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+---
+# roles/maas-user-privkey/defaults/main.yml
+
+maas_homedir: "/var/lib/maas"
+pub_ssh_key_file_location: "{{ pub_ssh_key_location | default ('/etc/maas/.ssh') }}"
diff --git a/roles/maas-user-privkey/tasks/main.yml b/roles/maas-user-privkey/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# roles/maas-user-privkey/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Create maas .ssh dir
+  become: yes
+  file:
+    path: "{{ maas_homedir }}/.ssh"
+    state: directory
+    owner: maas
+    group: maas
+    mode: 0700
+
+- name: Copy generated private key to maas user
+  become: yes
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ pub_ssh_key_file_location }}/cord_rsa"
+    dest: "{{ maas_homedir }}/.ssh/id_rsa"
+    owner: maas
+    group: maas
+    mode: 0600
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