openssl_x509_certificate resource¶

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Use the openssl_x509_certificate resource to generate signed or self-signed, PEM-formatted x509 certificates. If no existing key is specified, the resource will automatically generate a passwordless key with the certificate. If a CA private key and certificate are provided, the certificate will be signed with them. Note: This resource was renamed from openssl_x509 to openssl_x509_certificate. The legacy name will continue to function, but cookbook code should be updated for the new resource name.

New in Chef Client 14.4.

Syntax¶

The openssl_x509_certificate resource has the following syntax:

openssl_x509_certificate 'name' do
  ca_cert_file          String
  ca_key_file           String
  ca_key_pass           String
  city                  String
  common_name           String
  country               String
  csr_file              String
  email                 String
  expire                Integer # default value: 365
  extensions            Hash
  group                 String
  key_curve             String # default value: prime256v1
  key_file              String
  key_length            Integer # default value: 2048
  key_pass              String
  key_type              String # default value: rsa
  mode                  Integer, String
  org                   String
  org_unit              String
  owner                 String
  path                  String # default value: 'name' unless specified
  state                 String
  subject_alt_name      Array
  action                Symbol # defaults to :create if not specified
end

where:

openssl_x509_certificate is the resource.
name is the name given to the resource block.
action identifies which steps the chef-client will take to bring the node into the desired state.
ca_cert_file, ca_key_file, ca_key_pass, city, common_name, country, csr_file, email, expire, extensions, group, key_curve, key_file, key_length, key_pass, key_type, mode, org, org_unit, owner, path, state, and subject_alt_name are the properties available to this resource.

Actions¶

The openssl_x509_certificate resource has the following actions:

:create: Default. Create the certificate file.
:nothing: Define this resource block to do nothing until notified by another resource to take action. When this resource is notified, this resource block is either run immediately or it is queued up to be run at the end of the Chef Client run.

Properties¶

city

Ruby Type: String

Value for the L certificate field.

email

Ruby Type: String

Value for the email ssl field.

ca_cert_file

Ruby Type: String

The path to the CA X509 Certificate on the filesystem. If the ca_cert_file property is specified, the ca_key_file property must also be specified, the certificate will be signed with them.

ca_key_file

Ruby Type: String

The path to the CA private key on the filesystem. If the ca_key_file property is specified, the ca_cert_file property must also be specified, the certificate will be signed with them.

ca_key_pass

Ruby Type: String

The passphrase for CA private key’s passphrase.

city

Ruby Type: String

Value for the L certificate field.

common_name

Ruby Type: String

Value for the CN certificate field.

country

Ruby Type: String

Value for the C certificate field.

csr_file

Ruby Type: String

The path to a X509 Certificate Request (CSR) on the filesystem. If the csr_file property is specified, the resource will attempt to source a CSR from this location. If no CSR file is found, the resource will generate a Self-Signed Certificate and the certificate fields must be specified (common_name at last).

email

Ruby Type: String

Value for the email certificate field.

expire

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 365

Value representing the number of days from now through which the issued certificate cert will remain valid. The certificate will expire after this period.

extensions

Ruby Type: Hash

Hash of X509 Extensions entries, in format { 'keyUsage' => { 'values' => %w( keyEncipherment digitalSignature), 'critical' => true } }.

group

Ruby Type: String

The group ownership applied to all files created by the resource.

key_curve

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: prime256v1

The desired curve of the generated key (if key_type is equal to ‘ec’). Run openssl ecparam -list_curves to see available options.

key_file

Ruby Type: String

The path to a certificate key file on the filesystem. If the key_file property is specified, the resource will attempt to source a key from this location. If no key file is found, the resource will generate a new key file at this location. If the key_file property is not specified, the resource will generate a key file in the same directory as the generated certificate, with the same name as the generated certificate.

key_length

Ruby Type: Integer | Default Value: 2048

The desired bit length of the generated key (if key_type is equal to ‘rsa’). Available options are 1024, 2048, 4096, and 8192.

key_pass

Ruby Type: String

The passphrase for an existing key’s passphrase.

key_type

Ruby Type: String | Default Value: rsa

The desired type of the generated key (rsa or ec).

mode

Ruby Type: Integer, String

The permission mode applied to all files created by the resource.

notifies

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may notify another resource to take action when its state changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action that resource should take, and then the :timer for that action. A resource may notify more than one resource; use a notifies statement for each resource to be notified.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for notifies is:

notifies :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

org

Ruby Type: String

Value for the O certificate field.

org_unit

Ruby Type: String

Value for the OU certificate field.

owner

Ruby Type: String

The owner applied to all files created by the resource.

path

Ruby Type: String

The path to write the file to, if it differs from the resource name.

state

Ruby Type: String

Value for the ST certificate field.

subject_alt_name

Ruby Type: Array

Array of Subject Alternative Name entries, in format DNS:example.com or IP:1.2.3.4.

subscribes

Ruby Type: Symbol, ‘Chef::Resource[String]’

A resource may listen to another resource, and then take action if the state of the resource being listened to changes. Specify a 'resource[name]', the :action to be taken, and then the :timer for that action.

Note that subscribes does not apply the specified action to the resource that it listens to - for example:

file '/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt' do
   mode '0600'
   owner 'root'
end

service 'nginx' do
   subscribes :reload, 'file[/etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt]', :immediately
end

In this case the subscribes property reloads the nginx service whenever its certificate file, located under /etc/nginx/ssl/example.crt, is updated. subscribes does not make any changes to the certificate file itself, it merely listens for a change to the file, and executes the :reload action for its resource (in this example nginx) when a change is detected.

A timer specifies the point during the Chef Client run at which a notification is run. The following timers are available:

:before: Specifies that the action on a notified resource should be run before processing the resource block in which the notification is located.
:delayed: Default. Specifies that a notification should be queued up, and then executed at the end of the Chef Client run.
:immediate, :immediately: Specifies that a notification should be run immediately, per resource notified.

The syntax for subscribes is:

subscribes :action, 'resource[name]', :timer

Examples¶

Create a simple self-signed certificate file

openssl_x509 '/etc/httpd/ssl/mycert.pem' do
  common_name 'www.f00bar.com'
  org 'Foo Bar'
  org_unit 'Lab'
  country 'US'
end

Create a certificate using additional options

  openssl_x509_certificate '/etc/ssl_test/my_signed_cert.crt' do
  common_name 'www.f00bar.com'
  ca_key_file '/etc/ssl_test/my_ca.key'
  ca_cert_file '/etc/ssl_test/my_ca.crt'
  expire 365
  extensions(
    'keyUsage' => {
      'values' => %w(
        keyEncipherment
        digitalSignature),
      'critical' => true,
    },
    'extendedKeyUsage' => {
      'values' => %w(serverAuth),
      'critical' => false,
    }
  )
  subject_alt_name ['IP:127.0.0.1', 'DNS:localhost.localdomain']
end