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community.crypto.openssl_signature module – Sign data with openssl

Note

This module is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.16.1).

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.openssl_signature.

New in community.crypto 1.1.0

Synopsis 

This module allows one to sign data using a private key.
The module uses the cryptography Python library.

Requirements 

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

cryptography >= 1.4 (some key types require newer versions)

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
path path / required	The file to sign. This file will only be read and not modified.
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, 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. Either `privatekey_path` or `privatekey_content` must be specified, but not both.
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"`

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: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.

Notes 

Note

When using the cryptography backend, the following key types require at least the following cryptography version: RSA keys: cryptography >= 1.4 DSA and ECDSA keys: cryptography >= 1.5 ed448 and ed25519 keys: cryptography >= 2.6

Examples 

- name: Sign example file
  community.crypto.openssl_signature:
    privatekey_path: private.key
    path: /tmp/example_file
  register: sig

- name: Verify signature of example file
  community.crypto.openssl_signature_info:
    certificate_path: cert.pem
    path: /tmp/example_file
    signature: "{{ sig.signature }}"
  register: verify

- name: Make sure the signature is valid
  ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - verify.valid

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
signature string	Base64 encoded signature. Returned: success

Authors

Patrick Pichler (@aveexy)
Markus Teufelberger (@MarkusTeufelberger)