Example playbook for cloning a private git repository with Ansible.

ansible-github.yml

---

hosts: all
tasks:
  - name: add github ssh key
    copy: >
      src=files/id_rsa.github
      dest=/root/.ssh/id_rsa.github
      owner=root
      group=root
      mode=0600
  
  - name: configure ssh to use ansible key for github.com
    template: >
      src=templates/ssh_config.j2
      dest=/root/.ssh/config
      owner=root
      group=root
      mode=0644
      
  - name: clone a private repository
    git: >
      repo=ssh://[email protected]/someone/example-repo.git
      key_file=/root/.ssh/id_rsa.github
      dest=/opt/example

id_rsa.github

# Obviously this is an example private key. Replace with your own ssh private key
# and ensure it has been added to your GitHub account.

# files/id_rsa.github

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

ssh_config.j2

# templates/ssh_config.j2

{{ ansible_managed | comment }}

Host github.com
IdentityFile /root/.ssh/id_rsa.github
IdentitiesOnly yes