terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair

Overview

Terraform module for generating an SSH public key file.

Detected project types: Terraform, Make-based.

This repository was migrated from upstream source github.com/shafiqalibhai/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair and is preserved here for archival, reference, or continued local development.

At a glance

• Default branch: master
• Visibility: public
• Size: 44 KB
• Created: 2026-04-27
• Last updated: 2026-04-27
• Stars / Forks / Open issues: 0 / 0 / 0
• License: Apache-2.0

Languages

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HCL	2,866 bytes	88.1%
Makefile	388 bytes	11.9%

Repository structure

• docs/
• .gitignore (147 B)
• .travis.yml (241 B)
• LICENSE (11,346 B)
• main.tf (1,236 B)
• Makefile (388 B)
• output.tf (249 B)
• README.md (8,667 B)
• README.yaml (2,372 B)
• variables.tf (1,381 B)

Getting started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://forgejo.deployview.com/ssa/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair.git
cd terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair

Installation

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

make

Usage

Configure variables in a *.tfvars file or via -var flags, then run terraform plan to preview changes.

Original README

The content below is preserved from the previous README. Headings have been demoted so they don't compete with the new top-level sections.

terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair

Terraform module for generating an SSH public key file.

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This project is part of our comprehensive "SweetOps" approach towards DevOps.

It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the APACHE2.

Usage

module "ssh_key_pair" {
  source                = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair.git?ref=master"
  namespace             = "cp"
  stage                 = "prod"
  name                  = "app"
  ssh_public_key_path   = "/secrets"
  private_key_extension = ".pem"
  public_key_extension  = ".pub"
  chmod_command         = "chmod 600 %v"
}

Makefile Targets

Available targets:

  help                                This help screen
  help/all                            Display help for all targets
  lint                                Lint terraform code

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
attributes	Additional attributes (e.g. 1)	list	<list>	no
chmod_command	Template of the command executed on the private key file	string	chmod 600 %v	no
delimiter	Delimiter to be used between namespace, stage, name and attributes	string	-	no
name	Application or solution name (e.g. app)	string	-	yes
namespace	Namespace (e.g. cp or cloudposse)	string	-	yes
private_key_extension	Private key extension	string	``	no
public_key_extension	Public key extension	string	.pub	no
ssh_key_algorithm	SSH key algorithm	string	RSA	no
ssh_public_key_path	Path to SSH public key directory (e.g. /secrets)	string	-	yes
stage	Stage (e.g. prod, dev, staging)	string	-	yes
tags	Additional tags (e.g. map(BusinessUnit,XYZ)	map	<map>	no

Outputs

Name	Description
key_name	Name of SSH key
public_key	Contents of the generated public key

Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

• terraform-aws-acm-request-certificate - Terraform module to request an ACM certificate for a domain name and create a CNAME record in the DNS zone to complete certificate validation
• bastion - 🔒Secure Bastion implemented as Docker Container running Alpine Linux with Google Authenticator & DUO MFA support
• terraform-aws-key-pai - Terraform Module to Automatically Generate SSH Key Pairs (Public/Private Keys)

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Contributing

Bug Reports & Feature Requests

Please use the issue tracker to report any bugs or file feature requests.

Developing

If you are interested in being a contributor and want to get involved in developing this project or help out with our other projects, we would love to hear from you! Shoot us an email.

In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

1. Fork the repo on GitHub
2. Clone the project to your own machine
3. Commit changes to your own branch
4. Push your work back up to your fork
5. Submit a Pull Request so that we can review your changes

NOTE: Be sure to merge the latest changes from "upstream" before making a pull request!

Copyright

Copyright © 2017-2018 Cloud Posse, LLC

License

See LICENSE for full details.

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About

This project is maintained and funded by Cloud Posse, LLC. Like it? Please let us know at hello@cloudposse.com

We're a DevOps Professional Services company based in Los Angeles, CA. We love Open Source Software!

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Contributors

Erik Osterman	Andriy Knysh	AMyachev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. The typical workflow is:

1. Open an issue describing the change you'd like to make.
2. Fork the repository (or create a feature branch if you have write access).
3. Commit your changes with clear, descriptive messages.
4. Open a pull request against the master branch.

Please follow the existing code style and include tests or reproduction steps where relevant.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for the full text.

Repository

• Browse: https://forgejo.deployview.com/ssa/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair
• Clone (HTTPS): https://forgejo.deployview.com/ssa/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair.git
• Clone (SSH): ssh://git@forgejo.deployview.com:30143/ssa/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair.git
• Upstream / origin: github.com/shafiqalibhai/terraform-tls-ssh-key-pair

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