Role fails when no authorized_keys specified

[mvdriel]

Role fails when no authorized_keys specified for a user. Error: could not find 'authorized_keys' key in iterated item

[tersmitten]

@mvdriel You've build it yourself :-)

Maybe do something like this - "{{ authorized_keys | default([]) }}? Can you test it?

This is probably also an issue for public and private keys

[mvdriel]

@tersmitten Yes and no, when there was only one keys array (authorized_keys) per user, it would be strange to not specify this one.

I already tried your suggestion, but it doesn't seem to be so easy. There is discussion about a related feature request, see ansible/ansible#9827

@tersmitten What do you think about my "ugly" patch?

[tersmitten]

It is a solution, but so much more code :-( Wouldn't it be easier to change the documentation and make the properties required. At least []?