canonical/cloud-init

[feature] support key by url in apt configure module

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#4,076 opened on May 12, 2023

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This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #2006775

Launchpad user Brett Holman(holmanb) wrote on 2023-02-09T19:08:55.982578+00:00

A common way of distributing keys is by hosting them at a URL for download. This is not currently supported by the apt configure module, and would be a simple addition.

Example usage (note the suggested 'keyurl' key)

apt:
  sources:
      source1:
          keyurl: 'https://domain.io/keys/key1.gpg'
          source: 'deb [signed-by=$KEY_FILE] http://<url>/ jammy main'

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Add support for a new 'keyurl' key in the apt sources configuration to allow fetching GPG keys from a URL.
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