community.crypto.acme_account_info module – Retrieves information on ACME accounts

Note

This module is part of the community.crypto collection (version 2.19.0).

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.acme_account_info.

Synopsis

• Allows to retrieve information on accounts 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.

• either openssl or cryptography >= 1.5

• ipaddress

Parameters

Parameter	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_passphrase string added in community.crypto 1.6.0	Phassphrase to use to decode the account key. Note: this is not supported by the openssl backend, only by the cryptography backend.
account_key_src aliases: account_key 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 or community.crypto.openssl_privatekey_pipe modules. If the requisite (cryptography) is 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.
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 / required	The ACME directory to use. This is the entry point URL to access the ACME 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. 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 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. For ZeroSSL, the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme.zerossl.com/v2/DV90. For Sectigo, the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme-qa.secure.trust-provider.com/v2/DV. The notes for this module contain a list of ACME services this module has been tested against.
acme_version integer / required	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 value 1 is deprecated since community.crypto 2.0.0 and will be removed from community.crypto 3.0.0. Choices: 1 2
request_timeout integer added in community.crypto 2.3.0	The time Ansible should wait for a response from the ACME API. This timeout is applied to all HTTP(S) requests (HEAD, GET, POST). Default: 10
retrieve_orders string	Whether to retrieve the list of order URLs or order objects, if provided by the ACME server. A value of ignore will not fetch the list of orders. If the value is not ignore and the ACME server supports orders, the order_uris return value is always populated. The orders return value is only returned if this option is set to object_list. Currently, Let’s Encrypt does not return orders, so the orders result will always be empty. Choices: "ignore" ← (default) "url_list" "object_list"
select_crypto_backend string	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. Choices: "auto" ← (default) "cryptography" "openssl"
validate_certs boolean	Whether calls to the ACME directory will validate TLS certificates. Warning: Should only ever be set to false for testing purposes, for example when testing against a local Pebble server. Choices: false true ← (default)

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
action_group	Action groups: community.crypto.acme, acme	Use group/acme or group/community.crypto.acme in module_defaults to set defaults for this module.
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: N/A This action does not modify state.	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

• The community.crypto.acme_account module allows to modify, create and delete ACME accounts.

• This module was called acme_account_facts before Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change.

• 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.

• So far, the ACME modules have only been tested by the developers against Let’s Encrypt (staging and production), Buypass (staging and production), ZeroSSL (production), and Pebble testing server. We have got community feedback that they also work with Sectigo ACME Service for InCommon. If you experience problems with another ACME server, please create an issue to help us supporting it. Feedback that an ACME server not mentioned does work is also appreciated.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.acme_account

Allows to create, modify or delete an ACME account.

Examples

- name: Check whether an account with the given account key exists
  community.crypto.acme_account_info:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
  register: account_data
- name: Verify that account exists
  ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - account_data.exists
- name: Print account URI
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: account_data.account_uri
- name: Print account contacts
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: account_data.account.contact

- name: Check whether the account exists and is accessible with the given account key
  acme_account_info:
    account_key_content: "{{ acme_account_key }}"
    account_uri: "{{ acme_account_uri }}"
  register: account_data
- name: Verify that account exists
  ansible.builtin.assert:
    that:
      - account_data.exists
- name: Print account contacts
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: account_data.account.contact

Return Values

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

Key	Description
account dictionary	The account information, as retrieved from the ACME server. Returned: if account exists
contact list / elements=string	the challenge resource that must be created for validation Returned: always Sample: ["mailto:me@example.com", "tel:00123456789"]
orders string	A URL where a list of orders can be retrieved for this account. Use the retrieve_orders option to query this URL and retrieve the complete list of orders. Returned: always Sample: "https://example.ca/account/1/orders"
public_account_key string	the public account key as a JSON Web Key. Returned: always Sample: "{\"kty\":\"EC\",\"crv\":\"P-256\",\"x\":\"MKBCTNIcKUSDii11ySs3526iDZ8AiTo7Tu6KPAqv7D4\",\"y\":\"4Etl6SRW2YiLUrN5vfvVHuhp7x8PxltmWWlbbM4IFyM\"}"
status string	the account’s status Returned: always Can only return: "valid" "deactivated" "revoked" Sample: "valid"
account_uri string	ACME account URI, or None if account does not exist. Returned: always
exists boolean	Whether the account exists. Returned: always
order_uris list / elements=string added in community.crypto 1.5.0	The list of orders. If retrieve_orders is url_list, this will be a list of URLs. If retrieve_orders is object_list, this will be a list of objects. Returned: if account exists, retrieve_orders is not ignore, and server supports order listing
orders list / elements=dictionary	The list of orders. Returned: if account exists, retrieve_orders is object_list, and server supports order listing
authorizations list / elements=string	A list of URLs for authorizations for this order. Returned: success
certificate string	The URL for retrieving the certificate. Returned: when certificate was issued
error dictionary	In case an error occurred during processing, this contains information about the error. The field is structured as a problem document (RFC7807). Returned: when an error occurred
expires string	When the order expires. Timestamp should be formatted as described in RFC3339. Only required to be included in result when orders[].status is pending or valid. Returned: when server gives expiry date
finalize string	A URL used for finalizing an ACME order. Returned: success
identifiers list / elements=dictionary	List of identifiers this order is for. Returned: success
type string	Type of identifier. Returned: success Can only return: "dns" "ip"
value string	Name of identifier. Hostname or IP address. Returned: success
wildcard boolean	Whether orders[].identifiers[].value is actually a wildcard. The wildcard prefix *. is not included in orders[].identifiers[].value if this is true. Returned: required to be included if the identifier is wildcarded
notAfter string	The requested value of the notAfter field in the certificate. Date should be formatted as described in RFC3339. Server is not required to return this. Returned: when server returns this
notBefore string	The requested value of the notBefore field in the certificate. Date should be formatted as described in RFC3339. Server is not required to return this. Returned: when server returns this
status string	The order’s status. Returned: success Can only return: "pending" "ready" "processing" "valid" "invalid"

Authors

• Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

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