community.crypto.acme_account – Create, modify or delete ACME accounts

Note

This plugin is part of the community.crypto collection (version 1.9.6).

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.crypto.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.crypto.acme_account.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
See Also
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Allows to create, modify or delete accounts with a CA supporting the ACME protocol, such as Let’s Encrypt.
This module only works with the ACME v2 protocol.

Requirements

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

python >= 2.6
either openssl or cryptography >= 1.5

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
account_key_content string			Content of the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key. Mutually exclusive with `account_key_src`. Required if `account_key_src` is not used. Warning: the content will be written into a temporary file, which will be deleted by Ansible when the module completes. Since this is an important private key — it can be used to change the account key, or to revoke your certificates without knowing their private keys —, this might not be acceptable. In case `cryptography` is used, the content is not written into a temporary file. It can still happen that it is written to disk by Ansible in the process of moving the module with its argument to the node where it is executed.
account_key_passphrase string added in 1.6.0 of community.crypto			Phassphrase to use to decode the account key. Note: this is not supported by the `openssl` backend, only by the `cryptography` backend.
account_key_src path			Path to a file containing the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key. Private keys can be created with the community.crypto.openssl_privatekey or community.crypto.openssl_privatekey_pipe modules. If the requisites (pyOpenSSL or cryptography) are not available, keys can also be created directly with the `openssl` command line tool: RSA keys can be created with `openssl genrsa ...`. Elliptic curve keys can be created with `openssl ecparam -genkey ...`. Any other tool creating private keys in PEM format can be used as well. Mutually exclusive with `account_key_content`. Required if `account_key_content` is not used. aliases: account_key
account_uri string			If specified, assumes that the account URI is as given. If the account key does not match this account, or an account with this URI does not exist, the module fails.
acme_directory string			The ACME directory to use. This is the entry point URL to access the ACME CA server API. For safety reasons the default is set to the Let's Encrypt staging server (for the ACME v1 protocol). This will create technically correct, but untrusted certificates. The default value is `https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory`. Note that in community.crypto 2.0.0, this option will be required and will no longer have a default. Note that the default is the Let's Encrypt staging server for the ACME v1 protocol, which is deprecated and will be disabled in May 2021 (see here for details). For Let's Encrypt, all staging endpoints can be found here: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/. For Buypass, all endpoints can be found here: https://community.buypass.com/t/63d4ay/buypass-go-ssl-endpoints For Let's Encrypt, the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory. (The production directory URL for ACME v1 is https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory and will be disabled in July 2021.) For Buypass, the production directory URL for ACME v2 and v1 is https://api.buypass.com/acme/directory. For ZeroSSL, the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme.zerossl.com/v2/DV90. Warning: So far, the ACME modules have only been tested against Let's Encrypt (staging and production), Buypass (staging and production), ZeroSSL (production), and Pebble testing server. If you experience problems with another ACME server, please create an issue to help us supporting it. Feedback that an ACME server not mentioned does work is also appreciated.
acme_version integer		Choices: 1 2	The ACME version of the endpoint. Must be `1` for the classic Let's Encrypt and Buypass ACME endpoints, or `2` for standardized ACME v2 endpoints. The default value is `1`. Note that in community.crypto 2.0.0, this option will be required and will no longer have a default. Please also note that we will deprecate ACME v1 support eventually.
allow_creation boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Whether account creation is allowed (when state is `present`).
contact list / elements=string		Default: []	A list of contact URLs. Email addresses must be prefixed with `mailto:`. See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555#section-7.3 for what is allowed. Must be specified when state is `present`. Will be ignored if state is `absent` or `changed_key`.
external_account_binding dictionary added in 1.1.0 of community.crypto			Allows to provide external account binding data during account creation. This is used by CAs like Sectigo to bind a new ACME account to an existing CA-specific account, to be able to properly identify a customer. Only used when creating a new account. Can not be specified for ACME v1.
	alg string / required	Choices: HS256 HS384 HS512	The MAC algorithm provided by the CA. If not specified by the CA, this is probably `HS256`.
	key string / required		Base64 URL encoded value of the MAC key provided by the CA. Padding (`=` symbols at the end) can be omitted.
	kid string / required		The key identifier provided by the CA.
new_account_key_content string			Content of the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key to change to. Same restrictions apply as to `account_key_content`. Mutually exclusive with `new_account_key_src`. Required if `new_account_key_src` is not used and state is `changed_key`.
new_account_key_passphrase string added in 1.6.0 of community.crypto			Phassphrase to use to decode the new account key. Note: this is not supported by the `openssl` backend, only by the `cryptography` backend.
new_account_key_src path			Path to a file containing the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key to change to. Same restrictions apply as to `account_key_src`. Mutually exclusive with `new_account_key_content`. Required if `new_account_key_content` is not used and state is `changed_key`.
select_crypto_backend string		Choices: auto ← cryptography openssl	Determines which crypto backend to use. The default choice is `auto`, which tries to use `cryptography` if available, and falls back to `openssl`. If set to `openssl`, will try to use the `openssl` binary. If set to `cryptography`, will try to use the cryptography library.
state string / required		Choices: present absent changed_key	The state of the account, to be identified by its account key. If the state is `absent`, the account will either not exist or be deactivated. If the state is `changed_key`, the account must exist. The account key will be changed; no other information will be touched.
terms_agreed boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Boolean indicating whether you agree to the terms of service document. ACME servers can require this to be true.
validate_certs boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Whether calls to the ACME directory will validate TLS certificates. Warning: Should only ever be set to `no` for testing purposes, for example when testing against a local Pebble server.

Notes

Note

The community.crypto.acme_certificate module also allows to do basic account management. When using both modules, it is recommended to disable account management for community.crypto.acme_certificate. For that, use the modify_account option of community.crypto.acme_certificate.
If a new enough version of the cryptography library is available (see Requirements for details), it will be used instead of the openssl binary. This can be explicitly disabled or enabled with the select_crypto_backend option. Note that using the openssl binary will be slower and less secure, as private key contents always have to be stored on disk (see account_key_content).
Although the defaults are chosen so that the module can be used with the Let’s Encrypt CA, the module can in principle be used with any CA providing an ACME endpoint, such as Buypass Go SSL.

Examples

- name: Make sure account exists and has given contacts. We agree to TOS.
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    state: present
    terms_agreed: yes
    contact:
    - mailto:[email protected]
    - mailto:[email protected]

- name: Make sure account has given email address. Don't create account if it doesn't exist
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    state: present
    allow_creation: no
    contact:
    - mailto:[email protected]

- name: Change account's key to the one stored in the variable new_account_key
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    new_account_key_content: '{{ new_account_key }}'
    state: changed_key

- name: Delete account (we have to use the new key)
  community.crypto.acme_account:
    account_key_content: '{{ new_account_key }}'
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
account_uri string	always	ACME account URI, or None if account does not exist.

Authors

Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/acme_account_module.html