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+from dynamicweb.celery import app
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
+from django.conf import settings
+from cdist.integration import configure_hosts_simple
+import cdist
+import tempfile
+import pathlib
+
+logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@app.task(bind=True, max_retries=settings.CELERY_MAX_RETRIES)
+def save_ssh_key(hosts, keys):
+    """
+    Saves ssh key into the VMs of a user using cdist
+
+    :param hosts: A list of hosts to be configured
+    :param keys: A list of keys to be added
+    """
+    # Generate manifest to be used for configuring the hosts
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_manifest:
+        tmp_manifest.writelines(['__ssh_authorized_keys root \\',
+                                 '  --key "{keys}"'.format(
+                                     keys='\n'.join(keys))])
+
+        f = pathlib.Path(tmp_manifest.name)
+        configure_hosts_simple(hosts,
+                               tmp_manifest.name,
+                               verbose=cdist.argparse.VERBOSE_TRACE)
+
+