community.crypto.acme_inspect – Send direct requests to an ACME server

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Allows to send direct requests to an ACME server with the ACME protocol, which is supported by CAs such as Let’s Encrypt.
• This module can be used to debug failed certificate request attempts, for example when community.crypto.acme_certificate fails or encounters a problem which you wish to investigate.
• The module can also be used to directly access features of an ACME servers which are not yet supported by the Ansible ACME modules.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.6
• either openssl or cryptography >= 1.5

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

- name: Get directory
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    method: directory-only
  register: directory

- name: Create an account
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    url: "{{ directory.newAccount}}"
    method: post
    content: '{"termsOfServiceAgreed":true}'
  register: account_creation
  # account_creation.headers.location contains the account URI
  # if creation was successful

- name: Get account information
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    method: get

- name: Update account contacts
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    method: post
    content: '{{ account_info | to_json }}'
  vars:
    account_info:
      # For valid values, see
      # https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555#section-7.3
      contact:
      - mailto:[email protected]

- name: Create certificate order
  community.crypto.acme_certificate:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    csr: /etc/pki/cert/csr/sample.com.csr
    fullchain_dest: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com-fullchain.crt
    challenge: http-01
  register: certificate_request

# Assume something went wrong. certificate_request.order_uri contains
# the order URI.

- name: Get order information
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ certificate_request.order_uri }}"
    method: get
  register: order

- name: Get first authz for order
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ order.output_json.authorizations[0] }}"
    method: get
  register: authz

- name: Get HTTP-01 challenge for authz
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ authz.output_json.challenges | selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'http-01') }}"
    method: get
  register: http01challenge

- name: Activate HTTP-01 challenge manually
  community.crypto.acme_inspect:
    acme_directory: https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
    acme_version: 2
    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
    account_uri: "{{ account_creation.headers.location }}"
    url: "{{ http01challenge.url }}"
    method: post
    content: '{}'

Return Values

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

Authors

• Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)