community.general.java_cert – Uses keytool to import/remove key from java keystore (cacerts)

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.java_cert.

Synopsis

• This is a wrapper module around keytool, which can be used to import/remove certificates from a given java keystore.

Requirements

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

• openssl

• keytool

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cert_alias string		Imported certificate alias. The alias is used when checking for the presence of a certificate in the keystore.
cert_path path		Local path to load certificate from. One of cert_url or cert_path is required to load certificate.
cert_port integer	Default: 443	Port to connect to URL. This will be used to create server URL:PORT.
cert_url string		Basic URL to fetch SSL certificate from. One of cert_url or cert_path is required to load certificate.
executable string	Default: "keytool"	Path to keytool binary if not used we search in PATH for it.
keystore_create boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Create keystore if it does not exist.
keystore_pass string / required		Keystore password.
keystore_path path		Path to keystore.
keystore_type string		Keystore type (JCEKS, JKS).
pkcs12_alias string		Alias in the PKCS12 keystore.
pkcs12_password string	Default: ""	Password for importing from PKCS12 keystore.
pkcs12_path path		Local path to load PKCS12 keystore from.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Defines action which can be either certificate import or removal. When state is present, the certificate will always idempotently be inserted into the keystore, even if there already exists a cert alias that is different.
trust_cacert boolean added in 0.2.0 of community.general	Choices: no ← yes	Trust imported cert as CAcert.

Examples

- name: Import SSL certificate from google.com to a given cacerts keystore
  community.general.java_cert:
    cert_url: google.com
    cert_port: 443
    keystore_path: /usr/lib/jvm/jre7/lib/security/cacerts
    keystore_pass: changeit
    state: present

- name: Remove certificate with given alias from a keystore
  community.general.java_cert:
    cert_url: google.com
    keystore_path: /usr/lib/jvm/jre7/lib/security/cacerts
    keystore_pass: changeit
    executable: /usr/lib/jvm/jre7/bin/keytool
    state: absent

- name: Import trusted CA from SSL certificate
  community.general.java_cert:
    cert_path: /opt/certs/rootca.crt
    keystore_path: /tmp/cacerts
    keystore_pass: changeit
    keystore_create: yes
    state: present
    cert_alias: LE_RootCA
    trust_cacert: True

- name: Import SSL certificate from google.com to a keystore, create it if it doesn't exist
  community.general.java_cert:
    cert_url: google.com
    keystore_path: /tmp/cacerts
    keystore_pass: changeit
    keystore_create: yes
    state: present

- name: Import a pkcs12 keystore with a specified alias, create it if it doesn't exist
  community.general.java_cert:
    pkcs12_path: "/tmp/importkeystore.p12"
    cert_alias: default
    keystore_path: /opt/wildfly/standalone/configuration/defaultkeystore.jks
    keystore_pass: changeit
    keystore_create: yes
    state: present

- name: Import SSL certificate to JCEKS keystore
  community.general.java_cert:
    pkcs12_path: "/tmp/importkeystore.p12"
    pkcs12_alias: default
    pkcs12_password: somepass
    cert_alias: default
    keystore_path: /opt/someapp/security/keystore.jceks
    keystore_type: "JCEKS"
    keystore_pass: changeit
    keystore_create: yes
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
cmd string	success	Executed command to get action done. Sample: keytool -importcert -noprompt -keystore
msg string	success	Output from stdout of keytool command after execution of given command. Sample: Module require existing keystore at keystore_path '/tmp/test/cacerts'
rc integer	success	Keytool command execution return value. Sample: 0

Authors

• Adam Hamsik (@haad)