community.crypto.x509_certificate_info module – Provide information of OpenSSL X.509 certificates

Note

This module is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.26.5).

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.crypto. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.crypto.x509_certificate_info.

Synopsis

  • This module allows one to query information on OpenSSL certificates.

  • It uses the cryptography python library to interact with OpenSSL.

  • Note that this module was called openssl_certificate_info when included directly in Ansible up to version 2.9. When moved to the collection community.crypto, it was renamed to community.crypto.x509_certificate_info. From Ansible 2.10 on, it can still be used by the old short name (or by ansible.builtin.openssl_certificate_info), which redirects to community.crypto.x509_certificate_info. When using FQCNs or when using the collections keyword, the new name community.crypto.x509_certificate_info should be used to avoid a deprecation warning.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

content

string

added in community.crypto 1.0.0

Content of the X.509 certificate in PEM format.

Either path or content must be specified, but not both.

name_encoding

string

How to encode names (DNS names, URIs, email addresses) in return values.

ignore will use the encoding returned by the backend.

idna will convert all labels of domain names to IDNA encoding. IDNA2008 will be preferred, and IDNA2003 will be used if IDNA2008 encoding fails.

unicode will convert all labels of domain names to Unicode. IDNA2008 will be preferred, and IDNA2003 will be used if IDNA2008 decoding fails.

Note that idna and unicode require the idna Python library to be installed.

Choices:

  • "ignore" ← (default)

  • "idna"

  • "unicode"

path

path

Remote absolute path where the certificate file is loaded from.

Either path or content must be specified, but not both.

PEM and DER formats are supported.

select_crypto_backend

string

Determines which crypto backend to use.

The default choice is auto, which tries to use cryptography if available.

If set to cryptography, will try to use the cryptography library.

Choices:

  • "auto" ← (default)

  • "cryptography"

valid_at

dictionary

A dict of names mapping to time specifications. Every time specified here will be checked whether the certificate is valid at this point. See the valid_at return value for information on the result.

Time can be specified either as relative time or as absolute timestamp.

Time will always be interpreted as UTC.

Valid format is [+-]timespec | ASN.1 TIME where timespec can be an integer + [w | d | h | m | s] (for example +32w1d2h), and ASN.1 TIME (in other words, pattern YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ). Note that all timestamps will be treated as being in UTC.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

idempotent

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

When run twice in a row outside check mode, with the same arguments, the second invocation indicates no change.

This assumes that the system controlled/queried by the module has not changed in a relevant way.

Notes

Note

  • All timestamp values are provided in ASN.1 TIME format, in other words, following the YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ pattern. They are all in UTC.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.x509_certificate

Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates.

community.crypto.x509_certificate_pipe

Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates.

community.crypto.x509_certificate_info filter plugin

A filter variant of this module.

community.crypto.to_serial filter plugin

Convert an integer to a colon-separated list of hex numbers.

Examples

---
- name: Generate a Self Signed OpenSSL certificate
  community.crypto.x509_certificate:
    path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    csr_path: /etc/ssl/csr/ansible.com.csr
    provider: selfsigned


# Get information on the certificate

- name: Get information on generated certificate
  community.crypto.x509_certificate_info:
    path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
  register: result

- name: Dump information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: result


# Check whether the certificate is valid or not valid at certain times, fail
# if this is not the case. The first task (x509_certificate_info) collects
# the information, and the second task (assert) validates the result and
# makes the playbook fail in case something is not as expected.

- name: Test whether that certificate is valid tomorrow and/or in three weeks
  community.crypto.x509_certificate_info:
    path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
    valid_at:
      point_1: "+1d"
      point_2: "+3w"
  register: result

- name: Validate that certificate is valid tomorrow, but not in three weeks
  ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - result.valid_at.point_1    # valid in one day
      - not result.valid_at.point_2 # not valid in three weeks

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

authority_cert_issuer

list / elements=string

The certificate’s authority cert issuer as a list of general names.

Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

See name_encoding for how IDNs are handled.

Returned: success

Sample: ["DNS:www.ansible.com", "IP:1.2.3.4"]

authority_cert_serial_number

integer

The certificate’s authority cert serial number.

Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

This return value is an integer. If you need the serial numbers as a colon-separated hex string, such as 11:22:33, you need to convert it to that form with community.crypto.to_serial.

Returned: success

Sample: 12345

authority_key_identifier

string

The certificate’s authority key identifier.

The identifier is returned in hexadecimal, with : used to separate bytes.

Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Returned: success

Sample: "00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33"

basic_constraints

list / elements=string

Entries in the basic_constraints extension, or none if extension is not present.

Returned: success

Sample: ["CA:TRUE", "pathlen:1"]

basic_constraints_critical

boolean

Whether the basic_constraints extension is critical.

Returned: success

expired

boolean

Whether the certificate is expired (in other words, notAfter is in the past).

Returned: success

extended_key_usage

list / elements=string

Entries in the extended_key_usage extension, or none if extension is not present.

Returned: success

Sample: ["Biometric Info", "DVCS", "Time Stamping"]

extended_key_usage_critical

boolean

Whether the extended_key_usage extension is critical.

Returned: success

extensions_by_oid

dictionary

Returns a dictionary for every extension OID.

Returned: success

Sample: {"1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.24": {"critical": false, "value": "MAMCAQU="}}

critical

boolean

Whether the extension is critical.

Returned: success

value

string

The Base64 encoded value (in DER format) of the extension.

Note that depending on the cryptography version used, it is not possible to extract the ASN.1 content of the extension, but only to provide the re-encoded content of the extension in case it was parsed by cryptography. This should usually result in exactly the same value, except if the original extension value was malformed.

Returned: success

Sample: "MAMCAQU="

fingerprints

dictionary

added in community.crypto 1.2.0

Fingerprints of the DER-encoded form of the whole certificate.

For every hash algorithm available, the fingerprint is computed.

Returned: success

Sample: "{'sha256': 'd4:b3:aa:6d:c8:04:ce:4e:ba:f6:29:4d:92:a3:94:b0:c2:ff:bd:bf:33:63:11:43:34:0f:51:b0:95:09:2f:63', 'sha512': 'f7:07:4a:f0:b0:f0:e6:8b:95:5f:f9:e6:61:0a:32:68:f1..."

issuer

dictionary

The certificate’s issuer.

Note that for repeated values, only the last one will be returned.

Returned: success

Sample: {"commonName": "ca.example.com", "organizationName": "Ansible"}

issuer_ordered

list / elements=list

The certificate’s issuer as an ordered list of tuples.

Returned: success

Sample: [["organizationName", "Ansible"], [{"commonName": "ca.example.com"}]]

issuer_uri

string

added in community.crypto 2.9.0

The Issuer URI, if included in the certificate. Will be none if no issuer URI is included.

Returned: success

key_usage

string

Entries in the key_usage extension, or none if extension is not present.

Returned: success

Sample: "['Key Agreement', 'Data Encipherment']"

key_usage_critical

boolean

Whether the key_usage extension is critical.

Returned: success

not_after

string

notAfter date as ASN.1 TIME.

Returned: success

Sample: "20190413202428Z"

not_before

string

notBefore date as ASN.1 TIME.

Returned: success

Sample: "20190331202428Z"

ocsp_must_staple

boolean

true if the OCSP Must Staple extension is present, none otherwise.

Returned: success

ocsp_must_staple_critical

boolean

Whether the ocsp_must_staple extension is critical.

Returned: success

ocsp_uri

string

The OCSP responder URI, if included in the certificate. Will be none if no OCSP responder URI is included.

Returned: success

public_key

string

Certificate’s public key in PEM format.

Returned: success

Sample: "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIICIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAg8A..."

public_key_data

dictionary

added in community.crypto 1.7.0

Public key data. Depends on the public key’s type.

Returned: success

curve

string

The curve’s name for ECC.

Returned: When public_key_type=ECC

exponent

integer

The RSA key’s public exponent.

Returned: When public_key_type=RSA

exponent_size

integer

The maximum number of bits of a private key. This is basically the bit size of the subgroup used.

Returned: When public_key_type=ECC

g

integer

The g value for DSA.

This is the element spanning the subgroup of the multiplicative group of the prime field used.

Returned: When public_key_type=DSA

modulus

integer

The RSA key’s modulus.

Returned: When public_key_type=RSA

p

integer

The p value for DSA.

This is the prime modulus upon which arithmetic takes place.

Returned: When public_key_type=DSA

q

integer

The q value for DSA.

This is a prime that divides p - 1, and at the same time the order of the subgroup of the multiplicative group of the prime field used.

Returned: When public_key_type=DSA

size

integer

Bit size of modulus (RSA) or prime number (DSA).

Returned: When public_key_type=RSA or public_key_type=DSA

x

integer

The x coordinate for the public point on the elliptic curve.

Returned: When public_key_type=ECC

y

integer

For public_key_type=ECC, this is the y coordinate for the public point on the elliptic curve.

For public_key_type=DSA, this is the publicly known group element whose discrete logarithm w.r.t. g is the private key.

Returned: When public_key_type=DSA or public_key_type=ECC

public_key_fingerprints

dictionary

Fingerprints of certificate’s public key.

For every hash algorithm available, the fingerprint is computed.

Returned: success

Sample: "{'sha256': 'd4:b3:aa:6d:c8:04:ce:4e:ba:f6:29:4d:92:a3:94:b0:c2:ff:bd:bf:33:63:11:43:34:0f:51:b0:95:09:2f:63', 'sha512': 'f7:07:4a:f0:b0:f0:e6:8b:95:5f:f9:e6:61:0a:32:68:f1..."

public_key_type

string

added in community.crypto 1.7.0

The certificate’s public key’s type.

One of RSA, DSA, ECC, Ed25519, X25519, Ed448, or X448.

Will start with unknown if the key type cannot be determined.

Returned: success

Sample: "RSA"

serial_number

integer

The certificate’s serial number.

This return value is an integer. If you need the serial numbers as a colon-separated hex string, such as 11:22:33, you need to convert it to that form with community.crypto.to_serial.

Returned: success

Sample: 1234

signature_algorithm

string

The signature algorithm used to sign the certificate.

Returned: success

Sample: "sha256WithRSAEncryption"

subject

dictionary

The certificate’s subject as a dictionary.

Note that for repeated values, only the last one will be returned.

Returned: success

Sample: {"commonName": "www.example.com", "emailAddress": "test@example.com"}

subject_alt_name

list / elements=string

Entries in the subject_alt_name extension, or none if extension is not present.

See name_encoding for how IDNs are handled.

Returned: success

Sample: ["DNS:www.ansible.com", "IP:1.2.3.4"]

subject_alt_name_critical

boolean

Whether the subject_alt_name extension is critical.

Returned: success

subject_key_identifier

string

The certificate’s subject key identifier.

The identifier is returned in hexadecimal, with : used to separate bytes.

Is none if the SubjectKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Returned: success

Sample: "00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33"

subject_ordered

list / elements=list

The certificate’s subject as an ordered list of tuples.

Returned: success

Sample: [["commonName", "www.example.com"], [{"emailAddress": "test@example.com"}]]

valid_at

dictionary

For every time stamp provided in the valid_at option, a boolean whether the certificate is valid at that point in time or not.

Returned: success

version

integer

The certificate version.

Returned: success

Sample: 3

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

  • Markus Teufelberger (@MarkusTeufelberger)