community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey module – Manage ssl certificate keys.
Note
This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.1.0).
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.network
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey
.
Note
The community.network collection has been deprecated and will be removed from Ansible 12. See the discussion thread for more information.
DEPRECATED
- Removed in:
version 6.0.0
- Why:
This collection and all content in it is unmaintained and deprecated.
- Alternative:
Unknown.
Synopsis
Manage ssl certificate keys.
Aliases: network.netscaler.netscaler_ssl_certkey
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
nitro python sdk
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Name of and, optionally, path to the X509 certificate file that is used to form the certificate-key pair. The certificate file should be present on the appliance’s hard-disk drive or solid-state drive. Storing a certificate in any location other than the default might cause inconsistency in a high availability setup. /nsconfig/ssl/ is the default path. Minimum length = 1 |
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Name for the certificate and private-key pair. Must begin with an ASCII alphanumeric or underscore The following requirement applies only to the NetScaler CLI: If the name includes one or more spaces, enclose the name in double or single quotation marks (for example, “my cert” or ‘my cert’). Minimum length = 1 |
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Issue an alert when the certificate is about to expire. Choices:
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Input format of the certificate and the private-key files. The three formats supported by the appliance are: PEM - Privacy Enhanced Mail DER - Distinguished Encoding Rule PFX - Personal Information Exchange. Choices:
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Name of and, optionally, path to the private-key file that is used to form the certificate-key pair. The certificate file should be present on the appliance’s hard-disk drive or solid-state drive. Storing a certificate in any location other than the default might cause inconsistency in a high availability setup. /nsconfig/ssl/ is the default path. Minimum length = 1 |
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The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node. |
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Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects. Choices:
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Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler Default: |
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The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node. |
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Time, in number of days, before certificate expiration, at which to generate an alert that the certificate is about to expire. Minimum value = Maximum value = |
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The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made. The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555. |
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Pass phrase used to encrypt the private-key. Required when adding an encrypted private-key in PEM format. Minimum length = 1 |
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Passphrase that was used to encrypt the private-key. Use this option to load encrypted private-keys in PEM format. |
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If The module will not save the configuration on the netscaler node if it made no changes. Choices:
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The state of the resource being configured by the module on the netscaler node. When present the resource will be created if needed and configured according to the module’s parameters. When absent the resource will be deleted from the netscaler node. Choices:
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If Choices:
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Notes
Note
For more information on using Ansible to manage Citrix NetScaler Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-netscaler.
Examples
- name: Setup ssl certkey
delegate_to: localhost
community.network.netscaler_ssl_certkey:
nitro_user: nsroot
nitro_pass: nsroot
nsip: 172.18.0.2
certkey: certirificate_1
cert: server.crt
key: server.key
expirymonitor: enabled
notificationperiod: 30
inform: PEM
password: false
passplain: somesecret
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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List of differences between the actual configured object and the configuration specified in the module Returned: failure Sample: |
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list of logged messages by the module Returned: always Sample: |
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Message detailing the failure reason Returned: failure Sample: |
Status
This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.