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
    Choices:
  • auto ←
  • cryptography
  • pyopenssl
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 YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ pattern. 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:

Key Returned Description
authority_cert_issuer
list / elements=string
added in 2.9
success and if the pyOpenSSL backend is not used
The certificate's authority cert issuer as a list of general names.
Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Sample:
[DNS:www.ansible.com, IP:1.2.3.4]
authority_cert_serial_number
integer
added in 2.9
success and if the pyOpenSSL backend is not used
The certificate's authority cert serial number.
Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Sample:
12345
authority_key_identifier
string
added in 2.9
success and if the pyOpenSSL backend is not used
The certificate's authority key identifier.
The identifier is returned in hexadecimal, with : used to separate bytes.
Is none if the AuthorityKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Sample:
00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33
basic_constraints
list / elements=string
success
Entries in the basic_constraints extension, or none if extension is not present.

Sample:
[CA:TRUE, pathlen:1]
basic_constraints_critical
boolean
success
Whether the basic_constraints extension is critical.

expired
boolean
success
Whether the certificate is expired (i.e. notAfter is in the past)

extended_key_usage
list / elements=string
success
Entries in the extended_key_usage extension, or none if extension is not present.

Sample:
[Biometric Info, DVCS, Time Stamping]
extended_key_usage_critical
boolean
success
Whether the extended_key_usage extension is critical.

extensions_by_oid
dictionary
success
Returns a dictionary for every extension OID

Sample:
{"1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.24": { "critical": false, "value": "MAMCAQU="}}
 
critical
boolean
success
Whether the extension is critical.

 
value
string
success
The Base64 encoded value (in DER format) of the extension

Sample:
MAMCAQU=
issuer
dictionary
success
The certificate's issuer.
Note that for repeated values, only the last one will be returned.

Sample:
{"organizationName": "Ansible", "commonName": "ca.example.com"}
issuer_ordered
list / elements=list
added in 2.9
success
The certificate's issuer as an ordered list of tuples.

Sample:
[["organizationName", "Ansible"], ["commonName": "ca.example.com"]]
key_usage
string
success
Entries in the key_usage extension, or none if extension is not present.

Sample:
[Key Agreement, Data Encipherment]
key_usage_critical
boolean
success
Whether the key_usage extension is critical.

not_after
string
success
notAfter date as ASN.1 TIME

Sample:
20190413202428Z
not_before
string
success
notBefore date as ASN.1 TIME

Sample:
20190331202428Z
ocsp_must_staple
boolean
success
yes if the OCSP Must Staple extension is present, none otherwise.

ocsp_must_staple_critical
boolean
success
Whether the ocsp_must_staple extension is critical.

ocsp_uri
string
added in 2.9
success
The OCSP responder URI, if included in the certificate. Will be none if no OCSP responder URI is included.

public_key
string
success
Certificate's public key in PEM format

Sample:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIICIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAg8A...
public_key_fingerprints
dictionary
success
Fingerprints of certificate's public key.
For every hash algorithm available, the fingerprint is computed.

Sample:
{'sha256': 'd4:b3:aa:6d:c8:04:ce:4e:ba:f6:29:4d:92:a3:94:b0:c2:ff:bd:bf:33:63:11:43:34:0f:51:b0:95:09:2f:63', 'sha512': 'f7:07:4a:f0:b0:f0:e6:8b:95:5f:f9:e6:61:0a:32:68:f1...
serial_number
integer
success
The certificate's serial number.

Sample:
1234
signature_algorithm
string
success
The signature algorithm used to sign the certificate.

Sample:
sha256WithRSAEncryption
subject
dictionary
success
The certificate's subject as a dictionary.
Note that for repeated values, only the last one will be returned.

Sample:
{"commonName": "www.example.com", "emailAddress": "test@example.com"}
subject_alt_name
list / elements=string
success
Entries in the subject_alt_name extension, or none if extension is not present.

Sample:
[DNS:www.ansible.com, IP:1.2.3.4]
subject_alt_name_critical
boolean
success
Whether the subject_alt_name extension is critical.

subject_key_identifier
string
added in 2.9
success and if the pyOpenSSL backend is not used
The certificate's subject key identifier.
The identifier is returned in hexadecimal, with : used to separate bytes.
Is none if the SubjectKeyIdentifier extension is not present.

Sample:
00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:11:22:33
subject_ordered
list / elements=list
added in 2.9
success
The certificate's subject as an ordered list of tuples.

Sample:
[["commonName", "www.example.com"], ["emailAddress": "test@example.com"]]
valid_at
dictionary
success
For every time stamp provided in the valid_at option, a boolean whether the certificate is valid at that point in time or not.

version
integer
success
The certificate version.

Sample:
3


Status

Authors

  • Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
  • Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)
  • Markus Teufelberger (@MarkusTeufelberger)

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