aws_acm_facts - Retrieve certificate facts from AWS Certificate Manager service

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • boto
  • boto3
  • python >= 2.6

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aws_access_key
AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key
AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used.

aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
domain_name
The domain name of an ACM certificate to limit the search to

aliases: name
ec2_url
Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
profile
(added in 1.6)
Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
region
The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token
(added in 1.6)
AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used.

aliases: access_token
status
    Choices:
  • PENDING_VALIDATION
  • ISSUED
  • INACTIVE
  • EXPIRED
  • VALIDATION_TIMED_OUT
Status to filter the certificate results
validate_certs
bool

(added in 1.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

Notes

Note

  • If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
  • Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
  • AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples

- name: obtain all ACM certificates
  aws_acm_facts:

- name: obtain all facts for a single ACM certificate
  aws_acm_facts:
    domain_name: "*.example_com"

- name: obtain all certificates pending validiation
  aws_acm_facts:
    statuses:
    - PENDING_VALIDATION

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
certificates
complex
always
A list of certificates

  status
string
always
Status of the certificate in ACM

Sample:
ISSUED
  key_algorithm
string
always
Algorithm used to generate the certificate

Sample:
RSA-2048
  tags
dict
always
Tags associated with the certificate

Sample:
{'Environment': 'test', 'Application': 'helloworld'}
  certificate_chain
string
when certificate creation is complete
Full certificate chain for the certificate

Sample:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMII...\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n...
  in_use_by
list
always
A list of ARNs for the AWS resources that are using the certificate.

  signature_algorithm
string
always
Algorithm used to sign the certificate

Sample:
SHA256WITHRSA
  issued_at
string
always
Date certificate was issued

Sample:
2017-01-01T00:00:00+10:00
  serial
string
always
The serial number of the certificate

Sample:
00:01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d:0e:0f
  subject_alternative_names
list
always
Subject Alternative Names for the certificate

Sample:
['*.example.com']
  not_before
string
always
Date before which the certificate is not valid

Sample:
2017-01-01T00:00:00+10:00
  subject
string
always
The name of the entity that is associated with the public key contained in the certificate

Sample:
CN=*.example.com
  revoked_at
string
when the certificate has been revoked
Date certificate was revoked

Sample:
2017-09-01T10:00:00+10:00
  domain_validation_options
complex
when certificate type is AMAZON_ISSUED
Options used by ACM to validate the certificate

    validation_domain
string
always
The domain name ACM used to send validation emails

Sample:
example.com
    validation_status
string
always
Validation status of the domain

Sample:
SUCCESS
    domain_name
string
always
Fully qualified domain name of the certificate

Sample:
example.com
    validation_emails
list
always
A list of email addresses that ACM used to send domain validation emails

Sample:
  certificate
string
when certificate creation is complete
The ACM Certificate body

Sample:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMII.....-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n
  renewal_summary
complex
when certificate is issued by Amazon and a renewal has been started
Information about managed renewal process

    renewal_status
string
always
Status of the domain renewal

Sample:
PENDING_AUTO_RENEWAL
    domain_validation_options
complex
when certificate type is AMAZON_ISSUED
Options used by ACM to validate the certificate

      validation_domain
string
always
The domain name ACM used to send validation emails

Sample:
example.com
      validation_status
string
always
Validation status of the domain

Sample:
SUCCESS
      domain_name
string
always
Fully qualified domain name of the certificate

Sample:
example.com
      validation_emails
list
always
A list of email addresses that ACM used to send domain validation emails

Sample:
  not_after
string
always
Date after which the certificate is not valid

Sample:
2019-01-01T00:00:00+10:00
  created_at
string
always
Date certificate was created

Sample:
2017-08-15T10:31:19+10:00
  domain_name
string
always
Domain name for the certificate

Sample:
*.example.com
  revocation_reason
string
when the certificate has been revoked
Reason for certificate revocation

Sample:
SUPERCEDED
  failure_reason
string
only when certificate issuing failed
Reason certificate request failed

Sample:
NO_AVAILABLE_CONTACTS
  certificate_arn
string
always
Certificate ARN

Sample:
arn:aws:acm:ap-southeast-2:123456789012:certificate/abcd1234-abcd-1234-abcd-123456789abc
  issuer
string
always
Issuer of the certificate

Sample:
Amazon
  type
string
always
The source of the certificate

Sample:
AMAZON_ISSUED


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

  • Will Thames (@willthames)

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