openssl_csr - Generate OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module allows one to (re)generate OpenSSL certificate signing requests. It uses the pyOpenSSL python library to interact with openssl. This module supports the subjectAltName, keyUsage, extendedKeyUsage, basicConstraints and OCSP Must Staple extensions.

Requirements

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

• python-pyOpenSSL >= 0.15

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    common_name: www.ansible.com

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with a
# passphrase protected private key
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    privatekey_passphrase: ansible
    common_name: www.ansible.com

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with Subject information
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    country_name: FR
    organization_name: Ansible
    email_address: [email protected]
    common_name: www.ansible.com

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with subjectAltName extension
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    subject_alt_name: 'DNS:www.ansible.com,DNS:m.ansible.com'

# Force re-generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    force: True
    common_name: www.ansible.com

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with special key usages
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    common_name: www.ansible.com
    key_usage:
      - digitalSignature
      - keyAgreement
    extended_key_usage:
      - clientAuth

# Generate an OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request with OCSP Must Staple
- openssl_csr:
    path: /etc/ssl/csr/www.ansible.com.csr
    privatekey_path: /etc/ssl/private/ansible.com.pem
    common_name: www.ansible.com
    ocsp_must_staple: true

Return Values

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

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Yanis Guenane (@Spredzy)