volker.raschek/ansible-role-certificate-authority

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feat: assert that the signing certificate authority is available

Issuing an intermediate certificate authority or a client certificate always
signs against the private key of the parent authority, regardless of whether
that authority is managed in the same run. With `certificate_authority_root_ca_skip`
or `certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_skip` enabled and no previously
provisioned key at the configured path, this surfaced as a generic module error
deep inside the signing task.

Stat the parent private key upfront and assert its presence, so the failure
names the missing path and the variables that control it. Skipping the parent
remains valid when its key already exists, because the check inspects the file
instead of the skip variable.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>

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chore(deps): update ansible/ansible-lint action to v26.8.0

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fix: replace deprecated INJECT_FACTS_AS_VARS

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docs: shorten SAN format hint to keep README table aligned

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README.md

certificate-authority

This Ansible role can be used to create a root and intermediate certificate authority and issue client certificates from them. Additionally offers the ansible role the feature to import the certificates of the authority into the systems trust store.

Examples

The following minimal example creates a root and intermediate certificate authority and issues a client certificate from the intermediate certificate authority.

certificate_authority_client_skip: false
certificate_authority_client_common_name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
certificate_authority_client_subject_alternative_names:
- "DNS:{{ inventory_hostname }}"
- "DNS:san.example.local"
- "IP:10.11.12.13"

Parameters

Root Certificate Authority (CA)

Name	Description	Value
`certificate_authority_root_ca_skip`	Skip creation or import of a root certificate authority in general.	`false`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_create`	Create root certificate from scratch or import via `certificate_authority_root_ca_tls` prefixed variables.	`true`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_import`	Import the TLS certificate of the root certificate authority into the systems trust store.	`true`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_path`	Directory where the private and public TLS key of the root certificate authority should be stored.	`/etc/ansible-playbook/pki/ca`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_common_name`	Common Name (CN) of the root certificate authority.	`Ansible Root CA`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_country_name`	Common Name (CN) of the root certificate authority. For example `US`, `FR` or `DE`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_email_address`	E-Mail Address of the root certificate authority owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_organization_name`	Organization name of the root certificate authority owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_organizational_unit_name`	Organizational unit name of the root certificate authority.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_state_or_province_name`	State or province name where the owner of the root certificate authority is located.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_subject_alternative_names`	Subject Alternative Names (SAN) of the root certificate authority. Example: `DNS:example.local`, `IP:10.11.12.13`.	`[]`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_not_after`	Time in the future from now when the TLS certificate should expire	`+3650d`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_not_before`	Time in the past from now when the TLS certificate should be valid.	`+0s`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_tls_key_content`	Content of a custom used root certificate authority. Will only be imported, when `certificate_authority_root_ca_create: false`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_tls_crt_content`	Content of a custom used certificate of the certificate authority. Will only be imported, when `certificate_authority_root_ca_create: false`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_tls_key_passphrase`	Passphrase for the private key of the generated or imported root certificate authority.	`""`
`certificate_authority_root_ca_tls_key_type`	Algorithm of the private key of the root certificate authority.	`RSA`

Intermediate Certificate Authority (CA)

Name	Description	Value
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_skip`	Skip creation or import of a intermediate certificate authority in general.	`false`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_create`	Create intermediate certificate from scratch or import via `certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_tls` prefixed variables.	`true`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_path`	Directory where the private and public TLS key of the intermediate certificate authority should be stored.	`/etc/ansible-playbook/pki/intermediate`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_common_name`	Common Name (CN) of the intermediate certificate authority.	`Ansible Intermediate CA`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_country_name`	Country name of the intermediate certificate authority. For example `US`, `FR` or `DE`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_email_address`	E-Mail Address of the intermediate certificate authority owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_organization_name`	Organization name of the intermediate certificate authority owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_organizational_unit_name`	Organizational unit name of the intermediate certificate authority.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_state_or_province_name`	State or province name where the owner of the intermediate certificate authority is located.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_subject_alternative_names`	Subject Alternative Names (SAN) of the intermediate certificate authority. Example: `DNS:example.local`, `IP:10.11.12.13`.	`[]`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_not_after`	Time in the future from now when the TLS certificate should expire	`+1825d`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_not_before`	Time in the past from now when the TLS certificate should be valid.	`+0s`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_tls_key_content`	Content of a custom used intermediate certificate authority. Will only be imported, when `certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_create: false`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_tls_crt_content`	Content of a custom used certificate of the certificate authority. Will only be imported, when `certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_create: false`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_tls_key_passphrase`	Passphrase for the private key of the generated or imported intermediate certificate authority.	`""`
`certificate_authority_intermediate_ca_tls_key_type`	Algorithm of the private key of the intermediate certificate authority.	`RSA`

Client Certificate

Name	Description	Value
`certificate_authority_client_skip`	Skip creation or import of a client certificate in general.	`true`
`certificate_authority_client_create`	Create client certificate from scratch or import via `certificate_authority_client_tls` prefixed variables.	`true`
`certificate_authority_client_path`	Directory where the private and public TLS key of the client certificate authority should be stored.	`/etc/ansible-playbook/pki/client`
`certificate_authority_client_common_name`	Common Name (CN) of the client certificate.	`Ansible Client Certificate`
`certificate_authority_client_country_name`	Country Name (CN) of the client certificate. For example `US`, `FR` or `DE`.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_email_address`	E-Mail Address of the client certificate owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_organization_name`	Organization name of the client certificate owner.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_organizational_unit_name`	Common Name (CN) of the client certificate.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_state_or_province_name`	State or province name where the owner of the client certificate is located.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_subject_alternative_names`	Subject Alternative Names (SAN) of the client certificate. Example: `DNS:example.local`, `IP:10.11.12.13`.	`[]`
`certificate_authority_client_not_after`	Time in the future from now when the TLS certificate should expire	`+397d`
`certificate_authority_client_not_before`	Time in the past from now when the TLS certificate should be valid.	`+0s`
`certificate_authority_client_tls_key_passphrase`	Passphrase for the private key of the generated or imported client certificate.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_tls_key_type`	Algorithm of the private key of the client certificate.	`RSA`
`certificate_authority_client_tls_crt_content`	Passphrase for the private key of the generated or imported client certificate.	`""`
`certificate_authority_client_tls_key_content`	Algorithm of the private key of the client certificate	`""`