openssl_pkcs12 – Generate OpenSSL PKCS#12 archive

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• This module allows one to (re-)generate PKCS#12.

Requirements

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

• python-pyOpenSSL

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
action string	Choices: export ← parse	export or parse a PKCS#12.
attributes string		The attributes the resulting file or directory should have. To get supported flags look at the man page for chattr on the target system. This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by lsattr. The = operator is assumed as default, otherwise + or - operators need to be included in the string. aliases: attr
backup boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Create a backup file including a timestamp so you can get the original output file back if you overwrote it with a new one by accident.
certificate_path path		The path to read certificates and private keys from. Must be in PEM format.
force boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Should the file be regenerated even if it already exists.
friendly_name string		Specifies the friendly name for the certificate and private key. aliases: name
group string		Name of the group that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.
iter_size integer	Default: 2048	Number of times to repeat the encryption step.
maciter_size integer	Default: 1	Number of times to repeat the MAC step.
mode string		The permissions the resulting file or directory should have. For those used to /usr/bin/chmod remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either add a leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like 0644 or 01777) or quote it (like '644' or '1777') so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, u+rwx or u=rw,g=r,o=r).
other_certificates list / elements=path		List of other certificates to include. Pre 2.8 this parameter was called ca_certificates aliases: ca_certificates
owner string		Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.
passphrase string		The PKCS#12 password.
path path / required		Filename to write the PKCS#12 file to.
privatekey_passphrase string		Passphrase source to decrypt any input private keys with.
privatekey_path path		File to read private key from.
selevel string	Default: "s0"	The level part of the SELinux file context. This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the range. When set to _default, it will use the level portion of the policy if available.
serole string		The role part of the SELinux file context. When set to _default, it will use the role portion of the policy if available.
setype string		The type part of the SELinux file context. When set to _default, it will use the type portion of the policy if available.
seuser string		The user part of the SELinux file context. By default it uses the system policy, where applicable. When set to _default, it will use the user portion of the policy if available.
src path		PKCS#12 file path to parse.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Whether the file should exist or not. All parameters except path are ignored when state is absent.
unsafe_writes boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target file. By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target files, but sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted files, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only be written in an unsafe manner. This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform unsafe writes). IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.

See Also

See also

openssl_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates

The official documentation on the openssl_certificate module.

openssl_csr – Generate OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

The official documentation on the openssl_csr module.

openssl_dhparam – Generate OpenSSL Diffie-Hellman Parameters

The official documentation on the openssl_dhparam module.

openssl_privatekey – Generate OpenSSL private keys

The official documentation on the openssl_privatekey module.

openssl_publickey – Generate an OpenSSL public key from its private key

The official documentation on the openssl_publickey module.

Examples

- name: Generate PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present

- name: Change PKCS#12 file permission
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present
    mode: '0600'

- name: Regen PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    src: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present
    mode: '0600'
    force: yes

- name: Dump/Parse PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: parse
    src: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.pem
    state: present

- name: Remove PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
backup_file string	changed and if backup is yes	Name of backup file created. Sample: /path/to/ansible.com.pem.2019-03-09@11:22~
filename string	changed or success	Path to the generate PKCS#12 file. Sample: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
privatekey string	changed or success	Path to the TLS/SSL private key the public key was generated from. Sample: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Guillaume Delpierre (@gdelpierre)

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