--- - name: Check Authorized Key Existence hosts: "{{ hosts}}" gather_facts: yes tasks: - name: Read authorized_keys file shell: cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys register: authorized_keys_output ignore_errors: yes - name: Check if authorized key exists set_fact: authorized_key_exists: "{{ lookup('search', 'ssh-rsa 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 rvalles@ubuntu1604', content) | bool }}" when: authorized_keys_output.rc == 0 - name: Display result debug: msg: "Authorized key exists: {{ authorized_key_exists | default(false) }}"