SSL Certificate Cookbook

The main purpose of this Chef cookbook is to make it easy for other cookbooks to support SSL. With the resource included, you will be able to manage certificates reading them from attributes, data bags or chef-vaults. Exposing its configuration through node attributes.

Much of the code in this cookbook is heavily based on the SSL implementation from the owncloud cookbook.

Requirements
- Supported Platforms
- Required Applications
Usage
Attributes
- Service Attributes
Resources
- ssl_certificate
  - ssl_certificate Actions
  - ssl_certificate Parameters
Templates
- Partial Templates
- Securing Server Side TLS
Testing
- ChefSpec Matchers
  - ssl_certificate(name)
  - create_ssl_certificate(name)
Contributing
TODO
License and Author

Requirements

Supported Platforms

This cookbook has been tested on the following platforms:

Amazon Linux
CentOS
Debian
Fedora
FreeBSD
Oracle Linux
RedHat
Scientific Linux
Ubuntu
Windows

Please, let us know if you use it successfully on any other platform.

Required Applications

Chef 12 or higher.
Ruby 2.3 or higher.

Usage

Including the Cookbook

You need to include this recipe in your run_list before using the ssl_certificate resource:

{
  "name": "example.com",
  "[...]": "[...]",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[ssl_certificate]"
  ]
}

You can also include the cookbook as a dependency in the metadata of your cookbook:

# metadata.rb
depends 'ssl_certificate'

One of the two is enough. No need to do anything else. Only use the ssl_certificate resource to create the certificates you need.

A Short Example

cert = ssl_certificate 'webapp1' do
  namespace node['webapp1'] # optional but recommended
end
# you can now use the #cert_path and #key_path methods to use in your
# web/mail/ftp service configurations
log "WebApp1 certificate is here: #{cert.cert_path}"
log "WebApp1 private key is here: #{cert.key_path}"

Namespaces

The ssl_certificate resource namespace parameter is a node attribute path, like for example node['example.com'], used to configure SSL certificate defaults. This will make easier to integrate the node attributes with the certificate creation matters. This means you can configure the certificate creation through node attributes.

When a namespace is set in the resource, it will try to read the following attributes below the namespace (all attributes are optional):

Attribute	Description
`namespace['common_name']`	Server name or Common Name, used for self-signed certificates (uses `node['fqdn']` by default).
`namespace['country']`	Country, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['city']`	City, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['state']`	State or Province name, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['organization']`	Organization or Company name, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['department']`	Department or Organizational Unit, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['email']`	Email address, used for self-signed certificates.
`namespace['source']`	Attribute for setting certificate source and key source (both) to a value (`key_source` and `cert_source`).
`namespace['bag']`	Attribute for setting certificate bag and key bag (both) to a value (`key_bag` and `cert_bag`).
`namespace['item']`	Attribute for setting certificate item name and key bag item name (both) to a value (`key_item` and `cert_item`).
`namespace['encrypted']`	Attribute for setting certificate encryption and key encryption (both) to a value (`key_encryption` and `cert_encryption`).
`namespace['secret_file']`	Attribute for setting certificate chef secret file and key chef secret file (both) to a value (`key_secret_file` and `cert_secret_file`).
`namespace['ssl_key']['source']`	Source type to get the SSL key from. Can be `'self-signed'`, `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
`namespace['ssl_key']['path']`	File path of the SSL key.
`namespace['ssl_key']['mode']`	File mode of the SSL key.
`namespace['ssl_key']['bag']`	Name of the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored.
`namespace['ssl_key']['item']`	Name of the Data Bag Item where the SSL key is stored.
`namespace['ssl_key']['item_key']`	Key of the Data Bag Item where the SSL key is stored.
`namespace['ssl_key']['encrypted']`	Whether the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored is encrypted.
`namespace['ssl_key']['secret_file']`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored.
`namespace['ssl_key']['content']`	SSL key content used when reading from attributes.
`namespace['ssl_key']['length']`	RSA key length used when generating a new key.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['source']`	Source type to get the SSL cert from. Can be `'self-signed'`, `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['path']`	File path of the SSL certificate.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['bag']`	Name of the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['item']`	Name of the Data Bag Item where the SSL cert is stored.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['item_key']`	Key of the Data Bag Item where the SSL cert is stored.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['encrypted']`	Whether the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored is encrypted.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['secret_file']`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['content']`	SSL cert content used when reading from attributes.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['subject_alternate_names']`	An array of Subject Alternate Names for the SSL cert. Needed if your site has multiple domain names on the same cert.
`namespace['ssl_cert']['extended_key_usage']`	An array of extended key usage attributes.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['name']`	File name to be used for the intermediate certificate chain file. If this is not present, no chain file will be written.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['source']`	Source type to get the intermediate certificate chain from. Can be `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['path']`	File path of the intermediate SSL certificate chain.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['combined_path']`	File path of the combined certificates (intermediate chain + domain certificate).
`namespace['ssl_chain']['bag']`	Name of the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['item']`	Name of the Data Bag Item where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['item_key']`	Key of the Data Bag Item where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['encrypted']`	Whether the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored is encrypted.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['secret_file']`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
`namespace['ssl_chain']['content']`	Intermediate certificate chain content used when reading from attributes.
`namespace['ca_cert_path']`	Certificate Authority full path.
`namespace['ca_key_path']`	Key Authority full path.
`namespace['ca_key_passphrase']`	Key Authority passphrase.
`namespace['pkcs12_path']`	Optional PKCS12 full path.
`namespace['pkcs12_passphrase']`	Optional PKCS12 passphrase.

Examples

Apache Examples

Apache web_app example using community apache2 cookbook and node attributes:

node.default['my-webapp']['common_name'] = 'example.com'
node.default['my-webapp']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'self-signed'
node.default['my-webapp']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'self-signed'

# we need to save the resource variable to get the key and certificate file
# paths
cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp' do
  # we want to be able to use node['my-webapp'] to configure the certificate
  namespace node['my-webapp']
  notifies :restart, 'service[apache2]'
end

include_recipe 'apache2'
include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
web_app 'my-webapp' do
  # this cookbook includes a virtualhost template for apache2
  cookbook 'ssl_certificate'
  server_name cert.common_name
  docroot # [...]
  # [...]
  ssl_key cert.key_path
  ssl_cert cert.cert_path
  ssl_chain cert.chain_path
end

Using custom paths:

my_key_path = '/etc/keys/my-webapp.key'
my_cert_path = '/etc/certs/my-webapp.pem'

# there is no need to save the resource in a variable in this case because we
# know the paths
ssl_certificate 'my-webapp' do
  key_path my_key_path
  key_mode 00640
  cert_path my_cert_path
end

# Configure Apache SSL
include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
web_app 'my-webapp' do
  cookbook 'ssl_certificate'
  # [...]
  ssl_key my_key_path
  ssl_cert my_cert_path
end

See templates documentation.

Nginx Example

Minimal nginx example using community nginx cookbook:

cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp' do
  notifies :restart, 'service[nginx]'
end

# Create a virtualhost for nginx
template ::File.join(node['nginx']['dir'], 'sites-available', 'my-webapp-ssl') do
  # You need to create a template for nginx to enable SSL support and read the
  # keys from ssl_key and ssl_chain_combined attributes.
  # You can use the *nginx.erb* partial template as shown below.
  source 'nginx_vhost.erb'
  mode 00644
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  variables(
    name: 'my-webapp-ssl',
    server_name: 'ssl.example.com',
    docroot: '/var/www',
    # [...]
    ssl_key: cert.key_path,
    ssl_cert: cert.chain_combined_path
  )
  notifies :reload, 'service[nginx]'
end

# Enable the virtualhost
nginx_site 'my-webapp-ssl' do
  enable true
end

# publish the certificate to an attribute, it may be useful
node.set['web-app']['ssl_cert']['content'] = cert.cert_content

Here's a nginx template example using the nginx.erb partial template:

<%# nginx_vhost.erb %>
server {
  server_name <%= @server_name %>;
  listen 443;
  # Path to the root of your installation
  root <%= @docroot %>;

  access_log <%= node['nginx']['log_dir'] %>/<%= @name %>-access.log combined;
  error_log  <%= node['nginx']['log_dir'] %>/<%= @name %>-error.log;

  index index.html;
  <%# [...] %>

  <%= render 'nginx.erb', cookbook: 'ssl_certificate' %>
}

See templates documentation.

Reading the Certificate from Attributes

The SSL certificate can be read from an attribute directly:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['content'] =
  '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----[...]'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['content'] =
  '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----[...]'

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'
  namespace node['mysite']
  # this will read the node['mysite']['ssl_key']['content'] and
  # node['mysite']['ssl_cert']['content'] keys
  source 'attribute'
end

Alternative example using a namespace and node attributes:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['common_name'] = 'cloud.mysite.com'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'attribute'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['content'] =
  '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----[...]'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'attribute'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['content'] =
  '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----[...]'

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  namespace node['mysite']
end

Reading the Certificate from a Data Bag

ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'
  source 'data-bag'
  bag 'ssl_data_bag'
  key_item 'key' # data bag item
  key_item_key 'content' # data bag item json key
  cert_item 'cert'
  cert_item_key 'content'
  encrypted true
  secret_file '/path/to/secret/file' # optional
end

Alternative example using a namespace and node attributes:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['common_name'] = 'cloud.mysite.com'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['bag'] = 'ssl_data_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item_key'] = 'content'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['encrypted'] = true
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['secret_file'] = '/path/to/secret/file'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['bag'] = 'ssl_data_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item_key'] = 'content'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['encrypted'] = true
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['secret_file'] = '/path/to/secret/file'

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  namespace node['mysite']
end

Reading the Certificate from Chef Vault

ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'
  source 'chef-vault'
  bag 'ssl_vault_bag'
  key_item 'key' # data bag item
  key_item_key 'content' # data bag item json key
  cert_item 'cert'
  cert_item_key 'content'
end

The same example, using a namespace and node attributes:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['common_name'] = 'cloud.mysite.com'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'chef-vault'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['bag'] = 'ssl_vault_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item_key'] = 'content'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'chef-vault'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['bag'] = 'ssl_vault_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item_key'] = 'content'

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  namespace node['mysite']
end

For testing you can enabled fall back to use unencrypted data bags if chef vault is not found by setting attribute ['chef-vault']['databag_fallback'] to true value

Reading the Certificate from Files

ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'
  source 'file'
  key_path '/path/to/ssl/key'
  cert_path '/path/to/ssl/cert'
end

The same example, using a namespace and node attributes:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['common_name'] = 'cloud.mysite.com'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'file'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['path'] = '/path/to/ssl/key'

node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'file'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['path'] = '/path/to/ssl/cert'

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  namespace node['mysite']
end

Reading the Certificate from Different Places

You can also read the certificate and the private key from different places each:

ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'

  # Read the private key from chef-vault
  key_source 'chef-vault'
  key_bag 'ssl_vault_bag'
  key_item 'key' # data bag item
  key_item_key 'content' # data bag item json key

  # Read the public cert from a non-encrypted data bag
  cert_source 'data-bag'
  cert_bag 'ssl_data_bag'
  cert_item 'cert'
  cert_item_key 'content'
  cert_encrypted false
end

The same example, using a namespace and node attributes:

# Setting the attributes
node.default['mysite']['common_name'] = 'cloud.mysite.com'

# Read the private key from chef-vault
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['source'] = 'chef-vault'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['bag'] = 'ssl_vault_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_key']['item_key'] = 'content'

# Read the public cert from a non-encrypted data bag
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['bag'] = 'ssl_data_bag'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item'] = 'key'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['item_key'] = 'content'
node.default['mysite']['ssl_cert']['encrypted'] = false

# Creating the certificate
ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  namespace node['mysite']
end

Creating a Certificate with Subject Alternate Names

domain = 'mysite.com'
# SAN for mysite.com, foo.mysite.com, bar.mysite.com, www.mysite.com
node.default[domain]['ssl_cert']['subject_alternate_names'] =
  [domain, "foo.#{domain}", "bar.#{domain}", "www.#{domain}"]

ssl_certificate 'mysite.com' do
  namespace node[domain]
  key_source 'self-signed'
  cert_source 'self-signed'
end

The subject_alternate_names parameter adds DNS values by default. You can also include other kind of values using a colon to separate the type from the value:

domain = 'mysite.com'
node.default[domain]['email'] = '[email protected]'
node.default[domain]['ssl_cert']['subject_alternate_names'] =
  [
    'email:copy',
    "email:my@#{domain}",
    "URI:http://#{domain}/",
    'IP:192.168.7.1',
    'IP:13::17',
    'RID:1.2.3.4',
    'otherName:1.2.3.4;UTF8:some other identifier'
  ]

ssl_certificate 'mysite.com' do
  namespace node[domain]
  key_source 'self-signed'
  cert_source 'self-signed'
end

See the x509v3_config manual page for more information.

Reading Key, Certificate and Intermediary from a Data Bag

cert_name = 'chain-data-bag'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_key']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_key']['bag'] = 'ssl'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_key']['item'] = 'key'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_key']['item_key'] = 'content'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_key']['encrypted'] = true
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_cert']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_cert']['bag'] = 'ssl'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_cert']['item'] = 'cert'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_cert']['item_key'] = 'content'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_chain']['name'] = 'chain-ca-bundle.pem'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_chain']['source'] = 'data-bag'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_chain']['bag'] = 'ssl'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_chain']['item'] = 'chain'
node.default[cert_name]['ssl_chain']['item_key'] = 'content'

ssl_certificate 'chain-data-bag' do
  namespace cert_name
end

Creating a PKCS12 Containing Both the Certificate and the Private Key

ssl_certificate 'mysite' do
  common_name 'cloud.mysite.com'
  source 'self-signed'
  key_path '/etc/key/my.key'
  cert_path '/etc/cert/my.pem'
  pkcs12_path '/home/me/my.p12'
  pkcs12_passphrase 'I_Want_To_Secure_My_P12' # optional
end

Creating a Certificate from a Certificate Authority

ca_cert = '/usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/CA.crt'
ca_key = '/usr/share/pki/ca-trust-source/anchors/CA.key'

cert = ssl_certificate 'test' do
  namespace node['test.com']
  key_source 'self-signed'
  cert_source 'with_ca'
  ca_cert_path ca_cert
  ca_key_path ca_key
  ca_key_passphrase ca_key_passphrase
end

Reading the CA Certificate from a Chef Vault Bag

In this example, we read the CA certificate from a Chef Vault and use it to generate the shelf-signed certificates:

# Create the CA from a Chef Vault bag

ca_cert = ssl_certificate 'ca.example.org' do
  common_name 'ca.example.org'
  source 'chef-vault'
  bag 'ssl'
  item 'ca_cert'
  key_item_key 'key_content'
  cert_item_key 'cert_content'
end

ssl_certificate 'example.org' do
  cert_source 'with_ca'
  ca_cert_path ca_cert.cert_path
  ca_key_path ca_cert.key_path
end

The vault bag content:

{
  "id": "ca_cert",
  "key_content": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIE [...]",
  "cert_content": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIE [...]"
}

The knife command to create the vault bag item:

$ knife vault create ssl ca_cert [...]

Managing Certificates Via Attributes

Sometimes you may want to use only node attributes to manage some of your SSL Certificates (instead of the ssl_certificate resource). You can do it using the ssl_certificate::attr_apply recipe and configuring them inside the node['ssl_certificate']['items'] array:

run_list(
  'recipe[ssl_certificate::attr_apply]'
)
override_attributes(
  'ssl_certificate' => {
    'items' => [
      {
        'name' => 'domain.com',
        'dir' => '/etc/nginx/ssl',
        'item' => 'domain_com',
        'source' => 'chef-vault',
        'bag' => 'ssl-vault',
        'key_item_key' => 'key',
        'cert_item_key' => 'cert',
        'chain_item_key' => 'chain',
        'chain_source' => 'chef-vault',
        'chain_bag' => 'ssl-vault',
        'chain_item' => 'domain_com',
        'chain_name' => 'domain.com.chain.pem'
      }
    ]
  }
)

Real-world Examples

Some cookbooks that use the ssl_certificate resource to implement SSL/TLS:

postfixadmin cookbook: Uses the certificate for Apache httpd and nginx.
postfixadmin::apache recipe
apache_vhost.erb template
postfixadmin::nginx recipe
nginx_vhost.erb template
README.md section
boxbilling cookbook: Uses the certificate for Apache httpd and nginx.
boxbilling::_apache recipe
apache_vhost.erb template
boxbilling::_nginx recipe
nginx_vhost.erb template
README.md section
kong cookbook: Uses the certificate for the embedded nginx server.
kong::_configuration recipe
kong.yml.erb template, which includes the nginx server configuration.
README.md section
postfix-dovecot cookbook: Creates one certificate for Postfix and another for Dovecot. Uses the SslCertificateCookbook::ServiceHelpers#ssl_config_for_service helper to set each service SSL configuration (cipher suites, supported protocols, ...).
postfix-dovecot::postfix recipe
postfix-dovecot::dovecot recipe
postfix-dovecot::ssl_certificate attributes to set the protocols in the correct format for each service.
README.md section
onddo_proftpd cookbook contains examples to enable TLS:
README.md documentation with a TLS example
onddo_proftpd_test::attrs recipe used for test-kitchen integration tests.

Attributes

Attribute	Default	Description
`node['ssl_certificate']['user']`	calculated	Default SSL files owner user.
`node['ssl_certificate']['group']`	calculated	Default SSL files owner group.
`node['ssl_certificate']['key_dir']`	calculated	Default SSL key directory.
`node['ssl_certificate']['cert_dir']`	calculated	Default SSL certificate directory.

Service Attributes

The following attributes are used to integrate SSL specific configurations with different services (Apache, nginx, ...). They are used internally by the apache and nginx templates.

Attribute	Default	Description
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['cipher_suite']`	`nil`	Service default SSL cipher suite.
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['protocols']`	`nil`	Service default SSL protocols.
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['apache']`	calculated	Apache web service httpd specific SSL attributes.
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['nginx']`	calculated	nginx web service specific SSL attributes.
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['compatibility']`	`nil`	Service SSL compatibility level (See below).
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['use_hsts']`	`true`	Whether to enable HSTS in the service.
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['use_stapling']`	calculated	Whether to enable OCSP stapling in the service (nginx only, use `node['apache']['mod_ssl']['use_stapling']` for apache).
`node['ssl_certificate']['service']['stapling_resolver']`	calculated	DNS resolver to use for OCSP. Only with Nginx.

See the ServiceHelpers class documentation to learn how to integrate them with new services.

Resources

ssl_certificate

Creates a SSL certificate.

By default the resource will create a self-signed certificate, but a custom one can also be used. The custom certificate can be read from several sources:

Attribute
Data Bag
Encrypted Data Bag
Chef Vault
File

ssl_certificate Actions

create: Creates the SSL certificate.

ssl_certificate Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
namespace	`{}`	Node namespace to read the default values from, something like `node['myapp']`. See the documentation above for more information on how to use the namespace.
common_name	`namespace['common_name']`	Server name or Common Name, used for self-signed certificates.
domain	`namespace['common_name']`	`common_name` method alias.
country	`namespace['country']`	Country, used for self-signed certificates.
city	`namespace['city']`	City, used for self-signed certificates.
state	`namespace['state']`	State or Province name, used for self-signed certificates.
organization	`namespace['city']`	Organization or Company name, used for self-signed certificates.
department	`namespace['city']`	Department or Organizational Unit, used for self-signed certificates.
email	`namespace['email']`	Email address, used for self-signed certificates.
time	`10 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60`	Attribute for setting self-signed certificate validity time in seconds or `Time` object instance.
years	`10`	Write only attribute for setting self-signed certificate validity period in years.
owner	calculated	Certificate files owner user.
group	calculated	Certificate files owner group.
dir	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate path and key path (both) to a directory (`key_dir` and `cert_dir`).
source	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate source and key source (both) to a value (`key_source` and `cert_source`). Can be `'self-signed'`, `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
bag	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate bag and key bag (both) to a value (`key_bag` and `cert_bag`).
item	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate item name and key bag item name (both) to a value (`key_item` and `cert_item`).
encrypted	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate encryption and key encryption (both) to a value (`key_encrypted` and `cert_encrypted`).
secret_file	`nil`	Write only attribute for setting certificate chef secret file and key chef secret file (both) to a value (`key_secret_file` and `cert_secret_file`).
key_path	calculated	Private key full path.
key_mode	`0600`	Private key file mode.
key_name	`"#{name}.key"`	Private key file name.
key_dir	calculated	Private key directory path.
key_source	`'self-signed'`	Source type to get the SSL key from. Can be `'self-signed'`, `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
key_bag	`namespace['ssl_key']['bag']`	Name of the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored.
key_item	`namespace['ssl_key']['item']`	Name of the Data Bag Item where the SSL key is stored.
key_item_key	calculated	Key of the Data Bag Item where the SSL key is stored.
key_encrypted	`false`	Whether the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored is encrypted.
key_length	`2048`	Integer that must be a power of 2, with a reasonable maximum of 4096. This defines the length of a generated RSA key.
key_secret_file	`nil`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the SSL key is stored.
key_content	calculated	SSL key file content in clear. Be careful when using it.
cert_path	calculated	Public certificate full path.
cert_name	`"#{name}.pem"`	Public certiticate file name.
cert_dir	calculated	Public certificate directory path.
cert_source	`'self-signed'`	Source type to get the SSL cert from. Can be `'self-signed'`, `'with_ca'`, `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
cert_bag	`namespace['ssl_cert']['bag']`	Name of the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored.
cert_item	calculated	Name of the Data Bag Item where the SSL cert is stored.
cert_item_key	calculated	Key of the Data Bag Item where the SSL cert is stored.
cert_encrypted	`false`	Whether the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored is encrypted.
cert_secret_file	`nil`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the SSL cert is stored.
cert_content	calculated	SSL cert file content in clear.
subject_alternate_names	`nil`	Subject Alternate Names for the cert.
extended_key_usage	`nil`	Extended keyUsage flags array
chain_path	calculated	Intermediate certificate chain full path.
chain_name	`nil`	File name of intermediate certificate chain file. If this is not present, no chain file will be written.
chain_dir	calculated	Intermediate certificate chain directory path.
chain_source	`nil`	Source type to get the intermediate certificate chain from. Can be `'attribute'`, `'data-bag'`, `'chef-vault'` or `'file'`.
chain_bag	calculated	Name of the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
chain_item	calculated	Name of the Data Bag Item where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
chain_item_key	calculated	Key of the Data Bag Item where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
chain_encrypted	`false`	Whether the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored is encrypted.
chain_secret_file	`nil`	Secret file used to decrypt the Data Bag where the intermediate certificate chain is stored.
chain_content	calculated	Intermediate certificate chain file content in clear.
chain_combined_name	calculated	File name of intermediate certificate chain combined file (for nginx).
chain_combined_path	calculated	Intermediate certificate chain combined file full path (for nginx).
ca_cert_path	nil	Certificate Authority full path.
ca_key_path	nil	Key Authority full path.
ca_key_passphrase	nil	Key Authority passphrase.
pkcs12_path	nil	Optional PKCS12 full path.
pkcs12_passphrase	nil	Optional PKCS12 passphrase.

Templates

This cookbook includes a simple VirtualHost template which can be used by the web_app definition from the apache2 cookbook:

cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp' do
  namespace node['my-webapp']
  notifies :restart, 'service[apache2]'
end

include_recipe 'apache2'
include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
web_app 'my-webapp' do
  cookbook 'ssl_certificate'
  server_name cert.common_name
  docroot # [...]
  # [...]
  ssl_key cert.key_path
  ssl_cert cert.cert_path
  ssl_chain cert.chain_path
end

Partial Templates

This cookbook contains partial templates that you can include in your virtualhost templates to enable and configure the SSL protocol. These partial templates are available:

apache.erb: For Apache httpd web server.
nginx.erb: For nginx web server.

Partial Templates Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
ssl_cert	`nil`	Public SSL certificate full path.
ssl_key	`nil`	Private SSL key full path.
ssl_chain	`nil`	Intermediate SSL certificate chain full path (apache only) (optional).
ssl_compatibility	node attribute	SSL compatibility level (See below).

Apache Partial Template

Using `web_app` Definition

If you are using the web_app definition, you should pass the @params variables to the partial template:

web_app 'my-webapp-ssl' do
  docroot node['apache']['docroot_dir']
  server_name cert.common_name
  # [...]
  ssl_key cert.key_path
  ssl_cert cert.cert_path
  ssl_chain cert.chain_path
end

<%# included by web_app definition %>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  ServerName <%= @params[:server_name] %>
  DocumentRoot <%= @params[:docroot] %>
  <%# [...] %>

  <%= render 'apache.erb', cookbook: 'ssl_certificate', variables: @params.merge(node: node) %>
</VirtualHost>

Using `template` Resource

cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp-ssl'
template ::File.join(node['apache']['dir'], 'sites-available', 'my-webapp-ssl') do
  source 'apache_vhost.erb'
  # [...]
  variables(
    # [...]
    ssl_key: cert.key_path,
    ssl_cert: cert.chain_combined_path,
    ssl_chain: cert.chain_path
  )
end

You can include the partial template as follows:

<%# included by template resource %>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  ServerName <%= @server_name %>
  DocumentRoot <%= @docroot %>
  <%# [...] %>

  <%= render 'apache.erb', cookbook: 'ssl_certificate' %>
</VirtualHost>

Nginx Partial Template

If you are using nginx template, we recommended to use the SslCertificate#chain_combined_path path value to set the ssl_cert variable instead of SslCertificate#cert_path. That's to ensure we always include the chained certificate if there is one. This will also work when there is no chained certificate.

cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp-ssl'
template ::File.join(node['nginx']['dir'], 'sites-available', 'my-webapp-ssl') do
  source 'nginx_vhost.erb'
  # [...]
  variables(
    # [...]
    ssl_key: cert.key_path,
    ssl_cert: cert.chain_combined_path
  )
end

See the examples above.

Securing Server Side TLS

You can change the SSL compatibility level based on the TLS recommendations in the Mozilla wiki using the ssl_compatibility template parameter:

cert = ssl_certificate 'my-webapp' do
  namespace node['my-webapp']
  notifies :restart, 'service[apache2]'
end

include_recipe 'apache2'
include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
web_app 'my-webapp' do
  cookbook 'ssl_certificate'
  server_name cert.common_name
  docroot # [...]
  # [...]
  ssl_key cert.key_path
  ssl_cert cert.cert_path
  ssl_chain cert.chain_path
  ssl_compatibility :modern # :modern | :intermediate | :old
end

You can also use the node['ssl_certificate']['service']['compatibility'] node attribute to change the compatibility level used by default.

Testing

See TESTING.md.

ChefSpec Matchers

ssl_certificate(name)

Helper method for locating a ssl_certificate resource in the collection.

resource = chef_run.ssl_certificate('postfixadmin')
expect(resource).to notify('service[apache2]').to(:restart)

create_ssl_certificate(name)

Assert that the Chef run creates ssl_certificate.

expect(chef_run).to create_ssl_certificate('cloud.mysite.com')

Contributing

Please do not hesitate to open an issue with any questions or problems.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

TODO

See TODO.md.

License and Author


Author:	Raul Rodriguez ([email protected])
Author:	Xabier de Zuazo ([email protected])
Contributor:	Steve Meinel
Contributor:	Djuri Baars
Contributor:	Elliott Davis
Contributor:	Jeremy MAURO
Contributor:	Benjamin Nørgaard
Contributor:	Stanislav Bogatyrev
Contributor:	Karl Svec
Contributor:	Nikita Borzykh
Contributor:	Baptiste Courtois
Contributor:	Taliesin Sisson
Contributor:	Alexey Demidov
Contributor:	Ali Ardestani
Contributor:	HawkAndBaby
Contributor:	Andrew J. Brown
Copyright:	Copyright (c) 2015-2017, Xabier de Zuazo
Copyright:	Copyright (c) 2014-2015, Onddo Labs, SL.
License:	Apache License, Version 2.0

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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SSL Certificate Cookbook

Table of Contents

Requirements

Supported Platforms

Required Applications

Usage

Including the Cookbook

A Short Example

Namespaces

Examples

Apache Examples

Nginx Example

Reading the Certificate from Attributes

Reading the Certificate from a Data Bag

Reading the Certificate from Chef Vault

Reading the Certificate from Files

Reading the Certificate from Different Places

Creating a Certificate with Subject Alternate Names

Reading Key, Certificate and Intermediary from a Data Bag

Creating a PKCS12 Containing Both the Certificate and the Private Key

Creating a Certificate from a Certificate Authority

Reading the CA Certificate from a Chef Vault Bag

Managing Certificates Via Attributes

Real-world Examples

Attributes

Service Attributes

Resources

ssl_certificate

ssl_certificate Actions

ssl_certificate Parameters

Templates

Partial Templates

Partial Templates Parameters

Apache Partial Template

Using web_app Definition

Using template Resource

Nginx Partial Template

Securing Server Side TLS

Testing

ChefSpec Matchers

ssl_certificate(name)

create_ssl_certificate(name)

Contributing

TODO

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