community.crypto.ecs_domain – Request validation of a domain with the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API

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.ecs_domain.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.crypto

Synopsis

  • Request validation or re-validation of a domain with the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
  • Requires credentials for the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
  • If the domain is already in the validation process, no new validation will be requested, but the validation data (if applicable) will be returned.
  • If the domain is already in the validation process but the verification_method specified is different than the current verification_method, the verification_method will be updated and validation data (if applicable) will be returned.
  • If the domain is an active, validated domain, the return value of changed will be false, unless domain_status=EXPIRED, in which case a re-validation will be performed.
  • If verification_method=dns, details about the required DNS entry will be specified in the return parameters dns_contents, dns_location, and dns_resource_type.
  • If verification_method=web_server, details about the required file details will be specified in the return parameters file_contents and file_location.
  • If verification_method=email, the email address(es) that the validation email(s) were sent to will be in the return parameter emails. This is purely informational. For domains requested using this module, this will always be a list of size 1.

Requirements

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

  • PyYAML >= 3.11

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
client_id
integer
Default:
1
The client ID to request the domain be associated with.
If no client ID is specified, the domain will be added under the primary client with ID of 1.
domain_name
string / required
The domain name to be verified or reverified.
entrust_api_client_cert_key_path
path / required
The path to the key for the client certificate used to authenticate to the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
entrust_api_client_cert_path
path / required
The path to the client certificate used to authenticate to the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
entrust_api_key
string / required
The key (password) for authentication to the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
entrust_api_specification_path
path
Default:
"https://cloud.entrust.net/EntrustCloud/documentation/cms-api-2.1.0.yaml"
The path to the specification file defining the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API configuration.
You can use this to keep a local copy of the specification to avoid downloading it every time the module is used.
entrust_api_user
string / required
The username for authentication to the Entrust Certificate Services (ECS) API.
verification_email
string
Email address to be used to verify domain ownership.
Email address must be either an email address present in the WHOIS data for domain_name, or one of the following constructed emails: admin@domain_name, administrator@domain_name, webmaster@domain_name, hostmaster@domain_name, postmaster@domain_name
Note that if domain_name includes subdomains, the top level domain should be used. For example, if requesting validation of example1.ansible.com, or test.example2.ansible.com, and you want to use the "admin" preconstructed name, the email address should be [email protected].
If using the email values from the WHOIS data for the domain or it's top level namespace, they must be exact matches.
If verification_method=email but verification_email is not provided, the first email address found in WHOIS data for the domain will be used.
To verify domain ownership, domain owner must follow the instructions in the email they receive.
Only allowed if verification_method=email
verification_method
string / required
    Choices:
  • dns
  • email
  • manual
  • web_server
The verification method to be used to prove control of the domain.
If verification_method=email and the value verification_email is specified, that value is used for the email validation. If verification_email is not provided, the first value present in WHOIS data will be used. An email will be sent to the address in verification_email with instructions on how to verify control of the domain.
If verification_method=dns, the value dns_contents must be stored in location dns_location, with a DNS record type of verification_dns_record_type. To prove domain ownership, update your DNS records so the text string returned by dns_contents is available at dns_location.
If verification_method=web_server, the contents of return value file_contents must be made available on a web server accessible at location file_location.
If verification_method=manual, the domain will be validated with a manual process. This is not recommended.

Notes

Note

  • There is a small delay (typically about 5 seconds, but can be as long as 60 seconds) before obtaining the random values when requesting a validation while verification_method=dns or verification_method=web_server. Be aware of that if doing many domain validation requests.

See Also

See also

community.crypto.x509_certificate

Can be used to request certificates from ECS, with provider=entrust.

community.crypto.ecs_certificate

Can be used to request a Certificate from ECS using a verified domain.

Examples

- name: Request domain validation using email validation for client ID of 2.
  community.crypto.ecs_domain:
    domain_name: ansible.com
    client_id: 2
    verification_method: email
    verification_email: [email protected]
    entrust_api_user: apiusername
    entrust_api_key: a^lv*32!cd9LnT
    entrust_api_client_cert_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.crt
    entrust_api_client_cert_key_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.key

- name: Request domain validation using DNS. If domain is already valid,
        request revalidation if expires within 90 days
  community.crypto.ecs_domain:
    domain_name: ansible.com
    verification_method: dns
    entrust_api_user: apiusername
    entrust_api_key: a^lv*32!cd9LnT
    entrust_api_client_cert_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.crt
    entrust_api_client_cert_key_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.key

- name: Request domain validation using web server validation, and revalidate
        if fewer than 60 days remaining of EV eligibility.
  community.crypto.ecs_domain:
    domain_name: ansible.com
    verification_method: web_server
    entrust_api_user: apiusername
    entrust_api_key: a^lv*32!cd9LnT
    entrust_api_client_cert_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.crt
    entrust_api_client_cert_key_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.key

- name: Request domain validation using manual validation.
  community.crypto.ecs_domain:
    domain_name: ansible.com
    verification_method: manual
    entrust_api_user: apiusername
    entrust_api_key: a^lv*32!cd9LnT
    entrust_api_client_cert_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.crt
    entrust_api_client_cert_key_path: /etc/ssl/entrust/ecs-client.key

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
client_id
integer
changed or success
Client ID that the domain belongs to. If the input value client_id is specified, this will always be the same as client_id

Sample:
1
dns_contents
string
changed and if verification_method is dns
The value that ECS will be expecting to find in the DNS record located at dns_location.

Sample:
AB23CD41432522FF2526920393982FAB
dns_location
string
changed and if verification_method is dns
The location that ECS will be expecting to be able to find the DNS entry for domain verification, containing the contents of dns_contents.

Sample:
_pki-validation.ansible.com
dns_resource_type
string
changed and if verification_method is dns
The type of resource record that ECS will be expecting for the DNS record located at dns_location.

Sample:
TXT
domain_status
string
changed or success
Status of the current domain. Will be one of APPROVED, DECLINED, CANCELLED, INITIAL_VERIFICATION, DECLINED, CANCELLED, RE_VERIFICATION, EXPIRED, EXPIRING

Sample:
APPROVED
emails
list / elements=string
verification_method is email
The list of emails used to request validation of this domain.
Domains requested using this module will only have a list of size 1.

Sample:
ev_days_remaining
integer
success and ev_eligible is true and domain_status is APPROVED, RE_VERIFICATION or EXPIRING.
The number of days the domain remains eligible for submission of "EV" certificates. Will never be greater than the value of ov_days_remaining

Sample:
94
ev_eligible
boolean
success and domain_status is APPROVED, RE_VERIFICATION or EXPIRING, or EXPIRED.
Whether the domain is eligible for submission of "EV" certificates. Will never be true if ov_eligible is false

Sample:
True
file_contents
string
verification_method is web_server
The contents of the file that ECS will be expecting to find at file_location.

Sample:
AB23CD41432522FF2526920393982FAB
file_location
string
verification_method is web_server
The location that ECS will be expecting to be able to find the file for domain verification, containing the contents of file_contents.

Sample:
http://ansible.com/.well-known/pki-validation/abcd.txt
ov_days_remaining
integer
success and ov_eligible is true and domain_status is APPROVED, RE_VERIFICATION or EXPIRING.
The number of days the domain remains eligible for submission of "OV" certificates. Will never be less than the value of ev_days_remaining

Sample:
129
ov_eligible
boolean
success and domain_status is APPROVED, RE_VERIFICATION, EXPIRING, or EXPIRED.
Whether the domain is eligible for submission of "OV" certificates. Will never be false if ov_eligible is true

Sample:
True
verification_method
string
changed or success
Verification method used to request the domain validation. If changed will be the same as verification_method input parameter.

Sample:
dns


Authors

  • Chris Trufan (@ctrufan)

© 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/ecs_domain_module.html