ansible-knock

Plugin for ansible for knock port before ssh

Updated to recent andisle 2.16.6

Usage

Check https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/plugins.html for information how to use plugins.

Download plugin file ssh_pkn.py to some path, for example ../../plugins/connection_plugins, and then reference it in config. Set knock_ports in playbook variables.

ansible.cfg

[defaults]
connection_plugins       = ../../plugins/connection_plugins

playbook.yaml

---
- hosts: myhosts
  user: root
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  vars:
    ansible_connection: ansible.legacy.ssh_pkn
    knock_ports: [8888,9999]
  roles:
    ...