Ansible_workstation/roles/users/tasks/main.yml

---
# tasks file for users
- name: users -- Ensure wheel group exists
  group:
    name: wheel
    state: present

- name: create users
  ansible.builtin.user:
    name: "{{ item.username }}"
    update_password: on_create
    password: "{{ item.password | password_hash('sha512')}}"
    group: "{{ item.group }}"
    groups: "{{ item.groups }}"
    shell: "{{ item.shell | default('/bin/bash') }}"
    state: present
    system: "{{ item.system | default('no') }}"
    createhome: "{{ item.createhome | default('no') }}"
  with_items: "{{ users }}"

- name: ssh -- Add public key
  authorized_key: 
    user: "{{ item.user.username }}" 
    key: "{{ lookup('file', item.key) }}"
    state: present
  with_items: "{{ public_key }}"