OpenSSL Puppet Module

This module manages OpenSSL.

Class openssl

Make sure openssl is installed:

include ::openssl

Specify openssl and ca-certificates package versions:

class { '::openssl':
  package_ensure         => latest,
  ca_certificates_ensure => latest,
}

Types and providers

This module provides three types and associated providers to manage SSL keys and certificates.

In every case, not providing the password (or setting it to undef, which is the default) means that the private key won't be encrypted with any symmetric cipher so it is completely unprotected.

dhparam

This type allows to generate Diffie Hellman parameters.

Simple usage:

dhparam { '/path/to/dhparam.pem': }

Advanced options:

dhparam { '/path/to/dhparam.pem':
  size => 2048,
}

ssl_pkey

This type allows to generate SSL private keys.

Simple usage:

ssl_pkey { '/path/to/private.key': }

Advanced options:

ssl_pkey { '/path/to/private.key':
  ensure   => 'present',
  password => 'j(D$',
}

x509_cert

This type allows to generate SSL certificates from a private key. You need to deploy a template file (templates/cert.cnf.erb is an example).

Simple usage:

x509_cert { '/path/to/certificate.crt': }

Advanced options:

x509_cert { '/path/to/certificate.crt':
  ensure      => 'present',
  password    => 'j(D$',
  template    => '/other/path/to/template.cnf',
  private_key => '/there/is/my/private.key',
  days        => 4536,
  force       => false,
}

x509_request

This type allows to generate SSL certificate signing requests from a private key. You need to deploy a template file (templates/cert.cnf.erb is an example).

Simple usage:

x509_request { '/path/to/request.csr': }

Advanced options:

x509_request { '/path/to/request.csr':
  ensure      => 'present',
  password    => 'j(D$',
  template    => '/other/path/to/template.cnf',
  private_key => '/there/is/my/private.key',
  force       => false,
}

Definitions

openssl::certificate::x509

This definition is a wrapper around the ssl_pkey, x509_cert and x509_request types. It generates a certificate template, then generates the private key, certificate and certificate signing request and sets the owner of the files.

Simple usage:

openssl::certificate::x509 { 'foo':
  country      => 'CH',
  organization => 'Example.com',
  commonname   => $fqdn,
}

Advanced options:

openssl::certificate::x509 { 'foo':
  ensure       => present,
  country      => 'CH',
  organization => 'Example.com',
  commonname   => $fqdn,
  state        => 'Here',
  locality     => 'Myplace',
  unit         => 'MyUnit',
  altnames     => ['a.com', 'b.com', 'c.com'],
  email        => '[email protected]',
  days         => 3456,
  base_dir     => '/var/www/ssl',
  owner        => 'www-data',
  group        => 'www-data',
  password     => 'j(D$',
  force        => false,
  cnf_tpl      => 'my_module/cert.cnf.erb'
}

openssl::export::pkcs12

This definition generates a pkcs12 file:

openssl::export::pkcs12 { 'foo':
  ensure   => 'present',
  basedir  => '/path/to/dir',
  pkey     => '/here/is/my/private.key',
  cert     => '/there/is/the/cert.crt',
  in_pass  => 'my_pkey_password',
  out_pass => 'my_pkcs12_password',
}

openssl::dhparam

This definition creates a dhparam PEM file:

Simple usage:

openssl::dhparam { '/path/to/dhparam.pem': }

which is equivalent to:

openssl::dhparam { '/path/to/dhparam.pem':
  ensure => 'present',
  size   => 512,
  owner  => 'root',
  group  => 'root',
  mode   => '0644',
}

Advanced usage:

openssl::dhparam { '/path/to/dhparam.pem':
  ensure => 'present',
  size   => 2048,
  owner  => 'www-data',
  group  => 'adm',
  mode   => '0640',
}

Contributing

Please report bugs and feature request using GitHub issue tracker.

For pull requests, it is very much appreciated to check your Puppet manifest with puppet-lint to follow the recommended Puppet style guidelines from the Puppet Labs style guide.