community.crypto.openssl_csr_pipe – Generate OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

Note

This plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 1.6.1).

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

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

New in version 1.3.0: of community.crypto

Synopsis

  • Please note that the module regenerates an existing CSR if it doesn’t match the module’s options, or if it seems to be corrupt.

  • The module can use the cryptography Python library, or the pyOpenSSL Python library. By default, it tries to detect which one is available. This can be overridden with the select_crypto_backend option. Please note that the PyOpenSSL backend was deprecated in Ansible 2.9 and will be removed in community.crypto 2.0.0.

  • This module allows one to (re)generate OpenSSL certificate signing requests.

  • This module supports the subjectAltName, keyUsage, extendedKeyUsage, basicConstraints and OCSP Must Staple extensions.

Requirements

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

  • Either cryptography >= 1.3

  • Or pyOpenSSL >= 0.15

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
authority_cert_issuer
list / elements=string
Names that will be present in the authority cert issuer field of the certificate signing request.
Values must be prefixed by their options. (i.e., email, URI, DNS, RID, IP, dirName, otherName and the ones specific to your CA)
Example: DNS:ca.example.org
If specified, authority_key_identifier must also be specified.
Please note that commercial CAs ignore this value, respectively use a value of their own choice. Specifying this option is mostly useful for self-signed certificates or for own CAs.
Note that this is only supported if the cryptography backend is used!
The AuthorityKeyIdentifier will only be added if at least one of authority_key_identifier, authority_cert_issuer and authority_cert_serial_number is specified.
authority_cert_serial_number
integer
The authority cert serial number.
Note that this is only supported if the cryptography backend is used!
Please note that commercial CAs ignore this value, respectively use a value of their own choice. Specifying this option is mostly useful for self-signed certificates or for own CAs.
The AuthorityKeyIdentifier will only be added if at least one of authority_key_identifier, authority_cert_issuer and authority_cert_serial_number is specified.
authority_key_identifier
string
The authority key identifier as a hex string, where two bytes are separated by colons.
Example: 00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33
If specified, authority_cert_issuer must also be specified.
Please note that commercial CAs ignore this value, respectively use a value of their own choice. Specifying this option is mostly useful for self-signed certificates or for own CAs.
Note that this is only supported if the cryptography backend is used!
The AuthorityKeyIdentifier will only be added if at least one of authority_key_identifier, authority_cert_issuer and authority_cert_serial_number is specified.
basic_constraints
list / elements=string
Indicates basic constraints, such as if the certificate is a CA.

aliases: basicConstraints
basic_constraints_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the basicConstraints extension be considered as critical.

aliases: basicConstraints_critical
common_name
string
The commonName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: CN, commonName
content
string
The existing CSR.
country_name
string
The countryName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: C, countryName
create_subject_key_identifier
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Create the Subject Key Identifier from the public key.
Please note that commercial CAs can ignore the value, respectively use a value of their own choice instead. Specifying this option is mostly useful for self-signed certificates or for own CAs.
Note that this is only supported if the cryptography backend is used!
crl_distribution_points
list / elements=dictionary
added in 1.4.0 of community.crypto
Allows to specify one or multiple CRL distribution points.
Only supported by the cryptography backend.
crl_issuer
list / elements=string
Information about the issuer of the CRL.
full_name
list / elements=string
Describes how the CRL can be retrieved.
Mutually exclusive with relative_name.
Example: URI:https://ca.example.com/revocations.crl.
reasons
list / elements=string
    Choices:
  • key_compromise
  • ca_compromise
  • affiliation_changed
  • superseded
  • cessation_of_operation
  • certificate_hold
  • privilege_withdrawn
  • aa_compromise
List of reasons that this distribution point can be used for when performing revocation checks.
relative_name
list / elements=string
Describes how the CRL can be retrieved relative to the CRL issuer.
Mutually exclusive with full_name.
Example: /CN=example.com.
Can only be used when cryptography >= 1.6 is installed.
digest
string
Default:
"sha256"
The digest used when signing the certificate signing request with the private key.
email_address
string
The emailAddress field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: E, emailAddress
extended_key_usage
list / elements=string
Additional restrictions (e.g. client authentication, server authentication) on the allowed purposes for which the public key may be used.

aliases: extKeyUsage, extendedKeyUsage
extended_key_usage_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the extkeyUsage extension be considered as critical.

aliases: extKeyUsage_critical, extendedKeyUsage_critical
key_usage
list / elements=string
This defines the purpose (e.g. encipherment, signature, certificate signing) of the key contained in the certificate.

aliases: keyUsage
key_usage_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the keyUsage extension be considered as critical.

aliases: keyUsage_critical
locality_name
string
The localityName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: L, localityName
name_constraints_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the Name Constraints extension be considered as critical.
name_constraints_excluded
list / elements=string
For CA certificates, this specifies a list of identifiers which describe subtrees of names that this CA is not allowed to issue certificates for.
Values must be prefixed by their options. (i.e., email, URI, DNS, RID, IP, dirName, otherName and the ones specific to your CA).
name_constraints_permitted
list / elements=string
For CA certificates, this specifies a list of identifiers which describe subtrees of names that this CA is allowed to issue certificates for.
Values must be prefixed by their options. (i.e., email, URI, DNS, RID, IP, dirName, otherName and the ones specific to your CA).
ocsp_must_staple
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Indicates that the certificate should contain the OCSP Must Staple extension (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7633).

aliases: ocspMustStaple
ocsp_must_staple_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the OCSP Must Staple extension be considered as critical.
Note that according to the RFC, this extension should not be marked as critical, as old clients not knowing about OCSP Must Staple are required to reject such certificates (see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7633#section-4).

aliases: ocspMustStaple_critical
organization_name
string
The organizationName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: O, organizationName
organizational_unit_name
string
The organizationalUnitName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: OU, organizationalUnitName
privatekey_content
string
The content of the private key to use when signing the certificate signing request.
Either privatekey_path or privatekey_content must be specified if state is present, but not both.
privatekey_passphrase
string
The passphrase for the private key.
This is required if the private key is password protected.
privatekey_path
path
The path to the private key to use when signing the certificate signing request.
Either privatekey_path or privatekey_content must be specified if state is present, but not both.
select_crypto_backend
string
    Choices:
  • auto ←
  • cryptography
  • pyopenssl
Determines which crypto backend to use.
The default choice is auto, which tries to use cryptography if available, and falls back to pyopenssl.
If set to pyopenssl, will try to use the pyOpenSSL library.
If set to cryptography, will try to use the cryptography library.
Please note that the pyopenssl backend has been deprecated in Ansible 2.9, and will be removed in community.crypto 2.0.0. From that point on, only the cryptography backend will be available.
state_or_province_name
string
The stateOrProvinceName field of the certificate signing request subject.

aliases: ST, stateOrProvinceName
subject
dictionary
Key/value pairs that will be present in the subject name field of the certificate signing request.
If you need to specify more than one value with the same key, use a list as value.
subject_alt_name
list / elements=string
Subject Alternative Name (SAN) extension to attach to the certificate signing request.
This can either be a 'comma separated string' or a YAML list.
Values must be prefixed by their options. (i.e., email, URI, DNS, RID, IP, dirName, otherName and the ones specific to your CA).
Note that if no SAN is specified, but a common name, the common name will be added as a SAN except if useCommonNameForSAN is set to false.

aliases: subjectAltName
subject_alt_name_critical
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Should the subjectAltName extension be considered as critical.

aliases: subjectAltName_critical
subject_key_identifier
string
The subject key identifier as a hex string, where two bytes are separated by colons.
Example: 00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33
Please note that commercial CAs ignore this value, respectively use a value of their own choice. Specifying this option is mostly useful for self-signed certificates or for own CAs.
Note that this option can only be used if create_subject_key_identifier is no.
Note that this is only supported if the cryptography backend is used!
use_common_name_for_san
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If set to yes, the module will fill the common name in for subject_alt_name with DNS: prefix if no SAN is specified.

aliases: useCommonNameForSAN
version
integer
Default:
1
The version of the certificate signing request.
The only allowed value according to RFC 2986 is 1.
This option will no longer accept unsupported values from community.crypto 2.0.0 on.

Notes

Note

  • If the certificate signing request already exists it will be checked whether subjectAltName, keyUsage, extendedKeyUsage and basicConstraints only contain the requested values, whether OCSP Must Staple is as requested, and if the request was signed by the given private key.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.openssl_csr

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_csr module.

community.crypto.x509_certificate

The official documentation on the community.crypto.x509_certificate module.

community.crypto.x509_certificate_pipe

The official documentation on the community.crypto.x509_certificate_pipe module.

community.crypto.openssl_dhparam

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_dhparam module.

community.crypto.openssl_pkcs12

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_pkcs12 module.

community.crypto.openssl_privatekey

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_privatekey module.

community.crypto.openssl_privatekey_pipe

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_privatekey_pipe module.

community.crypto.openssl_publickey

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_publickey module.

community.crypto.openssl_csr_info

The official documentation on the community.crypto.openssl_csr_info module.

Examples

- name: Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request
  community.crypto.openssl_csr_pipe:
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    common_name: www.ansible.com
  register: result
- debug:
    var: result.csr

- name: Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with an inline CSR
  community.crypto.openssl_csr:
    content: "{{ lookup('file', '/etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr') }}"
    privatekey_content: "{{ private_key_content }}"
    common_name: www.ansible.com
  register: result
- name: Store CSR
  ansible.builtin.copy:
    dest: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    content: "{{ result.csr }}"
  when: result is changed

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
basicConstraints
list / elements=string
changed or success
Indicates if the certificate belongs to a CA

Sample:
['CA:TRUE', 'pathLenConstraint:0']
csr
string
changed or success
The (current or generated) CSR's content.
extendedKeyUsage
list / elements=string
changed or success
Additional restriction on the public key purposes

Sample:
['clientAuth']
keyUsage
list / elements=string
changed or success
Purpose for which the public key may be used

Sample:
['digitalSignature', 'keyAgreement']
name_constraints_excluded
list / elements=string
changed or success
List of excluded subtrees the CA cannot sign certificates for.

Sample:
['email:.com']
name_constraints_permitted
list / elements=string
changed or success
List of permitted subtrees to sign certificates for.

Sample:
['email:.somedomain.com']
ocsp_must_staple
boolean
changed or success
Indicates whether the certificate has the OCSP Must Staple feature enabled
privatekey
string
changed or success
Path to the TLS/SSL private key the CSR was generated for
Will be none if the private key has been provided in privatekey_content.

Sample:
/etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
subject
list / elements=list
changed or success
A list of the subject tuples attached to the CSR

Sample:
[('CN', 'www.ansible.com'), ('O', 'Ansible')]
subjectAltName
list / elements=string
changed or success
The alternative names this CSR is valid for

Sample:
['DNS:www.ansible.com', 'DNS:m.ansible.com']


Authors

  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)