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community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey – Manage ssl certificate keys.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey.
Synopsis
- Manage ssl certificate keys.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- nitro python sdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| cert
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of and, optionally, path to the X509 certificate file that is used to form the certificate-key pair. The certificate file should be present on the appliance's hard-disk drive or solid-state drive. Storing a certificate in any location other than the default might cause inconsistency in a high availability setup. /nsconfig/ssl/ is the default path.
        
       
        Minimum length = 1
         | 
     |
| certkey
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name for the certificate and private-key pair. Must begin with an ASCII alphanumeric or underscore  
       _ character, and must contain only ASCII alphanumeric, underscore _, hash #, period ., space , colon :, at @, equals =, and hyphen - characters. Cannot be changed after the certificate-key pair is created.
       
        The following requirement applies only to the NetScaler CLI:
        
       
        If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, "my cert" or 'my cert').
        
       
        Minimum length = 1
         | 
     |
| expirymonitor
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Issue an alert when the certificate is about to expire.
         | 
     
| inform
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Input format of the certificate and the private-key files. The three formats supported by the appliance are:
        
       
        PEM - Privacy Enhanced Mail
        
       
        DER - Distinguished Encoding Rule
        
       
        PFX - Personal Information Exchange.
         | 
     
| key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of and, optionally, path to the private-key file that is used to form the certificate-key pair. The certificate file should be present on the appliance's hard-disk drive or solid-state drive. Storing a certificate in any location other than the default might cause inconsistency in a high availability setup. /nsconfig/ssl/ is the default path.
        
       
        Minimum length = 1
         | 
     |
| nitro_pass
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
         | 
     |
| nitro_protocol
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.
         | 
     
| nitro_timeout
        
        float
         | 
      Default: 
        310
         | 
      
        
        Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler
         | 
     
| nitro_user
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
         | 
     |
| notificationperiod
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Time, in number of days, before certificate expiration, at which to generate an alert that the certificate is about to expire.
        
       
        Minimum value =  
       10
       
        Maximum value =  100
        | 
     |
| nsip
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.
        
       
        The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.
         | 
     |
| passplain
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Pass phrase used to encrypt the private-key. Required when adding an encrypted private-key in PEM format.
        
       
        Minimum length = 1
         | 
     |
| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Passphrase that was used to encrypt the private-key. Use this option to load encrypted private-keys in PEM format.
         | 
     |
| save_config
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       yes the module will save the configuration on the netscaler node if it makes any changes.
       
        The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes.
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node.
        
       
        When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module's parameters.
        
       
        When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node.
         | 
     
| validate_certs
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Citrix NetScaler Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-netscaler.
 
Examples
- name: Setup ssl certkey
  delegate_to: localhost
  community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey:
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    certkey: certirificate_1
    cert: server.crt
    key: server.key
    expirymonitor: enabled
    notificationperiod: 30
    inform: PEM
    password: False
    passplain: somesecret
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| diff
        
        dictionary
         | 
      failure | 
        
        List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module
         Sample:
        
       
        { 'targetlbvserver': 'difference. ours: (str) server1 other: (str) server2' }
         | 
     
| loglines
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        list of logged messages by the module
         Sample:
        
       
        ['message 1', 'message 2']
         | 
     
| msg
        
        string
         | 
      failure | 
        
        Message detailing the failure reason
         Sample:
        
       
        Action does not exist
         | 
     
Authors
- George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/netscaler_ssl_certkey_module.html