` to
Ansible's plugin option framework. As a result
- The relatively recent `ansible_ssh_password` variable is now respected.
- The SSH connection password can be templated and specified as a play
  variable. Task variables will probably also work, but testing was blocked
  by #1132.

There is a chance this change will cause a regression in another connection
plugin (e.g. mitogen_docker), but nothing turned up in the test suite.
I intend ot migrate other connection configuration to
`ansible_mitogen.transport_config.PlayContextSpec._connect_option()`, the next
candidate is the remote port.

fixes #1106

ansible_mitogen/plugins/connection/mitogen_ssh.py

@@ -32,35 +32,20 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import os.path
 import sys
 
+from ansible.plugins.connection.ssh import (
+    DOCUMENTATION as _ansible_ssh_DOCUMENTATION,
+)
+
 DOCUMENTATION = """
+    name: mitogen_ssh
     author: David Wilson <dw@botanicus.net>
-    connection: mitogen_ssh
     short_description: Connect over SSH via Mitogen
     description:
         - This connects using an OpenSSH client controlled by the Mitogen for
           Ansible extension. It accepts every option the vanilla ssh plugin
           accepts.
-    version_added: "2.5"
     options:
-        ssh_args:
+""" + _ansible_ssh_DOCUMENTATION.partition('options:\n')[2]
-            type: str
-            vars:
-                - name: ssh_args
-                - name: ansible_ssh_args
-                - name: ansible_mitogen_ssh_args
-        ssh_common_args:
-            type: str
-            vars:
-                - name: ssh_args
-                - name: ansible_ssh_common_args
-                - name: ansible_mitogen_ssh_common_args
-        ssh_extra_args:
-            type: str
-            vars:
-                - name: ssh_args
-                - name: ansible_ssh_extra_args
-                - name: ansible_mitogen_ssh_extra_args
-"""
 
 try:
     import ansible_mitogen

ansible_mitogen/transport_config.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import abc
+import logging
 import os
 import ansible.utils.shlex
 import ansible.constants as C
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 import mitogen.core
 
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 def run_interpreter_discovery_if_necessary(s, task_vars, action, rediscover_python):
     """
     Triggers ansible python interpreter discovery if requested.
@@ -412,6 +416,13 @@ class PlayContextSpec(Spec):
         # used to run interpreter discovery
         self._action = connection._action
 
+    def _connection_option(self, name):
+        try:
+            return self._connection.get_option(name, hostvars=self._task_vars)
+        except KeyError:
+            LOG.debug('Used PlayContext fallback for option=%r', name)
+            return getattr(self._play_context, name)
+
     def transport(self):
         return self._transport
 
@@ -449,7 +460,7 @@ class PlayContextSpec(Spec):
         return optional_secret(become_pass)
 
     def password(self):
-        return optional_secret(self._play_context.password)
+        return optional_secret(self._connection_option('password'))
 
     def port(self):
         return self._play_context.port

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ To avail of fixes in an unreleased version, please download a ZIP file
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+* :gh:issue:`1106` :mod:`ansible_mitogen`: Support for `ansible_ssh_password`
+  connection variable, and templated SSH connection password.
 
 
 v0.3.11 (2024-10-30)

tests/ansible/hosts/default.hosts

@@ -19,3 +19,17 @@ ssh-common-args ansible_host=localhost ansible_user="{{ lookup('pipe', 'whoami')
 [issue905:vars]
 ansible_ssh_common_args=-o PermitLocalCommand=yes -o LocalCommand="touch {{ ssh_args_canary_file }}"
 ssh_args_canary_file=/tmp/ssh_args_{{ inventory_hostname }}
+
+[tt_targets_bare]
+tt-bare
+
+[tt_targets_bare:vars]
+ansible_host=localhost
+ansible_user=mitogen__has_sudo_nopw
+
+[tt_targets_inventory]
+tt-password                 ansible_password="{{ 'has_sudo_nopw_password' | trim }}"
+
+[tt_targets_inventory:vars]
+ansible_host=localhost
+ansible_user=mitogen__has_sudo_nopw

tests/ansible/integration/ssh/all.yml

@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 - import_playbook: config.yml
 - import_playbook: password.yml
 - import_playbook: timeouts.yml
+- import_playbook: templated_by_inv.yml
+- import_playbook: templated_by_play_taskvar.yml
 - import_playbook: variables.yml

tests/ansible/integration/ssh/templated_by_inv.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- name: integration/ssh/templated_by_inv.yml
+  hosts: tt_targets_inventory
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - meta: reset_connection
+    - name: Templated variables in inventory
+      ping:

tests/ansible/integration/ssh/templated_by_play_taskvar.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+- name: integration/ssh/templated_by_play_taskvar.yml
+  hosts: tt_targets_bare
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    ansible_password: "{{ 'has_sudo_nopw_password' | trim }}"
+
+  tasks:
+    - meta: reset_connection
+    - name: Templated variables in play
+      ping:

tests/ansible/templates/test-targets.j2

@@ -37,3 +37,22 @@ ansible_user=mitogen__has_sudo_nopw
 ansible_password=has_sudo_nopw_password
 ansible_ssh_common_args=-o PermitLocalCommand=yes -o LocalCommand="touch {{ '{{' }} ssh_args_canary_file {{ '}}' }}"
 ssh_args_canary_file=/tmp/ssh_args_{{ '{{' }} inventory_hostname {{ '}}' }}
+
+{% set tt = containers[0] %}
+
+[tt_targets_bare]
+tt-bare
+
+[tt_targets_bare:vars]
+ansible_host={{ tt.hostname }}
+ansible_port={{ tt.port }}
+ansible_python_interpreter={{ tt.python_path }}
+ansible_user=mitogen__has_sudo_nopw
+
+[tt_targets_inventory]
+tt-password                 ansible_password="{{ '{{' }} 'has_sudo_nopw_password' | trim {{ '}}' }}"  ansible_port={{ tt.port }}
+
+[tt_targets_inventory:vars]
+ansible_host={{ tt.hostname }}
+ansible_python_interpreter={{ tt.python_path }}
+ansible_user=mitogen__has_sudo_nopw