PR #109 Follow-up: Document new variable inside other variable.

introduce certbot_create_extra_args (for custom RSA key size)

.github/stale.yml

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 90
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale label is closed.
-# Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
-daysUntilClose: 30
-
-# Only issues or pull requests with all of these labels are check if stale. Defaults to `[]` (disabled)
-onlyLabels: []
-
-# Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to `[]` to disable
-exemptLabels:
-  - bug
-  - pinned
-  - security
-  - planned
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
-exemptProjects: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a milestone (defaults to false)
-exemptMilestones: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
-exemptAssignees: false
-
-# Label to use when marking as stale
-staleLabel: stale
-
-# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
-limitPerRun: 30
-
-pulls:
-  markComment: |-
-    This pull request has been marked 'stale' due to lack of recent activity. If there is no further activity, the PR will be closed in another 30 days. Thank you for your contribution!
-
-    Please read [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/enabling-stale-issue-bot-on-my-github-repositories) to see the reasons why I mark pull requests as stale.
-
-  unmarkComment: >-
-    This pull request is no longer marked for closure.
-
-  closeComment: >-
-    This pull request has been closed due to inactivity. If you feel this is in error, please reopen the pull request or file a new PR with the relevant details.
-
-issues:
-  markComment: |-
-    This issue has been marked 'stale' due to lack of recent activity. If there is no further activity, the issue will be closed in another 30 days. Thank you for your contribution!
-
-    Please read [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/enabling-stale-issue-bot-on-my-github-repositories) to see the reasons why I mark issues as stale.
-
-  unmarkComment: >-
-    This issue is no longer marked for closure.
-
-  closeComment: >-
-    This issue has been closed due to inactivity. If you feel this is in error, please reopen the issue or file a new issue with the relevant details.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install test dependencies.
-        run: pip3 install ansible molecule[docker] docker
+        run: pip3 install ansible molecule molecule-plugins[docker] docker
 
       - name: Run Molecule tests.
         run: molecule test

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install Ansible.
-        run: pip3 install ansible-base
+        run: pip3 install ansible-core
 
       - name: Trigger a new import on Galaxy.
-        run: ansible-galaxy role import --api-key ${{ secrets.GALAXY_API_KEY }} $(echo ${{ github.repository }} | cut -d/ -f1) $(echo ${{ github.repository }} | cut -d/ -f2)
+        run: >-
+          ansible-galaxy role import --api-key ${{ secrets.GALAXY_API_KEY }}
+          $(echo ${{ github.repository }} | cut -d/ -f1) $(echo ${{ github.repository }} | cut -d/ -f2)

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+name: Close inactive issues
+'on':
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "55 12 * * 1"  # semi-random time
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          days-before-stale: 120
+          days-before-close: 60
+          exempt-issue-labels: bug,pinned,security,planned
+          exempt-pr-labels: bug,pinned,security,planned
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          stale-pr-label: "stale"
+          stale-issue-message: |
+            This issue has been marked 'stale' due to lack of recent activity. If there is no further activity, the issue will be closed in another 30 days. Thank you for your contribution!
+            
+            Please read [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/enabling-stale-issue-bot-on-my-github-repositories) to see the reasons why I mark issues as stale.
+          close-issue-message: |
+            This issue has been closed due to inactivity. If you feel this is in error, please reopen the issue or file a new issue with the relevant details.
+          stale-pr-message: |
+            This pr has been marked 'stale' due to lack of recent activity. If there is no further activity, the issue will be closed in another 30 days. Thank you for your contribution!
+            
+            Please read [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/enabling-stale-issue-bot-on-my-github-repositories) to see the reasons why I mark issues as stale.
+          close-pr-message: |
+            This pr has been closed due to inactivity. If you feel this is in error, please reopen the issue or file a new issue with the relevant details.
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.yamllint

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ rules:
   line-length:
     max: 180
     level: warning
+  indentation:
+    spaces: 2
+    indent-sequences: consistent
 
 ignore: |
-  .github/stale.yml
+  .github/workflows/stale.yml

README.md

@@ -20,20 +20,31 @@ Controls how Certbot is installed. Available options are 'package', 'snap', and
     certbot_auto_renew_user: "{{ ansible_user | default(lookup('env', 'USER')) }}"
     certbot_auto_renew_hour: "3"
     certbot_auto_renew_minute: "30"
-    certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet --no-self-upgrade"
+    certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet"
 
 By default, this role configures a cron job to run under the provided user account at the given hour and minute, every day. The defaults run `certbot renew` (or `certbot-auto renew`) via cron every day at 03:30:00 by the user you use in your Ansible playbook. It's preferred that you set a custom user/hour/minute so the renewal is during a low-traffic period and done by a non-root user account.
 
 ### Automatic Certificate Generation
 
-Currently there is one built-in method for generating new certificates using this role: `standalone`. Other methods (e.g. using nginx or apache and a webroot) may be added in the future.
+Currently the `standalone` and `webroot` method are supported for generating new certificates using this role.
 
 **For a complete example**: see the fully functional test playbook in [molecule/default/playbook-standalone-nginx-aws.yml](molecule/default/playbook-standalone-nginx-aws.yml).
 
     certbot_create_if_missing: false
+
+Set `certbot_create_if_missing` to `yes` or `True` to let this role generate certs. 
+
     certbot_create_method: standalone
 
-Set `certbot_create_if_missing` to `yes` or `True` to let this role generate certs. Set the method used for generating certs with the `certbot_create_method` variable—current allowed values include: `standalone`.
+Set the method used for generating certs with the `certbot_create_method` variable — current allowed values are: `standalone` or `webroot`.
+
+    certbot_testmode: false
+
+Enable test mode to only run a test request without actually creating certificates.
+
+    certbot_hsts: false
+
+Enable (HTTP Strict Transport Security) for the certificate generation.
 
     certbot_admin_email: email@example.com
 
@@ -41,17 +52,18 @@ The email address used to agree to Let's Encrypt's TOS and subscribe to cert-rel
 
     certbot_certs: []
       # - email: janedoe@example.com
+      #   webroot: "/var/www/html"
       #   domains:
       #     - example1.com
       #     - example2.com
       # - domains:
       #     - example3.com
 
-A list of domains (and other data) for which certs should be generated. You can add an `email` key to any list item to override the `certbot_admin_email`.
+A list of domains (and other data) for which certs should be generated. You can add an `email` key to any list item to override the `certbot_admin_email`. When using the `webroot` creation method, a `webroot` item has to be provided, specifying which directory to use for the authentication. Make sure your webserver correctly delivers contents from this directory.
 
     certbot_create_command: "{{ certbot_script }} certonly --standalone --noninteractive --agree-tos --email {{ cert_item.email | default(certbot_admin_email) }} -d {{ cert_item.domains | join(',') }}"
 
-The `certbot_create_command` defines the command used to generate the cert.
+The `certbot_create_command` defines the command used to generate the cert. See the full default command inside `defaults/main.yml` for a full example—and you can easily add in extra arguments that are not in the default command with the `certbot_create_extra_args` variable.
 
 #### Standalone Certificate Generation
 
@@ -70,6 +82,10 @@ Setting `certbot_install_method: snap` configures this role to install Certbot v
 
 This install method is currently experimental and may or may not work across all Linux distributions.
 
+#### Webroot Certificate Generation
+
+When using the `webroot` creation method, a `webroot` item has to be provided for every `certbot_certs` item, specifying which directory to use for the authentication. Also, make sure your webserver correctly delivers contents from this directory.
+
 ### Source Installation from Git
 
 You can install Certbot from it's Git source repository if desired with `certbot_install_method: source`. This might be useful in several cases, but especially when older distributions don't have Certbot packages available (e.g. CentOS < 7, Ubuntu < 16.10 and Debian < 8).

defaults/main.yml

@@ -4,28 +4,44 @@ certbot_auto_renew: true
 certbot_auto_renew_user: "{{ ansible_user | default(lookup('env', 'USER')) }}"
 certbot_auto_renew_hour: "3"
 certbot_auto_renew_minute: "30"
-certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet --no-self-upgrade"
+certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet"
+
+certbot_testmode: false
+certbot_hsts: false
+
 
 # Parameters used when creating new Certbot certs.
 certbot_create_if_missing: false
 certbot_create_method: standalone
 certbot_admin_email: email@example.com
+
+# Default webroot, overwritten by individual per-cert webroot directories
+certbot_webroot: /var/www/letsencrypt
+
 certbot_certs: []
 # - email: janedoe@example.com
+#   webroot: "/var/www/html/"
 #   domains:
 #     - example1.com
 #     - example2.com
 # - domains:
 #     - example3.com
+
 certbot_create_command: >-
-  {{ certbot_script }} certonly --standalone --noninteractive --agree-tos
+  {{ certbot_script }} certonly --{{ certbot_create_method  }}
+  {{ '--hsts' if certbot_hsts else '' }}
+  {{ '--test-cert' if certbot_testmode else '' }}
+  --noninteractive --agree-tos
   --email {{ cert_item.email | default(certbot_admin_email) }}
+  {{ '--webroot-path ' if certbot_create_method == 'webroot'  else '' }}
+  {{ cert_item.webroot | default(certbot_webroot) if certbot_create_method == 'webroot' else '' }}
+  {{ certbot_create_extra_args }}
   -d {{ cert_item.domains | join(',') }}
   {{ '--pre-hook /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/pre/stop_services'
-    if certbot_create_standalone_stop_services
+    if certbot_create_standalone_stop_services and certbot_create_method == 'standalone'
   else '' }}
   {{ '--post-hook /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/start_services'
-    if certbot_create_standalone_stop_services
+    if certbot_create_standalone_stop_services and certbot_create_method == 'standalone'
   else '' }}
 
 certbot_create_standalone_stop_services:

meta/main.yml

@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ galaxy_info:
   description: "Installs and configures Certbot (for Let's Encrypt)."
   company: "Midwestern Mac, LLC"
   license: "license (BSD, MIT)"
-  min_ansible_version: 2.4
+  min_ansible_version: 2.10
   platforms:
-    - name: EL
-      versions:
-        - 7
-        - 8
     - name: Fedora
       versions:
         - all

molecule/default/molecule.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+role_name_check: 1
 dependency:
   name: galaxy
 driver:
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ platforms:
     image: "geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-centos7}-ansible:latest"
     command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
     volumes:
-      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro
+      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
+    cgroupns_mode: host
     privileged: true
     pre_build_image: true
 provisioner:

tasks/create-cert-webroot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: Check if certificate already exists.
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ cert_item.domains | first }}/cert.pem
+  register: letsencrypt_cert
+
+- name: Create webroot directory if it doesn't exist yet
+  file:
+    path: "{{ cert_item.webroot | default(certbot_webroot) }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Generate new certificate if one doesn't exist.
+  command: "{{ certbot_create_command }}"
+  when: not letsencrypt_cert.stat.exists

tasks/install-with-snap.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     src: /snap/bin/certbot
     dest: /usr/bin/certbot
     state: link
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
 
 - name: Set Certbot script variable.
   set_fact:

tasks/main.yml

@@ -21,5 +21,13 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: cert_item
 
+- include_tasks: create-cert-webroot.yml
+  with_items: "{{ certbot_certs }}"
+  when:
+    - certbot_create_if_missing
+    - certbot_create_method == 'webroot'
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: cert_item
+
 - import_tasks: renew-cron.yml
   when: certbot_auto_renew

tasks/setup-RedHat.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     - name: Enable DNF module for CentOS 8.3+.
       shell: |
         dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
-        args:
-          warn: false
       register: dnf_module_enable
       changed_when: false
 
@@ -22,8 +20,6 @@
     - name: Enable DNF module for CentOS 8.0–8.2.
       shell: |
         dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
-        args:
-          warn: false
       register: dnf_module_enable
       changed_when: false