fix: managed to create SSH key content list from SSH public key path list, fixed retrieval of IP based on instance name and IP preferences

group_vars/armitage.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ instance: armitage
 operating_system: ~
 # <list[<str>]> of control node or local SSH key basenames
 ssh_keys:
-  - id_ed25519_localhost
+  - ed25519@sukaato.hikiki
+  - ecdsa@sukaato.hikiki
 # <list<dict>> list of administrative users (in Linux, users that can use "sudo")
 admins:
   - username: admin # <str> arbitrary valid user name
     services: ~ # <list[<str>]> if linux system user, assocated servce
     # <list[<str>]> list of control node or local SSH key basenames for this user
-    ssh_keys: "{{ keys }}" 
+    ssh_keys:
+      - ecdsa-37851076-sk@sukaato.hikiki
+      - ecdsa-37851072-sk@sukaato.hikiki
     # <str<vault?>> hashed (and maybe salted) password
     password: !vault |
           $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ admins:
           62656663336536373262623062633563646434646431303137306438633937323764633334396539
           64353734613662663063343966356562326661626436663430623430663766343030646333306634
           32353839313235313339353431323837356537336231366564313431313462613333
+# @TODO change 'key' attributes of package entres under 'mngr' section below to 'signkey' 
+# and edit 'roles/init-server/install-pks.yml' accordngly
+# <dict[<str>:<dict>]> package groups
 pkgs:
   # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> representing package groups installed by package manager via repositories
   mngr:

group_vars/homeserver.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ instance: ""
 operating_system: ~
 # <list[<str>]> of control node or local SSH key basenames
 ssh_keys: []
+# @TODO change 'key' attributes of package entres under 'mngr' section below to 'signkey' 
+# and edit 'roles/init-server/install-pks.yml' accordngly
 # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> package groups
 pkgs:
   # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> representing package groups installed by package manager via repositories

group_vars/sukaato.yml

@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ origin: us-east
 operating_system: linode/debian13
 # <list[<str>]> list of control node or local SSH key basenames for root user
 ssh_keys:
-  - id_ecdsa-sha2_sukaato_miniyubikey
-  - id_ecdsa-sha2_sukaato_yubikey
+  - ed25519@sukaato.hikiki
+  - ecdsa@sukaato.hikiki
 # <list<dict>> list of administrative users (in Linux, users that can use "sudo")
 admins:
   - username: senpai # <str> arbitrary valid user name
     services: ~ # <list[<str>]> if linux system user, assocated servce
     # <list[<str>]> list of control node or local SSH key basenames for this user
     ssh_keys:
-      - id_ed25519_sukaato_yubikey
-      - id_ed25519_sukaato_miniyubikey
+      - ecdsa-37851076-sk@sukaato.hikiki
+      - ecdsa-37851072-sk@sukaato.hikiki
     # <str<vault?>> hashed (and maybe salted) password
     password: !vault |
           $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ admins:
           63316665653032653533656464336566626166333834653539343961666136653234356362333966
           39313436363935303430393966653762326463616264373739333638373337643666623531383064
           66353136383666626566643666663761313437396137383063373033366336663731
+# @TODO change 'key' attributes of package entres under 'mngr' section below to 'signkey' 
+# and edit 'roles/init-server/install-pks.yml' accordngly
 # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> package groups
 pkgs:
   # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> representing package groups installed by package manager via repositories

group_vars/vps.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ origin: ""
 operating_system: ~
 # <list[<str>]> of control node or local SSH key basenames
 ssh_keys: []
+# @TODO change 'key' attributes of package entres under 'mngr' section below to 'signkey' 
+# and edit 'roles/init-server/install-pks.yml' accordngly
 # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> package groups
 pkgs:
   # <dict[<str>:<dict>]> representing package groups installed by package manager via repositories

roles/init-server/tasks/spawn.yml

@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for roles/init-vps
 # @NOTE server deployment method is based on task tags compiled herein
-# @TODO review 'loop' task attribute return values and make compliant changes
 - name: Finding SSH public keys for root
+  delegate_facts: true
+  delegate_to: localhost
   ansible.builtin.find:
-    paths: "{{ cnode_homedir | default('/home/' ~ ansible_user ~ '/.ssh') }}" # @TODO define 'cnode_homedir' in playbook
-    patterns: "{{ ['^'] | product(keys) | map('join') | list }}"
+    paths: "{{ local_facts['user_dir'] }}/.ssh" # @TODO define 'cnode_homedir' in playbook
+    patterns: "{{ ['^'] | product(ssh_keys) | map('join') | list }}"
     file_type: file
     use_regex: true
   register: ssh_keypairs
+- name: Reducing SSH key-pair results to list of SSH public key paths
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    root_pubkey_paths: "{{ ssh_keypairs.files | selectattr('path', 'search', '\\.pub$') | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
+- name: Converting SSH public key paths to their file contents
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    root_pubkeys: "{{ root_pubkeys | default([]) + [lookup('file', item)] }}"
+  loop: "{{ root_pubkey_paths }}"
 - name: Bootstrapping VPS
   block:
     - name: Creating VPS via Linode VPS service API
@@ -24,11 +32,11 @@
             region: "{{ origin }}"
             private_ip: true
             root_pass: "{{ password }}"
-            authorized_keys: "{{ ssh_keypairs.files | selectattr('path', 'search', '\\.pub$') | map(attribute='path') | map('lookup', 'file') | list }}"
+            authorized_keys: "{{ root_pubkeys }}"
             state: present
           register: new_instance
         - name: Waiting for that VPS to come online
-          delegate_to: "{{ new_instance.instance[ip_pref][0] }}"
+          delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
           delegate_facts: true
           ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:
             delay: 20
@@ -36,6 +44,7 @@
           vars:
             ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "{{ chosen_privkey | default(ssh_keypairs.files | rejectattr('path', 'search', '\\.pub$') | map(attribute='path') | list | random) }}" # @TODO define 'chosen_privkey'in playbook
             ansible_user: root
+          loop: "{{ new_instance.instance[ip_pref] }}"
       tags:
         - linode
   tags:
@@ -50,34 +59,40 @@
           tags:
             - unimplemented
         - name: Waiting for that server to come online
-          delegate_to: "{{ hostvars[instance]['ansible_default_' ~ ip_pref].address }}"
+          delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
           delegate_facts: true
           remote_user: root
+          when: item is ansible.utils['ip_pref']
           ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:
             delay: 20
             timeout: 300
           vars:
             ansible_user: root
+          loop: "{{ groups[instance] | default(hostvars[instance]) }}"
         - name: Checking if that server has required operating system
-          delegate_to: "{{ hostvars[instance]['ansible_default_' ~ ip_pref].address }}"
+          delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
           delegate_facts: true
           remote_user: root
-          when: ansible_facts["system"] != "Linux"
+          when: ansible_facts["system"] != "Linux" and item is ansible.utils['ip_pref']
           ansible.builtin.fail:
             msg: Unsupported operating system found
           vars:
             ansible_user: root
+          loop: "{{ groups[instance] | default(hostvars[instance]) }}"
         - name: Checking if that server has required Linux distro
-          delegate_to: "{{ hostvars[instance]['ansible_default_' ~ ip_pref].address }}"
+          delegate_to: "{{ item }}"
           delegate_facts: true
           remote_user: root
-          when: ansible_facts["system"] == "Linux" and ansible_facts["os_family"] != "Debian"
+          when: ansible_facts["system"] == "Linux" and ansible_facts["os_family"] != "Debian" and item is ansible.utils['ip_pref']
           ansible.builtin.fail:
             msg: Unsupported Linux distro found
           vars:
             ansible_user: root
+          loop: "{{ groups[instance] | default(hostvars[instance]) }}"
+    # @TODO find way to incorporate use of 'groups[instance] | default(hostvars[instance]' for 
+    # looping without loop nesting in below task
     - name: Providing authorized keys for server root account
-      delegate_to: "{{ hostvars[instance]['ansible_default_' ~ ip_pref].address }}"
+      delegate_to: "{{ (groups[instance] | default(hostvars[instance]))[0] }}"
       delegate_facts: true
       remote_user: root
       ansible.posix.authorized_key:
@@ -85,7 +100,7 @@
         key: "{{ lookup('file', item) }}"
         state: present
       vars:
-        ansible_root: root
-      loop: "{{ ssh_keypairs.files | selectattr('path', 'search', '\\.pub$') | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
+        ansible_user: root
+      loop: "{{ root_pubkey_paths }}"
   tags:
     - lan