Export public keys from tls_private_key

In most cases private keys are used to produce certs and cert requests,
but there are some less-common cases where the PEM-formatted keypair is
used alone. The public_key_pem attribute supports such cases.

This also includes a public_key_openssh attribute, which allows this
resource to be used to generate temporary OpenSSH credentials, so that
e.g. a Terraform configuration could generate its own keypair to use
with the aws_key_pair resource. This has the same caveats as all cases
where we generate private keys in Terraform, but could be useful for
temporary/throwaway environments where the state either doesn't live for
long or is stored securely.

This builds on work started by Simarpreet Singh in #4441 .

builtin/providers/tls/resource_private_key.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 )
 
@@ -80,6 +82,16 @@ func resourcePrivateKey() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
 			},
+
+			"public_key_pem": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
+			"public_key_openssh": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -100,25 +112,47 @@ func CreatePrivateKey(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	var keyPemBlock *pem.Block
 	switch k := key.(type) {
 	case *rsa.PrivateKey:
-		keyPemBlock = &pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(k)}
+		keyPemBlock = &pem.Block{
+			Type:  "RSA PRIVATE KEY",
+			Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(k),
+		}
 	case *ecdsa.PrivateKey:
-		b, err := x509.MarshalECPrivateKey(k)
+		keyBytes, err := x509.MarshalECPrivateKey(k)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error encoding key to PEM: %s", err)
 		}
-		keyPemBlock = &pem.Block{Type: "EC PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: b}
+		keyPemBlock = &pem.Block{
+			Type:  "EC PRIVATE KEY",
+			Bytes: keyBytes,
+		}
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported private key type")
 	}
 	keyPem := string(pem.EncodeToMemory(keyPemBlock))
 
-	pubKeyBytes, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(publicKey(key))
+	pubKey := publicKey(key)
+	pubKeyBytes, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(pubKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal public key: %s", err)
 	}
+	pubKeyPemBlock := &pem.Block{
+		Type:  "PUBLIC KEY",
+		Bytes: pubKeyBytes,
+	}
 
 	d.SetId(hashForState(string((pubKeyBytes))))
 	d.Set("private_key_pem", keyPem)
+	d.Set("public_key_pem", string(pem.EncodeToMemory(pubKeyPemBlock)))
+
+	sshPubKey, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(pubKey)
+	if err == nil {
+		// Not all EC types can be SSH keys, so we'll produce this only
+		// if an appropriate type was selected.
+		sshPubKeyBytes := ssh.MarshalAuthorizedKey(sshPubKey)
+		d.Set("public_key_openssh", string(sshPubKeyBytes))
+	} else {
+		d.Set("public_key_openssh", "")
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }

builtin/providers/tls/resource_private_key_test.go

@@ -18,18 +18,35 @@ func TestPrivateKeyRSA(t *testing.T) {
                     resource "tls_private_key" "test" {
                         algorithm = "RSA"
                     }
-                    output "key_pem" {
+                    output "private_key_pem" {
                         value = "${tls_private_key.test.private_key_pem}"
                     }
+                    output "public_key_pem" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_pem}"
+                    }
+                    output "public_key_openssh" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_openssh}"
+                    }
                 `,
 				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
-					got := s.RootModule().Outputs["key_pem"]
-					if !strings.HasPrefix(got, "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----") {
-						return fmt.Errorf("key is missing RSA key PEM preamble")
+					gotPrivate := s.RootModule().Outputs["private_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPrivate, "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("private key is missing RSA key PEM preamble")
+					}
+					if len(gotPrivate) > 1700 {
+						return fmt.Errorf("private key PEM looks too long for a 2048-bit key (got %v characters)", len(gotPrivate))
 					}
-					if len(got) > 1700 {
-						return fmt.Errorf("key PEM looks too long for a 2048-bit key (got %v characters)", len(got))
+
+					gotPublic := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPublic, "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("public key is missing public key PEM preamble")
+					}
+
+					gotPublicSSH := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_openssh"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPublicSSH, "ssh-rsa ") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("SSH public key is missing ssh-rsa prefix")
 					}
+
 					return nil
 				},
 			},
@@ -67,15 +84,67 @@ func TestPrivateKeyECDSA(t *testing.T) {
                     resource "tls_private_key" "test" {
                         algorithm = "ECDSA"
                     }
-                    output "key_pem" {
+                    output "private_key_pem" {
                         value = "${tls_private_key.test.private_key_pem}"
                     }
+                    output "public_key_pem" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_pem}"
+                    }
+                    output "public_key_openssh" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_openssh}"
+                    }
                 `,
 				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
-					got := s.RootModule().Outputs["key_pem"]
-					if !strings.HasPrefix(got, "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----") {
-						return fmt.Errorf("Key is missing EC key PEM preamble")
+					gotPrivate := s.RootModule().Outputs["private_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPrivate, "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("Private key is missing EC key PEM preamble")
+					}
+
+					gotPublic := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPublic, "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("public key is missing public key PEM preamble")
+					}
+
+					gotPublicSSH := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_openssh"]
+					if gotPublicSSH != "" {
+						return fmt.Errorf("P224 EC key should not generate OpenSSH public key")
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			},
+			r.TestStep{
+				Config: `
+                    resource "tls_private_key" "test" {
+                        algorithm = "ECDSA"
+                        ecdsa_curve = "P256"
+                    }
+                    output "private_key_pem" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.private_key_pem}"
+                    }
+                    output "public_key_pem" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_pem}"
+                    }
+                    output "public_key_openssh" {
+                        value = "${tls_private_key.test.public_key_openssh}"
+                    }
+                `,
+				Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+					gotPrivate := s.RootModule().Outputs["private_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPrivate, "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("Private key is missing EC key PEM preamble")
 					}
+
+					gotPublic := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_pem"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPublic, "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("public key is missing public key PEM preamble")
+					}
+
+					gotPublicSSH := s.RootModule().Outputs["public_key_openssh"]
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(gotPublicSSH, "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 ") {
+						return fmt.Errorf("P256 SSH public key is missing ecdsa prefix")
+					}
+
 					return nil
 				},
 			},

website/source/docs/providers/tls/r/private_key.html.md

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ The following attributes are exported:
 
 * `algorithm` - The algorithm that was selected for the key.
 * `private_key_pem` - The private key data in PEM format.
+* `public_key_pem` - The public key data in PEM format.
+* `public_key_openssh` - The public key data in OpenSSH `authorized_keys`
+  format, if the selected private key format is compatible. All RSA keys
+  are supported, and ECDSA keys with curves "P256", "P384" and "P251"
+  are supported. This attribute is empty if an incompatible ECDSA curve
+  is selected.
 
 ## Generating a New Key