Duplicate of ansible_ssh_private_key_file

[iveahugeship]

Hello!

When I am trying to pass pregenerated ssh private key to ansible this argument is duplicated with empty temp key.

For example, my configuration:

  provisioner "ansible" {
    name = "site"

    playbook_file = "./ansible/site.yml"
    extra_arguments = [
      "-e ansible_user=ansible ansible_ssh_private_key_file='${data.sshkey.install.private_key_path}'"
    ]
    ansible_env_vars = [
      "ANSIBLE_CONFIG=./ansible/ansible.cfg"
    ]
    use_proxy = false

And the final ansible command I see:

ansible-playbook -e packer_build_name="default" -e packer_builder_type=qemu -e packer_http_addr=10.0.2.2:0 --ssh-extra-args '-o IdentitiesOnly=yes' -e ansible_user=ansible ansible_ssh_private_key_file='~/.cache/packer/ssh_private_key_ansible_rsa.pem' -e ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/tmp/ansible-key1495989513 -i /tmp/packer-provisioner-ansible1581750062 ~/Projects/dedicated-ops/autoinstall/autoinstall-images/ansible/site.yml

I meet with the same behavior if I set ssh_host_key_file instead of -e ansible_ssh_private_key_file and if I set 'use_proxy = true'.

ansible version: 2.12.7
packer version: 1.8.0

[iveahugeship]

I've found the decision. To use predefined ssh key you should set ssh_private_key_file in builder configuration.

But it is so obscur. For example ssh_username and ssh_password is not used by ansible plugin. May be it should use communicator settings to connect host to?

[cello86]

@iveahugeship #42 (comment)