diff --git a/roles/infra_controller/defaults/main.yml b/roles/infra_controller/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+service_ssh_user: infra_controller
+service_ssh_allowed_host: web
+service_ssh_allowed_ip: ""
+service_ssh_register_key: ""
+service_ssh_deregister_key: ""
diff --git a/roles/infra_controller/tasks/main.yml b/roles/infra_controller/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Compute service SSH allowed IP
+  set_fact:
+    service_ssh_allowed_ip_effective: >-
+      {{
+        (service_ssh_allowed_ip | default('', true))
+        if (service_ssh_allowed_ip | default('', true) | length) > 0
+        else (hostvars[service_ssh_allowed_host].public_ipv4
+          | default(hostvars[service_ssh_allowed_host].ansible_host, true))
+      }}
+
+- name: Compute service SSH register public key
+  set_fact:
+    service_ssh_register_key_effective: >-
+      {{
+        (service_ssh_register_key | default('', true))
+        if (service_ssh_register_key | default('', true) | length) > 0
+        else (
+          SERVICE_SSH_REGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY
+          | default(lookup('env', 'SERVICE_SSH_REGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY'), true)
+        )
+      }}
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Compute service SSH deregister public key
+  set_fact:
+    service_ssh_deregister_key_effective: >-
+      {{
+        (service_ssh_deregister_key | default('', true))
+        if (service_ssh_deregister_key | default('', true) | length) > 0
+        else (
+          SERVICE_SSH_DEREGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY
+          | default(lookup('env', 'SERVICE_SSH_DEREGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY'), true)
+        )
+      }}
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Fail if service SSH register public key is missing
+  fail:
+    msg: "SERVICE_SSH_REGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY is required (must be an SSH public key like 'ssh-ed25519 AAAA...')"
+  when: service_ssh_register_key_effective | length == 0
+
+- name: Fail if service SSH deregister public key is missing
+  fail:
+    msg: "SERVICE_SSH_DEREGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY is required (must be an SSH public key like 'ssh-ed25519 AAAA...')"
+  when: service_ssh_deregister_key_effective | length == 0
+
+- name: Fail if service SSH register public key does not look like an SSH key
+  fail:
+    msg: "SERVICE_SSH_REGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY does not look like an SSH public key"
+  when: not (service_ssh_register_key_effective is match('^ssh-'))
+
+- name: Fail if service SSH deregister public key does not look like an SSH key
+  fail:
+    msg: "SERVICE_SSH_DEREGISTER_PUBLIC_KEY does not look like an SSH public key"
+  when: not (service_ssh_deregister_key_effective is match('^ssh-'))
+
+- name: Fail if service SSH allowed host/IP cannot be determined
+  fail:
+    msg: "Unable to determine service SSH allowed IP (set service_ssh_allowed_ip or ensure hostvars[{{ service_ssh_allowed_host }}] has public_ipv4/ansible_host)"
+  when: service_ssh_allowed_ip_effective | length == 0
+
+- name: Ensure service SSH user exists
+  user:
+    name: "{{ service_ssh_user }}"
+    state: present
+    create_home: true
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+- name: Ensure .ssh directory exists
+  file:
+    path: "/home/{{ service_ssh_user }}/.ssh"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ service_ssh_user }}"
+    group: "{{ service_ssh_user }}"
+    mode: "0700"
+
+- name: Install restricted authorized key for register
+  authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ service_ssh_user }}"
+    state: present
+    key: "{{ service_ssh_register_key_effective }}"
+    key_options: >-
+      command="/usr/local/sbin/infra-register-stdin",from="{{ service_ssh_allowed_ip_effective }}",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty,no-user-rc,no-X11-forwarding
+
+- name: Install restricted authorized key for deregister
+  authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ service_ssh_user }}"
+    state: present
+    key: "{{ service_ssh_deregister_key_effective }}"
+    key_options: >-
+      command="/usr/local/sbin/infra-deregister",from="{{ service_ssh_allowed_ip_effective }}",no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding,no-pty,no-user-rc,no-X11-forwarding