diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml

index 15a741d..270408c 100644

--- a/defaults/main.yml

+++ b/defaults/main.yml

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ dump_target: null

 path: /var/crash

 core_collector: null

 system_action: reboot

+ssh_dump_user: null

+ssh_dump_server: null

+sshkey: /root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa

diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml

index 2c95ced..427f83f 100644

--- a/tasks/main.yml

+++ b/tasks/main.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@

   command: cat /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size

   register: kexec_crash_size

+- include_tasks: ssh.yml

+  when:

+    - dump_target

+    - dump_target.kind == "ssh"

+

 - name: Generate /etc/kdump.conf

   template:

     src: kdump.conf.j2

diff --git a/tasks/ssh.yml b/tasks/ssh.yml

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..2df84a8

--- /dev/null

+++ b/tasks/ssh.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@

+---

+- stat: path="{{ sshkey }}"

+  register: sshkey_stats

+

+- command: "/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -f {{ sshkey }} -N '' "

+  when: sshkey_stats.stat.exists == False

+

+- name: cat file to register

+  shell: cat {{ sshkey }}.pub

+  register: keydata

+

+- name:

+  authorized_key:

+    user: "{{ ssh_dump_user }}"

+    key: "{{ keydata.stdout }}"

+    state: present

+  delegate_to: "{{ ssh_dump_server }}"

diff --git a/templates/kdump.conf.j2 b/templates/kdump.conf.j2

index 260e842..1b48ba3 100644

--- a/templates/kdump.conf.j2

+++ b/templates/kdump.conf.j2

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@

 {% if dump_target %}

 {{ dump_target.kind }} {{ dump_target.location }}

 {% endif %}

+

+{% if dump_target and dump_target.kind == "ssh" and sshkey != '/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa' %}

+sshkey {{ sshkey }}

+{% endif %}

+

 path {{ path }}

 {% if core_collector %}

 core_collector {{ core_collector }}

diff --git a/test/test_ssh.yml b/test/test_ssh.yml

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..af8b51e

--- /dev/null

+++ b/test/test_ssh.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@

+

+- name: Ensure that the rule runs with ssh

+  hosts: all

+  vars:

+    # this is the outside address under which the ssh dump server is

+    # known and ansible is supposed to be configured to be able to

+    # connect to it (via inventory).

+    ssh_dump_server_outside: localhost

+

+  tasks:

+    - name: gather facts from {{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}

+      setup:

+      delegate_to: "{{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}"

+      delegate_facts: True

+

+    - include_role:

+        name: kdump

+      vars:

+        ssh_dump_user: "{{ hostvars[ssh_dump_server_outside]['ansible_user_id'] }}"

+        # This is the outside address. Ansible will connect to it to

+        # copy the ssh key.

+        ssh_dump_server: "{{ ssh_dump_server_outside }}"

+        path: /tmp/test

+        dump_target:

+          kind: ssh

+          # This is the ssh dump server address visible from inside

+          # the machine being configured. Dumps are to be copied

+          # there. We make here the assumption that this machine is

+          # being run as a VM and the dump server is the VM host

+          # (i.e. for ansible this is localhost). From the VM its

+          # address is then identical to the default route.

+          location: "{{ ssh_dump_user }}@{{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }}"