How do I use remote machine's SSH keys in ansible git module

Question

I\'ve been trying to get Ansible to provision a remote machine, and I want the remote machine to be set up with its own keys, and have the ability to clone git repositories from

Answer 1

This is how I deploy from Github using a key file set on the remote server. If the keyfile parameter for git doesn't work then something is wrong with your playbook:

- name: Creates .ssh directory for root
  sudo: yes
  file: path=/root/.ssh state=directory

# This public key is set on Github repo Settings under "Deploy keys"
- name: Upload the private key used for Github cloning
  sudo: yes
  copy: src=keys/github dest=/root/.ssh/github

- name: Correct SSH deploy key permissions
  sudo: yes
  file: dest=/root/.ssh/github mode=0600

- name: Deploy site files from Github repository
  sudo: yes
  git:
    repo: git@github.com:miohtama/foobar.git
    dest: /srv/django/foobar
    key_file: /root/.ssh/github
    accept_hostkey: yes
    force: yes

Answer 2

If I understand this correctly, you do - or want to - deploy your private key to the remote machine so you can clone the repo. I believe instead you should use key forwarding. In your .ssh/config set this:

ForwardAgent yes

Or if you want to limit this to Ansible you can define it in your ansible.cfg:

[ssh_connection]
ssh_args= -A