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acme_challenge_cert_helper – Prepare certificates required for ACME challenges such as tls-alpn-01
New in version 2.7.
Synopsis
- Prepares certificates for ACME challenges such as
tls-alpn-01
. - The raw data is provided by the acme_certificate module, and needs to be converted to a certificate to be used for challenge validation. This module provides a simple way to generate the required certificates.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- cryptography >= 1.3
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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challenge
string / required
|
|
The challenge type.
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challenge_data
dictionary / required
|
The challenge_data entry provided by acme_certificate for the challenge.
|
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private_key_content
string
|
Content of the private key to use for this challenge certificate.
Mutually exclusive with private_key_src .
|
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private_key_src
path
|
Path to a file containing the private key file to use for this challenge certificate.
Mutually exclusive with private_key_content .
|
See Also
See also
- Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
- The specification of the ACME protocol (RFC 8555).
- ACME TLS ALPN Challenge Extension
-
The specification of the
tls-alpn-01
challenge (RFC 8737).
Examples
- name: Create challenges for a given CRT for sample.com
acme_certificate:
account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
challenge: tls-alpn-01
csr: /etc/pki/cert/csr/sample.com.csr
dest: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com.crt
register: sample_com_challenge
- name: Create certificates for challenges
acme_challenge_cert_helper:
challenge: tls-alpn-01
challenge_data: "{{ item.value['tls-alpn-01'] }}"
private_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/key/sample.com.key
loop: "{{ sample_com_challenge.challenge_data | dictsort }}"
register: sample_com_challenge_certs
- name: Install challenge certificates
# We need to set up HTTPS such that for the domain,
# regular_certificate is delivered for regular connections,
# except if ALPN selects the "acme-tls/1"; then, the
# challenge_certificate must be delivered.
# This can for example be achieved with very new versions
# of NGINX; search for ssl_preread and
# ssl_preread_alpn_protocols for information on how to
# route by ALPN protocol.
...:
domain: "{{ item.domain }}"
challenge_certificate: "{{ item.challenge_certificate }}"
regular_certificate: "{{ item.regular_certificate }}"
private_key: /etc/pki/cert/key/sample.com.key
loop: "{{ sample_com_challenge_certs.results }}"
- name: Create certificate for a given CSR for sample.com
acme_certificate:
account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
challenge: tls-alpn-01
csr: /etc/pki/cert/csr/sample.com.csr
dest: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com.crt
data: "{{ sample_com_challenge }}"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
challenge_certificate
string
|
always |
The challenge certificate in PEM format.
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domain
string
|
always |
The domain the challenge is for. The certificate should be provided if this is specified in the request's the Host header.
|
identifier
string
added in 2.8
|
always |
The identifier for the actual resource. Will be a domain name if the type is dns , or an IP address if the type is ip .
|
identifier_type
string
added in 2.8
|
always |
The identifier type for the actual resource identifier. Will be dns or ip .
|
regular_certificate
string
|
always |
A self-signed certificate for the challenge domain.
If no existing certificate exists, can be used to set-up https in the first place if that is needed for providing the challenge.
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Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
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