puppet-module-ssh

Manage ssh client and server.

This module is based on the OpenSSH v7.0 implementation. All parameters that are described in the man pages are available to this module with the exception of the Match parameter. Some SSH implementations do provide extra features and use additional parameters. These deviations can still be managed with the help of the $custom parameter. This freetext parameter allows you to add any lines to ssh_config and sshd_config that you wish to.

This module may be used with a simple include ::ssh

The ssh::config_entry defined type may be used directly and is used to manage Host entries in a personal ~/.ssh/config file.

Table of Contents

1. Compatibility
2. Parameters
3. Examples
4. Upgrading
5. Contributing

Compatibility

This module officially supports the platforms listed in the metadata.json. It does not fail on unsupported platforms and has been known to work on many, many platforms since its creation in 2010.

Known to work

• Archlinux
• Debian 10
• Debian 11
• Debian 12
• EL 7
• EL 8
• EL 9
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Solaris 10
• Solaris 11

SunSSH

If you use the Sun Solaris SSH, please keep in mind that not all parameters can be used.

Unsupported parameters for ssh_config: AddressFamily, Tunnel, TunnelDevice, PermitLocalCommand, HashKnownHosts

Unsupported parameters for sshd_config: KerberosOrLocalPasswd, KerberosTicketCleanup, KerberosGetAFSToken, TCPKeepAlive, ShowPatchLevel, MaxSessions, PermitTunnel

Parameters

A value of undef will use the defaults specified by the module. See data/os/ for the actual default settings for supported operating systems.

Please keep in mind that this module does not include any sanity checks. Depending on the set parameters or values and the running version of SSH the resulting configuration could stop SSH from working.

See REFERENCE.md for a list of all parameters.

Manage user's ssh_authorized_keys

The hash ssh::keys is passed to ssh_authorized_key type. Because of this, you may specify any valid parameter for ssh_authorized_key. See the Type Reference for a complete list.

Sample usage:

Push authorized key "root_for_userX" and remove key "root_for_userY" through Hiera.

ssh::keys:
  root_for_userX:
    ensure: present
    user: root
    type: dsa
    key: AAAA...==
  apachehup:
    ensure: present
    user: apachehup
    type: rsa
    key: 'AAAA...=='
    options: 'command="/sbin/service httpd restart"'
  root_for_userY:
    ensure: absent
    user: root

Manage config entries in a personal ssh/config file.

Ssh::Config_entry {
  ensure => present,
  path   => '/home/jenkins/.ssh/config',
  owner  => 'jenkins',
  group  => 'jenkins',
}


ssh::config_entry { 'jenkins *':
  host  => '*',
  lines => [
    '  ForwardX11 no',
    '  StrictHostKeyChecking no',
  ],
  order => '10',
}

ssh::config_entry { 'jenkins github.com':
  host  => 'github.com',
  lines => ["  IdentityFile /home/jenkins/.ssh/jenkins-gihub.key"],
  order => '20',
}

Manage configurations files in .d directories

SSH supports configuration files in .d directories via the include directive. This module enables you to also manage these files. You need to set directives for the server (eg: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d) and client (eg: /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d) part seperatly as they support different directives.

You can activate the management by ensuring $include is defined and pass a hash with the needed SSH directives and their values. Directives can be passed as hash via the $ssh::config_files and $ssh::server::config_files parameters. Directives passed as hash via lines will be checked for correct names and values. Directives passed as array via custom will not be checked and will be added to the configuration file. Similar to the main configuration files.

Different file permissions can be specified via owner, group, or mode. You can remove a file by setting ensure to absent.

Sample usage:

Manage the client configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf with some directives and default file permissions (0644 root:root).

ssh::include: /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf
ssh::config_files:
  '50-redhat':
    lines:
      Match: 'final all'
      Include: '/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssh.config'
      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'yes'
      ForwardX11Trusted: 'yes'

Manage the server configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-redhat.conf with some directives and default file permissions (0600 root:root).

ssh::server::include: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf
ssh::server::config_files:
  '50-redhat':
    lines:
      Include: '/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/opensshserver.config'
      SyslogFacility: 'AUTHPRIV'
      ChallengeResponseAuthentication: 'no'
      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'yes'
      GSSAPICleanupCredentials: 'no'
      UsePAM: 'yes'
      X11Forwarding: 'yes'
      PrintMotd: 'no'

You can also specify different file permissions by setting $owner, $group, or $mode accordingly:

ssh::include: /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf
ssh::config_files:
  '50-redhat':
    owner: 'name'
    group: 'group'
    mode:  '0664'
    lines:
      Match: 'final all'
      GSSAPIAuthentication: 'yes'

Using directives that are not supported by this module:

ssh::include: /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf
ssh::config_files:
  '50-redhat':
    custom:
      - 'Directive1 Value1'
      - 'Directive2 Value2'

Remove the file /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/50-redhat.conf:

ssh::include: /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf
ssh::config_files:
  '50-redhat':
    ensure: 'absent'

Upgrading

The SSH module v4 was completely rewritten. In this process all parameters for the SSH configuration files have been renamed. Users that want to upgrade need to change their running configuration. To make your upgrade easier there is a list of old and new parameter names. Consult UPGRADING.md

Contributing

Please check CONTRIBUTING.md