openssl_pkcs12 – Generate OpenSSL PKCS#12 archive

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openssl_pkcs12 – Generate OpenSSL PKCS#12 archive

New in version 2.7.


Synopsis

  • This module allows one to (re-)generate PKCS#12.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python-pyOpenSSL

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

action

string

  • export

  • parse

export or parse a PKCS#12.

attributes

string

The attributes the resulting file or directory should have.

To get supported flags look at the man page for chattr on the target system.

This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by lsattr.

The = operator is assumed as default, otherwise + or - operators need to be included in the string.


aliases: attr

backup

boolean

added in 2.8

  • no

  • yes

Create a backup file including a timestamp so you can get the original output file back if you overwrote it with a new one by accident.

certificate_path

path

The path to read certificates and private keys from.

Must be in PEM format.

force

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Should the file be regenerated even if it already exists.

friendly_name

string

Specifies the friendly name for the certificate and private key.


aliases: name

group

string

Name of the group that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.

iter_size

integer

Default:

2048

Number of times to repeat the encryption step.

maciter_size

integer

Default:

1

Number of times to repeat the MAC step.

mode

string

The permissions the resulting file or directory should have.

For those used to /usr/bin/chmod remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either add a leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like 0644 or 01777) or quote it (like '644' or '1777') so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number.

Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results.

As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, u+rwx or u=rw,g=r,o=r).

other_certificates

list / elements=path

List of other certificates to include. Pre 2.8 this parameter was called ca_certificates


aliases: ca_certificates

owner

string

Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown.

passphrase

string

The PKCS#12 password.

path

path / required

Filename to write the PKCS#12 file to.

privatekey_passphrase

string

Passphrase source to decrypt any input private keys with.

privatekey_path

path

File to read private key from.

selevel

string

Default:

"s0"

The level part of the SELinux file context.

This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the range.

When set to _default, it will use the level portion of the policy if available.

serole

string

The role part of the SELinux file context.

When set to _default, it will use the role portion of the policy if available.

setype

string

The type part of the SELinux file context.

When set to _default, it will use the type portion of the policy if available.

seuser

string

The user part of the SELinux file context.

By default it uses the system policy, where applicable.

When set to _default, it will use the user portion of the policy if available.

src

path

PKCS#12 file path to parse.

state

string

  • absent
  • present

Whether the file should exist or not. All parameters except path are ignored when state is absent.

unsafe_writes

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target file.

By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target files, but sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted files, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only be written in an unsafe manner.

This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform unsafe writes).

IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.



See Also

See also

openssl_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates
The official documentation on the openssl_certificate module.
openssl_csr – Generate OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
The official documentation on the openssl_csr module.
openssl_dhparam – Generate OpenSSL Diffie-Hellman Parameters
The official documentation on the openssl_dhparam module.
openssl_privatekey – Generate OpenSSL private keys
The official documentation on the openssl_privatekey module.
openssl_publickey – Generate an OpenSSL public key from its private key
The official documentation on the openssl_publickey module.


Examples

- name: Generate PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present

- name: Change PKCS#12 file permission
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present
    mode: '0600'

- name: Regen PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: export
    src: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    friendly_name: raclette
    privatekey_path: /opt/certs/keys/key.pem
    certificate_path: /opt/certs/cert.pem
    other_certificates: /opt/certs/ca.pem
    state: present
    mode: '0600'
    force: yes

- name: Dump/Parse PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    action: parse
    src: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.pem
    state: present

- name: Remove PKCS#12 file
  openssl_pkcs12:
    path: /opt/certs/ansible.p12
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

backup_file

string

changed and if backup is yes

Name of backup file created.


Sample:

/path/to/ansible.com.pem.2019-03-09@11:22~

filename

string

changed or success

Path to the generate PKCS#12 file.


Sample:

/opt/certs/ansible.p12

privatekey

string

changed or success

Path to the TLS/SSL private key the public key was generated from.


Sample:

/etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem




Status

Authors

  • Guillaume Delpierre (@gdelpierre)

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