From da0bad844142f9e3f1b4a684496e463d5947da5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Ushanov <gm.mephisto@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 21:59:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] communicator/ssh: add private key file read helper

Signed-off-by: Mikhail Ushanov <gm.mephisto@gmail.com>
---
 helper/communicator/config.go | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helper/communicator/config.go b/helper/communicator/config.go
index 44738d61b..b7041eb40 100644
--- a/helper/communicator/config.go
+++ b/helper/communicator/config.go
@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ type Config struct {
 	WinRMTransportDecorator func() winrm.Transporter
 }
 
+// ReadSSHPrivateKeyFile returns the SSH private key bytes
+func (c *Config) ReadSSHPrivateKeyFile() ([]byte, error) {
+	var privateKey []byte
+
+	if c.SSHPrivateKeyFile != "" {
+		keyPath, err := homedir.Expand(c.SSHPrivateKeyFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return privateKey, fmt.Errorf("Error expanding path for SSH private key: %s", err)
+		}
+		privateKey, err = ioutil.ReadFile(keyPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return privateKey, fmt.Errorf("Error on reading SSH private key: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return privateKey, nil
+}
+
 // SSHConfigFunc returns a function that can be used for the SSH communicator
 // config for connecting to the instance created over SSH using the private key
 // or password.