--- - hosts: all tasks: - name: Remove host key before the test file: path: /tmp/ssh_host_ed25519_key state: absent - name: Ensure group 'nobody' exists group: name: nobody - name: Ensure the user 'nobody' exists user: name: nobody group: nobody comment: nobody create_home: no shell: /sbin/nologin - name: Configure sshd with alternative host keys include_role: name: ansible-sshd vars: # very BAD example sshd_hostkey_owner: "nobody" sshd_hostkey_group: "nobody" sshd_hostkey_mode: "0664" sshd: HostKey: - /tmp/ssh_host_ed25519_key - name: Verify the options are correctly set vars: main_sshd_config: >- {{ "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/00-ansible_system_role.conf" if ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Fedora' else "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" }} block: - meta: flush_handlers - name: Print current configuration file slurp: src: "{{ main_sshd_config }}" register: config - stat: path: /tmp/ssh_host_ed25519_key register: privkey - stat: path: /tmp/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub register: pubkey - name: Check the options are in configuration file assert: that: - "'HostKey /tmp/ssh_host_ed25519_key' in config.content | b64decode" - name: Check the generated host key has requested properties assert: that: - privkey.stat.exists - privkey.stat.gr_name == 'nobody' - privkey.stat.pw_name == 'nobody' - privkey.stat.mode == '0664' - pubkey.stat.exists tags: tests::verify