diff --git a/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/defaults/main.yml b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/defaults/main.yml
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+++ b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Default values for creating external data mirror.
+
+# IP of server containing external data main copy.
+main_server_ip: "198.74.56.37"
+
+# User on the main server.
+main_server_user: root
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diff --git a/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/exchange-keys.yml b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/exchange-keys.yml
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+++ b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/exchange-keys.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+- name: Generate key pair if it does not exist
+  community.crypto.openssh_keypair:
+    force: no # Don't regenerate existing keys.
+    path: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+
+- name: Read public key into tmp to copy over.
+  fetch:
+    src: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+    dest: /tmp/{{ ansible_hostname }}-id_rsa.pub
+    flat: yes
+
+- name: Add public key to main server's authorized keys
+  ansible.posix.authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ main_server_user }}"
+    key: "{{ lookup('file','/tmp/{{ ansible_hostname }}-id_rsa.pub')}}"
+  remote_user: "{{ main_server_user }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ main_server_ip }}"
+
+- name: Touch the known_hosts file if it's missing
+  file:
+    path: ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    state: touch
+    mode: 0644
+
+- name: Check if known_hosts contains existing server fingerprint
+  command: ssh-keygen -F {{ main_server_user }}
+  register: key_exists
+  failed_when: key_exists.stderr != ''
+  changed_when: False
+
+- name: Scan for existing remote ssh fingerprint
+  command: ssh-keyscan -T5 {{ main_server_ip }}
+  register: keyscan
+  failed_when: keyscan.rc != 0 or keyscan.stdout == ''
+  changed_when: False
+  when: key_exists.rc == 1
+
+- name: Copy ssh-key to local known_hosts
+  lineinfile:
+    name: ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    create: yes
+    line: "{{ item }}"
+  when: key_exists.rc == 1
+  with_items: "{{ keyscan.stdout_lines|default([]) }}"
diff --git a/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/main.yml b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/main.yml
index aaa69ad..b1e2ddb 100644
--- a/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/Linux/external-data-mirror/ansible/roles/mirror/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
     state: directory
     mode: '0755'
 
+- name: Exchange SSH keys with linode so we can access the data.
+  import_tasks: exchange-keys.yml
+