community.crypto.acme_account – Create, modify or delete ACME accounts

Note

This plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.crypto.

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

Synopsis

  • Allows to create, modify or delete accounts with a CA supporting the ACME protocol, such as Let’s Encrypt.

  • This module only works with the ACME v2 protocol.

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
account_key_content
string
Content of the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key.
Mutually exclusive with account_key_src.
Required if account_key_src is not used.
*Warning:* the content will be written into a temporary file, which will be deleted by Ansible when the module completes. Since this is an important private key — it can be used to change the account key, or to revoke your certificates without knowing their private keys —, this might not be acceptable.
In case cryptography is used, the content is not written into a temporary file. It can still happen that it is written to disk by Ansible in the process of moving the module with its argument to the node where it is executed.
account_key_src
path
Path to a file containing the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key.
Private keys can be created with the community.crypto.openssl_privatekey module. If the requisites (pyOpenSSL or cryptography) are not available, keys can also be created directly with the openssl command line tool: RSA keys can be created with openssl genrsa .... Elliptic curve keys can be created with openssl ecparam -genkey .... Any other tool creating private keys in PEM format can be used as well.
Mutually exclusive with account_key_content.
Required if account_key_content is not used.

aliases: account_key
account_uri
string
If specified, assumes that the account URI is as given. If the account key does not match this account, or an account with this URI does not exist, the module fails.
acme_directory
string
The ACME directory to use. This is the entry point URL to access CA server API.
For safety reasons the default is set to the Let's Encrypt staging server (for the ACME v1 protocol). This will create technically correct, but untrusted certificates.
The default value is https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory. Note that in community.crypto 2.0.0, this option *will be required* and will no longer have a default.
For Let's Encrypt, all staging endpoints can be found here: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/. For Buypass, all endpoints can be found here: https://community.buypass.com/t/63d4ay/buypass-go-ssl-endpoints
For Let's Encrypt, the production directory URL for ACME v1 is https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory, and the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory.
For Buypass, the production directory URL for ACME v2 and v1 is https://api.buypass.com/acme/directory.
*Warning:* So far, the module has only been tested against Let's Encrypt (staging and production), Buypass (staging and production), and Pebble testing server.
acme_version
integer
    Choices:
  • 1
  • 2
The ACME version of the endpoint.
Must be 1 for the classic Let's Encrypt and Buypass ACME endpoints, or 2 for standardized ACME v2 endpoints.
The default value is 1. Note that in community.crypto 2.0.0, this option *will be required* and will no longer have a default.
Please also note that we will deprecate ACME v1 support eventually.
allow_creation
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether account creation is allowed (when state is present).
contact
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
A list of contact URLs.
Email addresses must be prefixed with mailto:.
Must be specified when state is present. Will be ignored if state is absent or changed_key.
external_account_binding
dictionary
added in 1.1.0 of community.crypto
Allows to provide external account binding data during account creation.
This is used by CAs like Sectigo to bind a new ACME account to an existing CA-specific account, to be able to properly identify a customer.
Only used when creating a new account. Can not be specified for ACME v1.
alg
string / required
    Choices:
  • HS256
  • HS384
  • HS512
The MAC algorithm provided by the CA.
If not specified by the CA, this is probably HS256.
key
string / required
Base64 URL encoded value of the MAC key provided by the CA.
Padding (= symbols at the end) can be omitted.
kid
string / required
The key identifier provided by the CA.
new_account_key_content
string
Content of the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key to change to.
Same restrictions apply as to account_key_content.
Mutually exclusive with new_account_key_src.
Required if new_account_key_src is not used and state is changed_key.
new_account_key_src
path
Path to a file containing the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key to change to.
Same restrictions apply as to account_key_src.
Mutually exclusive with new_account_key_content.
Required if new_account_key_content is not used and state is changed_key.
select_crypto_backend
string
    Choices:
  • auto ←
  • cryptography
  • openssl
Determines which crypto backend to use.
The default choice is auto, which tries to use cryptography if available, and falls back to openssl.
If set to openssl, will try to use the openssl binary.
If set to cryptography, will try to use the cryptography library.
state
string / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
  • changed_key
The state of the account, to be identified by its account key.
If the state is absent, the account will either not exist or be deactivated.
If the state is changed_key, the account must exist. The account key will be changed; no other information will be touched.
terms_agreed
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Boolean indicating whether you agree to the terms of service document.
ACME servers can require this to be true.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether calls to the ACME directory will validate TLS certificates.
*Warning:* Should *only ever* be set to no for testing purposes, for example when testing against a local Pebble server.

Notes

Note

  • The community.crypto.acme_certificate module also allows to do basic account management. When using both modules, it is recommended to disable account management for community.crypto.acme_certificate. For that, use the modify_account option of community.crypto.acme_certificate.

  • If a new enough version of the cryptography library is available (see Requirements for details), it will be used instead of the openssl binary. This can be explicitly disabled or enabled with the select_crypto_backend option. Note that using the openssl binary will be slower and less secure, as private key contents always have to be stored on disk (see account_key_content).

  • Although the defaults are chosen so that the module can be used with the Let’s Encrypt CA, the module can in principle be used with any CA providing an ACME endpoint, such as Buypass Go SSL.

See Also

See also

Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)

The specification of the ACME protocol (RFC 8555).

community.crypto.acme_account_info

Retrieves facts about an ACME account.

community.crypto.openssl_privatekey

Can be used to create a private account key.

community.crypto.acme_inspect

Allows to debug problems.

Examples

- name: Make sure account exists and has given contacts. We agree to TOS.
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    state: present
    terms_agreed: yes
    contact:
    - mailto:[email protected]
    - mailto:[email protected]

- name: Make sure account has given email address. Don't create account if it doesn't exist
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    state: present
    allow_creation: no
    contact:
    - mailto:[email protected]

- name: Change account's key to the one stored in the variable new_account_key
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    new_account_key_content: '{{ new_account_key }}'
    state: changed_key

- name: Delete account (we have to use the new key)
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_content: '{{ new_account_key }}'
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
account_uri
string
always
ACME account URI, or None if account does not exist.


Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)