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# acme_certificate_revoke – Revoke certificates with the ACME protocol

New in version 2.7.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- See Also
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Allows to revoke certificates issued by a CA supporting the ACME protocol, such as Let’s Encrypt.

## Requirements

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

- python >= 2.6
- either openssl or cryptography >= 1.5

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
account_key_content string added in 2.5 |  | Content of the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key. Note that exactly one of `account_key_src`, `account_key_content`, `private_key_src` or `private_key_content` must be specified. Warning: the content will be written into a temporary file, which will be deleted by Ansible when the module completes. Since this is an important private key — it can be used to change the account key, or to revoke your certificates without knowing their private keys —, this might not be acceptable. In case `cryptography` is used, the content is not written into a temporary file. It can still happen that it is written to disk by Ansible in the process of moving the module with its argument to the node where it is executed.
account_key_src path |  | Path to a file containing the ACME account RSA or Elliptic Curve key. RSA keys can be created with `openssl rsa ...`. Elliptic curve keys can be created with `openssl ecparam -genkey ...`. Any other tool creating private keys in PEM format can be used as well. Mutually exclusive with `account_key_content`. Required if `account_key_content` is not used. aliases: account_key
account_uri string added in 2.7 |  | If specified, assumes that the account URI is as given. If the account key does not match this account, or an account with this URI does not exist, the module fails.
acme_directory string | Default: "https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory" | The ACME directory to use. This is the entry point URL to access CA server API. For safety reasons the default is set to the Let's Encrypt staging server (for the ACME v1 protocol). This will create technically correct, but untrusted certificates. For Let's Encrypt, all staging endpoints can be found here: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/. For Buypass, all endpoints can be found here: https://community.buypass.com/t/63d4ay/buypass-go-ssl-endpoints For Let's Encrypt, the production directory URL for ACME v1 is https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory, and the production directory URL for ACME v2 is https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory. For Buypass, the production directory URL for ACME v2 and v1 is https://api.buypass.com/acme/directory. Warning: So far, the module has only been tested against Let's Encrypt (staging and production), Buypass (staging and production), and Pebble testing server.
acme_version integer added in 2.5 | Choices: 1 ← 2 | The ACME version of the endpoint. Must be 1 for the classic Let's Encrypt and Buypass ACME endpoints, or 2 for standardized ACME v2 endpoints.
certificate path / required |  | Path to the certificate to revoke.
private_key_content string |  | Content of the certificate's private key. Note that exactly one of `account_key_src`, `account_key_content`, `private_key_src` or `private_key_content` must be specified. Warning: the content will be written into a temporary file, which will be deleted by Ansible when the module completes. Since this is an important private key — it can be used to change the account key, or to revoke your certificates without knowing their private keys —, this might not be acceptable. In case `cryptography` is used, the content is not written into a temporary file. It can still happen that it is written to disk by Ansible in the process of moving the module with its argument to the node where it is executed.
private_key_src path |  | Path to the certificate's private key. Note that exactly one of `account_key_src`, `account_key_content`, `private_key_src` or `private_key_content` must be specified.
revoke_reason integer |  | One of the revocation reasonCodes defined in Section 5.3.1 of RFC5280. Possible values are `0` (unspecified), `1` (keyCompromise), `2` (cACompromise), `3` (affiliationChanged), `4` (superseded), `5` (cessationOfOperation), `6` (certificateHold), `8` (removeFromCRL), `9` (privilegeWithdrawn), `10` (aACompromise)
select_crypto_backend string added in 2.7 | Choices: auto ← cryptography openssl | Determines which crypto backend to use. The default choice is `auto`, which tries to use `cryptography` if available, and falls back to `openssl`. If set to `openssl`, will try to use the `openssl` binary. If set to `cryptography`, will try to use the cryptography library.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no yes ← | Whether calls to the ACME directory will validate TLS certificates. Warning: Should only ever be set to `no` for testing purposes, for example when testing against a local Pebble server.

## Notes

Note

- Exactly one of `account_key_src`, `account_key_content`, `private_key_src` or `private_key_content` must be specified.
- Trying to revoke an already revoked certificate should result in an unchanged status, even if the revocation reason was different than the one specified here. Also, depending on the server, it can happen that some other error is returned if the certificate has already been revoked.
- If a new enough version of the `cryptography` library is available (see Requirements for details), it will be used instead of the `openssl` binary. This can be explicitly disabled or enabled with the `select_crypto_backend` option. Note that using the `openssl` binary will be slower and less secure, as private key contents always have to be stored on disk (see `account_key_content`).
- Although the defaults are chosen so that the module can be used with the Let’s Encrypt CA, the module can in principle be used with any CA providing an ACME endpoint, such as Buypass Go SSL.

## See Also

See also

The Let’s Encrypt documentation
  Documentation for the Let’s Encrypt Certification Authority. Provides useful information for example on rate limits.
Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
  The specification of the ACME protocol (RFC 8555).
acme_inspect – Send direct requests to an ACME server
  Allows to debug problems.

## Examples

    - name: Revoke certificate with account key
      acme_certificate_revoke:
        account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
        certificate: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com.crt

    - name: Revoke certificate with certificate's private key
      acme_certificate_revoke:
        private_key_src: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com.key
        certificate: /etc/httpd/ssl/sample.com.crt

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

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