community.windows.win_certificate_info module – Get information on certificates from a Windows Certificate Store

Note

This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 2.3.0).

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.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_certificate_info.

Synopsis

• Returns information about certificates in a Windows Certificate Store.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
store_location string	The location of the store to search. Choices: "CurrentUser" "LocalMachine" ← (default)
store_name string	The name of the store to search. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography.x509certificates.storename for a list of built-in store names. Default: "My"
thumbprint string	The thumbprint as a hex string of a certificate to find. When specified, filters the certificates return value to a single certificate See the examples for how to format the thumbprint.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_certificate_store

Manages the certificate store.

Examples

- name: Obtain information about a particular certificate in the computer's personal store
  community.windows.win_certificate_info:
    thumbprint: BD7AF104CF1872BDB518D95C9534EA941665FD27
  register: mycert

# thumbprint can also be lower case
- name: Obtain information about a particular certificate in the computer's personal store
  community.windows.win_certificate_info:
    thumbprint: bd7af104cf1872bdb518d95c9534ea941665fd27
  register: mycert

- name: Obtain information about all certificates in the root store
  community.windows.win_certificate_info:
    store_name: Root
  register: ca

# Import a pfx and then get information on the certificates
- name: Import pfx certificate that is password protected
  ansible.windows.win_certificate_store:
    path: C:\Temp\cert.pfx
    state: present
    password: VeryStrongPasswordHere!
  become: true
  become_method: runas
  register: mycert

- name: Obtain information on each certificate that was touched
  community.windows.win_certificate_info:
    thumbprint: "{{ item }}"
  register: mycert_stats
  loop: "{{ mycert.thumbprints }}"

Return Values

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

Key	Description
certificates list / elements=dictionary	A list of information about certificates found in the store, sorted by thumbprint. Returned: success
archived boolean	Indicates that the certificate is archived. Returned: success Sample: false
cert_data string	The base64 encoded data of the entire certificate. Returned: success
dns_names list / elements=string	Lists the registered dns names for the certificate. Returned: success Sample: ["*.m.wikiquote.org", "*.wikipedia.org"]
extensions list / elements=dictionary	The collection of the certificates extensions. Returned: success Sample: [{"critical": false, "field": "Subject Key Identifier", "value": "88 27 17 09 a9 b6 18 60 8b ec eb ba f6 47 59 c5 52 54 a3 b7"}, {"critical": true, "field": "Basic Constraints", "value": "Subject Type=CA, Path Length Constraint=None"}, {"critical": false, "field": "Authority Key Identifier", "value": "KeyID=2b d0 69 47 94 76 09 fe f4 6b 8d 2e 40 a6 f7 47 4d 7f 08 5e"}, {"critical": false, "field": "CRL Distribution Points", "value": "[1]CRL Distribution Point: Distribution Point Name:Full Name:URL=http://crl.apple.com/root.crl"}, {"critical": true, "field": "Key Usage", "value": "Digital Signature, Certificate Signing, Off-line CRL Signing, CRL Signing (86)"}, {"critical": false, "field": null, "value": "05 00"}]
friendly_name string	The associated alias for the certificate. Returned: success Sample: "Microsoft Root Authority"
has_private_key boolean	Indicates that the certificate contains a private key. Returned: success Sample: false
intended_purposes list / elements=string	lists the intended applications for the certificate. Returned: enhanced key usages extension exists. Sample: ["Server Authentication"]
is_ca boolean	Indicates that the certificate is a certificate authority (CA) certificate. Returned: basic constraints extension exists. Sample: true
issued_by string	The certificate issuer’s common name. Returned: success Sample: "Apple Root CA"
issued_to string	The certificate’s common name. Returned: success Sample: "Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority"
issuer string	The certificate issuer’s distinguished name. Returned: success Sample: "CN=Apple Root CA, OU=Apple Certification Authority, O=Apple Inc., C=US"
key_usages list / elements=string	Defines how the certificate key can be used. If this value is not defined, the key can be used for any purpose. Returned: key usages extension exists. Sample: ["CrlSign", "KeyCertSign", "DigitalSignature"]
path_length_constraint integer	The number of levels allowed in a certificates path. If this value is 0, the certificate does not have a restriction. Returned: basic constraints extension exists Sample: 0
public_key string	The base64 encoded public key of the certificate. Returned: success
serial_number string	The serial number of the certificate represented as a hexadecimal string Returned: success Sample: "01DEBCC4396DA010"
signature_algorithm string	The algorithm used to create the certificate’s signature Returned: success Sample: "sha1RSA"
ski string	The certificate’s subject key identifier Returned: subject key identifier extension exists. Sample: "88271709A9B618608BECEBBAF64759C55254A3B7"
subject string	The certificate’s distinguished name. Returned: success Sample: "CN=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority, OU=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations, O=Apple Inc., C=US"
thumbprint string	The thumbprint as a hex string of the certificate. The return format will always be upper case. Returned: success Sample: "FF6797793A3CD798DC5B2ABEF56F73EDC9F83A64"
valid_from float	The start date of the certificate represented in seconds since epoch. Returned: success Sample: 1360255727.0
valid_from_iso8601 string	The start date of the certificate represented as an iso8601 formatted date. Returned: success Sample: "2017-12-15T08:39:32Z"
valid_to float	The expiry date of the certificate represented in seconds since epoch. Returned: success Sample: 1675788527.0
valid_to_iso8601 string	The expiry date of the certificate represented as an iso8601 formatted date. Returned: success Sample: "2086-01-02T08:39:32Z"
version integer	The x509 format version of the certificate Returned: success Sample: 3
exists boolean	Whether any certificates were found in the store. When thumbprint is specified, returns true only if the certificate mathing the thumbprint exists. Returned: success Sample: true

Authors

• Micah Hunsberger (@mhunsber)

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