openssl_certificate_info – Provide information of OpenSSL X.509 certificates¶
New in version 2.8.
Synopsis¶
- This module allows one to query information on OpenSSL certificates.
- It uses the pyOpenSSL or cryptography python library to interact with OpenSSL. If both the cryptography and PyOpenSSL libraries are available (and meet the minimum version requirements) cryptography will be preferred as a backend over PyOpenSSL (unless the backend is forced with
select_crypto_backend). Please note that the PyOpenSSL backend was deprecated in Ansible 2.9 and will be removed in Ansible 2.13.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- PyOpenSSL >= 0.15 or cryptography >= 1.6
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
|
path
path
/ required
|
Remote absolute path where the certificate file is loaded from.
|
|
|
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 pyopenssl.If set to
pyopenssl, will try to use the pyOpenSSL library.If set to
cryptography, will try to use the cryptography library.Please note that the
pyopenssl backend has been deprecated in Ansible 2.9, and will be removed in Ansible 2.13. From that point on, only the cryptography backend will be available. |
|
valid_at
dictionary
|
A dict of names mapping to time specifications. Every time specified here will be checked whether the certificate is valid at this point. See the
valid_at return value for informations on the result.Time can be specified either as relative time or as absolute timestamp.
Time will always be interpreted as UTC.
Valid format is
[+-]timespec | ASN.1 TIME where timespec can be an integer + [w | d | h | m | s] (e.g. +32w1d2h, and ASN.1 TIME (i.e. pattern YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ). Note that all timestamps will be treated as being in UTC. |
Notes¶
Note
- All timestamp values are provided in ASN.1 TIME format, i.e. following the
YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZpattern. They are all in UTC.
See Also¶
See also
- openssl_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates
- The official documentation on the openssl_certificate module.
Examples¶
- name: Generate a Self Signed OpenSSL certificate
openssl_certificate:
path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
csr_path: /etc/ssl/csr/ansible.com.csr
provider: selfsigned
# Get information on the certificate
- name: Get information on generated certificate
openssl_certificate_info:
path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
register: result
- name: Dump information
debug:
var: result
# Check whether the certificate is valid or not valid at certain times, fail
# if this is not the case. The first task (openssl_certificate_info) collects
# the information, and the second task (assert) validates the result and
# makes the playbook fail in case something is not as expected.
- name: Test whether that certificate is valid tomorrow and/or in three weeks
openssl_certificate_info:
path: /etc/ssl/crt/ansible.com.crt
valid_at:
point_1: "+1d"
point_2: "+3w"
register: result
- name: Validate that certificate is valid tomorrow, but not in three weeks
assert:
that:
- result.valid_at.point_1 # valid in one day
- not result.valid_at.point_2 # not valid in three weeks
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
- Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)
- Markus Teufelberger (@MarkusTeufelberger)
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