- name: create empty gpg homedir file: state: "{{ item }}" path: "{{ gpg_homedir }}" mode: 0700 loop: - absent - directory - name: get username for generating key command: whoami register: user - name: generate key for user with gpg command: "gpg --no-tty --homedir {{ gpg_homedir }} --passphrase '' --pinentry-mode loopback --quick-gen-key {{ user.stdout }} default default" - name: list gpg keys for user command: "gpg --no-tty --homedir {{ gpg_homedir }} --list-keys {{ user.stdout }}" register: gpg_list_keys - name: save gpg user and fingerprint of new key set_fact: gpg_user: "{{ user.stdout }}" fingerprint: "{{ gpg_list_keys.stdout_lines[1] | trim }}"