--- - name: Test hostkeys hosts: all vars: __sshd_test_backup_files: - /etc/ssh/sshd_config - /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/00-ansible_system_role.conf - /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2 tasks: - name: "Backup configuration files" ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/backup.yml - name: Remove host key before the test ansible.builtin.file: path: /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2 state: absent - name: Ensure group 'nobody' exists ansible.builtin.group: name: nobody - name: Ensure the user 'nobody' exists ansible.builtin.user: name: nobody group: nobody comment: nobody create_home: false shell: /sbin/nologin - name: Configure sshd with alternative host keys ansible.builtin.include_role: name: ansible-sshd vars: # very BAD example sshd_hostkey_owner: "nobody" sshd_hostkey_group: "nobody" sshd_hostkey_mode: "0664" sshd_config: HostKey: - /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2 - name: Verify the options are correctly set tags: tests::verify block: - name: Flush handlers ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers - name: Print current configuration file ansible.builtin.slurp: src: "{{ main_sshd_config }}" register: config - name: Get stat of private key ansible.builtin.stat: path: /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2 register: privkey - name: Get stat of public key ansible.builtin.stat: path: /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2.pub register: pubkey - name: Check the options are in configuration file ansible.builtin.assert: that: - "'HostKey /tmp/ssh_host_rsa_key2' in config.content | b64decode" - name: Check the generated host key has requested properties ansible.builtin.assert: that: - privkey.stat.exists - privkey.stat.gr_name == 'nobody' - privkey.stat.pw_name == 'nobody' - privkey.stat.mode == '0664' - pubkey.stat.exists - name: "Restore configuration files" ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/restore.yml