system-config/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-request-certs/README.rst
Ian Wienand c9215801f0 Generate ssl check list directly from letsencrypt variables
This autogenerates the list of ssl domains for the ssl-cert-check tool
directly from the letsencrypt list.

The first step is the install-certcheck role that replaces the
puppet-ssl_cert_check module that does the same.  The reason for this
is so that during gate testing we can test this on the test
bridge.openstack.org server, and avoid adding another node as a
requirement for this test.

letsencrypt-request-certs is updated to set a fact
letsencrypt_certcheck_domains for each host that is generating a
certificate.  As described in the comments, this defaults to the first
host specified for the certificate and the listening port can be
indicated (if set, this new port value is stripped when generating
certs as is not necessary for certificate generation).

The new letsencrypt-config-certcheck role runs and iterates all
letsencrypt hosts to build the final list of domains that should be
checked.  This is then extended with the
letsencrypt_certcheck_additional_domains value that covers any hosts
using certificates not provisioned by letsencrypt using this
mechanism.

These additional domains are pre-populated from the openstack.org
domains in the extant check file, minus those openstack.org domain
certificates we are generating via letsencrypt (see
letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/main.yaml).  Additionally, we
update some of the certificate variables in host_vars that are
listening on port !443.

As mentioned, bridge.openstack.org is placed in the new certcheck
group for gate testing, so the tool and config file will be deployed
to it.  For production, cacti is added to the group, which is where
the tool currently runs.  The extant puppet installation is disabled,
pending removal in a follow-on change.

Change-Id: Idbe084f13f3684021e8efd9ac69b63fe31484606
2020-05-20 14:27:14 +10:00

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Request certificates from letsencrypt
The role requests certificates (or renews expiring certificates, which
is fundamentally the same thing) from letsencrypt for a host. This
requires the ``acme.sh`` tool and driver which should have been
installed by the ``letsencrypt-acme-sh-install`` role.
This role does not create the certificates. It will request the
certificates from letsencrypt and populate the authentication data
into the ``acme_txt_required`` variable. These values need to be
installed and activated on the DNS server by the
``letsencrypt-install-txt-record`` role; the
``letsencrypt-create-certs`` will then finish the certificate
provision process.
**Role Variables**
.. zuul:rolevar:: letsencrypt_use_staging
If set to True will use the letsencrypt staging environment, rather
than make production requests. Useful during initial provisioning
of hosts to avoid affecting production quotas.
.. zuul:rolevar:: letsencrypt_certs
A host wanting a certificate should define a dictionary variable
``letsencyrpt_certs``. Each key in this dictionary is a separate
certificate to create (i.e. a host can create multiple separate
certificates). Each key should have a list of hostnames valid for
that certificate. The certificate will be named for the *first*
entry.
For example:
.. code-block:: yaml
letsencrypt_certs:
hostname-main-cert:
- hostname01.opendev.org
- hostname.opendev.org
hostname-secondary-cert:
- foo.opendev.org
will ultimately result in two certificates being provisioned on the
host in ``/etc/letsencrypt-certs/hostname01.opendev.org`` and
``/etc/letsencrypt-certs/foo.opendev.org``.
Note the creation role ``letsencrypt-create-certs`` will call a
handler ``letsencrypt updated {{ key }}`` (for example,
``letsencrypt updated hostname-main-cert``) when that certificate
is created or updated. Because Ansible errors if a handler is
called with no listeners, you *must* define a listener for event.
``letsencrypt-create-certs`` has ``handlers/main.yaml`` where
handlers can be defined. Since handlers reside in a global
namespace, you should choose an appropriately unique name.
Note that each entry will require a ``CNAME`` pointing the ACME
challenge domain to the TXT record that will be created in the
signing domain. For example above, the following records would need
to be pre-created::
_acme-challenge.hostname01.opendev.org. IN CNAME acme.opendev.org.
_acme-challenge.hostname.opendev.org. IN CNAME acme.opendev.org.
_acme-challenge.foo.opendev.org. IN CNAME acme.opendev.org.
The hostname in the first entry for each certificate will be
registered with the ``letsencrypt-config-certcheck`` for periodic
freshness tests; from the example above, ``hostname01.opendev.org``
and ``foo.opendev.org`` would be checked. By default this will
check on port 443; if the certificate is actually active on another
port you can specify it after a colon;
e.g. ``foo.opendev.org:5000`` would indicate this host listens with
this certificate on port 5000.