ansible-collection-hardening/roles/ssh_hardening/meta/argument_specs.yml

---
argument_specs:
  main:
    short_description: The main entry point for the ssh hardening role.
    version_added: 8.8.0
    options:
      network_ipv6_enable:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: '`false` if IPv6 is not needed. `ssh_listen_to` must also be
          set to listen to IPv6 addresses (for example `[::]`).'
      ssh_client_config_file:
        default: /etc/ssh/ssh_config
        description: path of the ssh client configuration file, e.g. `/etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/custom.conf`.
      ssh_server_config_file:
        default: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
        description: path of the ssh server configuration file, e.g. `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/custom.conf`.
      ssh_server_ports:
        default: ['22']
        type: list
        description: ports on which ssh-server should listen.
      ssh_client_port:
        default: '22'
        description: Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host.
      ssh_listen_to:
        default: [0.0.0.0]
        type: list
        description: one or more ip addresses, to which ssh-server should listen to.
          Default is all IPv4 addresses, but should be configured to specific addresses
          for security reasons
      ssh_host_key_files:
        default: undefined
        type: list
        description: Host keys for sshd. If empty ['/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key', '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key',
          '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key'] will be used, as far as supported by the
          installed sshd version.
      ssh_host_rsa_key_size:
        default: 4096
        type: int
        description: Specifies the number of bits in the private host RSA key to create.
      ssh_host_key_algorithms:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: Host key algorithms that the server offers. If empty the default
          list will be used. Otherwise overrides the setting with specified list of
          algorithms. Check `man sshd_config`, `ssh -Q HostKeyAlgorithms` or other
          sources for supported algorithms - make sure you check the correct version
      ssh_client_host_key_algorithms:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: Specifies the host key algorithms that the client wants to use
          in order of preference. If empty the default list will be used. Otherwise
          overrides the setting with specified list of algorithms. Check `man ssh_config`,
          `ssh -Q HostKeyAlgorithms` or other sources for supported algorithms - make
          sure you check the correct version!
      ssh_client_alive_interval:
        default: 300
        description: specifies an interval for sending keepalive messages.
        type: int
      ssh_client_alive_count:
        default: 3
        description: Defines the number of acceptable unanswered client alive messages
          before disconnecting clients.
        type: int
      ssh_permit_tunnel:
        default: 'no'
        description: Specifies whether tun(4) device forwarding is allowed. The argument
          must be "yes", point-to-point (layer 3), ethernet (layer 2), or "no". Specifying
          yes permits both point-to-point and ethernet. - The quotes are required!
        choices:
          - 'no'
          - 'yes'
          - point-to-point
          - ethernet
      ssh_remote_hosts:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: one or more hosts and their custom options for the ssh-client.
          Default is empty. See examples in `defaults/main.yml`
      ssh_permit_root_login:
        default: 'no'
        description: Disable root-login. Set to `'without-password'` or `'yes'` to
          enable root-login - The quotes are required!
      ssh_allow_tcp_forwarding:
        default: 'no'
        description: Set to `'no'` or `false` to disable TCP Forwarding. Set to `'yes'`
          or`True` to allow TCP Forwarding. If you are using OpenSSH >= 6.2 version,
          you can specify `'yes'`, `'no'`, `'all'`, `'local'`or`'remote'`.
      ssh_gateway_ports:
        default: false
        type: raw
        description: Set to `false` to disable binding forwarded ports to non-loopback
          addresses. Set to `true` to force binding on wildcard address. Set to `clientspecified`
          to allow the client to specify which address to bind to.
      ssh_allow_agent_forwarding:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable Agent Forwarding. Set to `true` to
          allow Agent Forwarding.
      ssh_x11_forwarding:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable X11 Forwarding. Set to `true` to allow
          X11 Forwarding.
      ssh_pam_support:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` if SSH has PAM support.
      ssh_use_pam:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable pam authentication.
      ssh_gssapi_support:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` to enable GSSAPI authentication (both client and
          server).
      ssh_gssapi_delegation:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` to enable GSSAPI credential forwarding.
      ssh_kerberos_support:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` if SSH has Kerberos support.
      ssh_deny_users:
        default: ''
        description: if specified, login is disallowed for user names that match one
          of the patterns.
      ssh_allow_users:
        default: ''
        description: if specified, login is allowed only for user names that match
          one of the patterns.
      ssh_deny_groups:
        default: ''
        description: if specified, login is disallowed for users whose primary group
          or supplementary group list matches one of the patterns.
      ssh_allow_groups:
        default: ''
        description: if specified, login is allowed only for users whose primary group
          or supplementary group list matches one of the patterns.
      ssh_authorized_keys_file:
        default: ''
        description: change default file that contains the public keys that can be
          used for user authentication
      ssh_trusted_user_ca_keys_file:
        default: ''
        description: specifies the file containing trusted certificate authorities
          public keys used to sign user certificates.
      ssh_trusted_user_ca_keys:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: set the trusted certificate authorities public keys used to sign
          user certificates. Only used if `ssh_trusted_user_ca_keys_file` is set.
      ssh_authorized_principals_file:
        default: ''
        description: specifies the file containing principals that are allowed. Only
          used if `ssh_trusted_user_ca_keys_file` is set.
      ssh_authorized_principals:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: list of hashes containing file paths and authorized principals,
          see `default_cstom.yml` for all options. Only used if `ssh_authorized_principals_file`
          is set
      ssh_print_motd:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable printing of the MOTD.
      ssh_print_pam_motd:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable printing of the MOTD via pam (Debian
          and Ubuntu).
      ssh_print_last_log:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable display of last login information.
      sftp_enabled:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable sftp configuration.
      sftp_umask:
        default: '0027'
        description: Specifies the umask for sftp.
      sftp_chroot:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable chroot for sftp.
      sftp_chroot_dir:
        default: /home/%u
        description: change default stp chroot location
      ssh_client_roaming:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: enable experimental client roaming.
      sshd_moduli_file:
        default: /etc/ssh/moduli
        description: path to the SSH moduli file.
      sshd_moduli_minimum:
        default: 2048
        description: remove Diffie-Hellman parameters smaller than the defined size
          to mitigate logjam.
        type: int
      ssh_challengeresponseauthentication:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Specifies whether challenge-response authentication is allowed
          (e.g. via PAM).
      ssh_client_password_login:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` to allow password-based authentication with the
          ssh client.
      ssh_server_password_login:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: 'Set to `true` to allow password-based authentication to the
          ssh server. You probably also need to change `sshd_authenticationmethods`
          to include `password` if you set `ssh_server_password_login`: `true`.'
      ssh_banner:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` to print a banner on login.
      ssh_banner_path:
        default: /etc/sshd/banner.txt
        description: path to the SSH banner file.
      ssh_client_hardening:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to stop harden the client.
      ssh_client_compression:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Specifies whether the client requests compression.
      ssh_compression:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Specifies whether server-side compression is enabled after the
          user has authenticated successfully.
      ssh_login_grace_time:
        default: 30s
        description: specifies the time allowed for successful authentication to the
          SSH server.
      ssh_max_auth_retries:
        default: 2
        description: Specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted
          per connection.
        type: int
      ssh_max_sessions:
        default: 10
        description: Specifies the maximum number of open sessions permitted from
          a given connection.
        type: int
      ssh_print_debian_banner:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Set to `true` to print debian specific banner.
      ssh_server_enabled:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable the opensshd server.
      ssh_server_service_enabled:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to disable starting sshd at boot.
      ssh_server_hardening:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Set to `false` to stop harden the server.
      ssh_server_match_address:
        default: ''
        description: Introduces a conditional block. If all of the criteria on the
          Match line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
          set in the global section of the config file, until either another Match
          line or the end of the file.
      ssh_server_match_group:
        default: ''
        description: Introduces a conditional block. If all of the criteria on the
          Match line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
          set in the global section of the config file, until either another Match
          line or the end of the file.
      ssh_server_match_user:
        default: ''
        description: Introduces a conditional block. If all of the criteria on the
          Match line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
          set in the global section of the config file, until either another Match
          line or the end of the file.
      ssh_server_match_local_port:
        default: ''
        description: Introduces a conditional block. If all of the criteria on the
          Match line are satisfied, the keywords on the following lines override those
          set in the global section of the config file, until either another Match
          line or the end of the file.
      ssh_server_permit_environment_vars:
        default: 'no'
        description: "`yes` to specify that ~/.ssh/environment and environment= options\
          \ in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys are processed by sshd. With openssh version\
          \ 7.8 it is possible to specify a whitelist of environment variable names\
          \ in addition to global 'yes' or 'no' settings."
      ssh_server_accept_env_vars:
        default: ''
        description: Specifies what environment variables sent by the client will
          be copied into the session's environment, multiple environment variables
          may be separated by whitespace.
      ssh_use_dns:
        default: false
        type: bool
        description: Specifies whether sshd should look up the remote host name, and
          to check that the resolved host name for the remote IP address maps back
          to the very same IP address.
      ssh_server_revoked_keys:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: a list of revoked public keys that the ssh server will always
          reject, useful to revoke known weak or compromised keys.
      ssh_max_startups:
        default: 10:30:60
        description: Specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections
          to the SSH daemon.
      ssh_macs:
        default: undefined
        type: list
        description: Change this list to overwrite macs. Defaults found in `defaults/main.yml`
      ssh_kex:
        default: undefined
        type: list
        description: Change this list to overwrite kexs. Defaults found in `defaults/main.yml`
      ssh_ciphers:
        default: undefined
        type: list
        description: Change this list to overwrite ciphers. Defaults found in `defaults/main.yml`
      ssh_custom_options:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: Custom lines for SSH client configuration.
      sshd_custom_options:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: Custom lines for SSH daemon configuration.
      sshd_syslog_facility:
        default: AUTH
        description: The facility code that is used when logging messages from sshd.
        type: str
      sshd_log_level:
        default: VERBOSE
        description: the verbosity level that is used when logging messages from sshd.
      sshd_strict_modes:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Check file modes and ownership of the user's files and home directory
          before accepting login.
      sshd_authenticationmethods:
        default: publickey
        description: Specifies the authentication methods that must be successfully
          completed for a user to be granted access. Make sure to set all required
          variables for your selected authentication method. Defaults found in `defaults/main.yml`
      ssh_custom_selinux_dir:
        default: /etc/selinux/local-policies
        description: directory where to store the ssh_password policy
      ssh_hardening_enabled:
        default: true
        type: bool
        description: Whether to run the hardening
      ssh_host_certificates:
        default: []
        type: list
        description: Host certificates to look for when starting sshd
      ssh_ps59:
        default: sandbox
        description: Specifies whether sshd separates privileges by creating an unprivileged
          child process to deal with incoming network traffic.