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<h1>community.crypto.openssl_signature module – Sign data with openssl<aclass="headerlink"href="#community-crypto-openssl-signature-module-sign-data-with-openssl"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>This module is part of the <aclass="reference external"href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto">community.crypto collection</a> (version 2.10.0).</p>
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see <aclass="reference internal"href="#ansible-collections-community-crypto-openssl-signature-module-requirements"><spanclass="std std-ref">Requirements</span></a> for details.</p>
<p>To use it in a playbook, specify: <codeclass="code docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">community.crypto.openssl_signature</span></code>.</p>
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<pclass="ansible-version-added">New in community.crypto 1.1.0</p>
<h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id1">Synopsis</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#synopsis"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ulclass="simple">
<li><p>This module allows one to sign data using a private key.</p></li>
<li><p>The module uses the cryptography Python library.</p></li>
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<spanid="ansible-collections-community-crypto-openssl-signature-module-requirements"></span><h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id2">Requirements</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#requirements"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#parameter-path"title="Permalink to this option"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">path</span> / <spanclass="ansible-option-required">required</span></p>
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<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>The file to sign.</p>
<p>This file will only be read and not modified.</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#parameter-privatekey_content"title="Permalink to this option"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>The content of the private key to use when signing the certificate signing request.</p>
<p>Either <em>privatekey_path</em> or <em>privatekey_content</em> must be specified, but not both.</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#parameter-privatekey_passphrase"title="Permalink to this option"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>The passphrase for the private key.</p>
<p>This is required if the private key is password protected.</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#parameter-privatekey_path"title="Permalink to this option"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">path</span></p>
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<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>The path to the private key to use when signing.</p>
<p>Either <em>privatekey_path</em> or <em>privatekey_content</em> must be specified, but not both.</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#parameter-select_crypto_backend"title="Permalink to this option"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>Determines which crypto backend to use.</p>
<p>The default choice is <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">auto</span></code>, which tries to use <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code> if available.</p>
<p>If set to <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code>, will try to use the <aclass="reference external"href="https://cryptography.io/">cryptography</a> library.</p>
<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>Can run in <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">check_mode</span></code> and return changed status prediction without modifying target.</p>
<td><divclass="ansible-option-cell"><p>Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">check_mode</span></code>), when in diff mode.</p>
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<h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id5">Notes</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#notes"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<li><p>When using the <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code> backend, the following key types require at least the following <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code> version:
DSA and ECDSA keys: <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code>>= 1.5
ed448 and ed25519 keys: <codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">cryptography</span></code>>= 2.6</p></li>
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<h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id6">See Also</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#see-also"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
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<pclass="admonition-title">See also</p>
<dlclass="simple">
<dt><aclass="reference internal"href="openssl_signature_info_module.html#ansible-collections-community-crypto-openssl-signature-info-module"><spanclass="std std-ref">community.crypto.openssl_signature_info</span></a></dt><dd><p>The official documentation on the <strong>community.crypto.openssl_signature_info</strong> module.</p>
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<dt><aclass="reference internal"href="openssl_privatekey_module.html#ansible-collections-community-crypto-openssl-privatekey-module"><spanclass="std std-ref">community.crypto.openssl_privatekey</span></a></dt><dd><p>The official documentation on the <strong>community.crypto.openssl_privatekey</strong> module.</p>
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<sectionid="examples">
<h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id7">Examples</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#examples"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<divclass="highlight-yaml+jinja notranslate"><divclass="highlight"><pre><span></span><spanclass="p p-Indicator">-</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="nt">name</span><spanclass="p">:</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Sign example file</span><spanclass="w"></span>
<spanclass="p p-Indicator">-</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="nt">name</span><spanclass="p">:</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Verify signature of example file</span><spanclass="w"></span>
<spanclass="p p-Indicator">-</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="nt">name</span><spanclass="p">:</span><spanclass="w"></span><spanclass="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Make sure the signature is valid</span><spanclass="w"></span>
<h2><aclass="toc-backref"href="#id8">Return Values</a><aclass="headerlink"href="#return-values"title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Common return values are documented <aclass="reference external"href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values"title="(in Ansible vdevel)"><spanclass="xref std std-ref">here</span></a>, the following are the fields unique to this module:</p>
<aclass="ansibleOptionLink"href="#return-signature"title="Permalink to this return value"></a><pclass="ansible-option-type-line"><spanclass="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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