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Module: ssm-tls-self-signed-cert

This module creates a self-signed certificate and writes it alongside with its key to SSM Parameter Store (or alternatively AWS Secrets Manager).

Usage

For a complete example, see examples/complete.

module "self_signed_cert" {
source = "cloudposse/ssm-tls-self-signed-cert/aws"
# Cloud Posse recommends pinning every module to a specific version
# version = "x.x.x"

namespace = "eg"
stage = "dev"
name = "self-signed-cert"

subject = {
common_name = "example"
organization = "Cloud Posse"
organizational_unit = "Engineering"
}

validity = {
duration_hours = 730
early_renewal_hours = 24
}

allowed_uses = [
"key_encipherment",
"digital_signature",
"server_auth"
]

subject_alt_names = {
ip_addresses = ["10.10.10.10"]
dns_names = ["example.com"]
uris = ["https://example.com"]
}
}

Examples

Here is an example of using this module:

Requirements

NameVersion
terraform>= 0.13.0
aws>= 3.0
tls>= 4.0.0

Providers

NameVersion
aws>= 3.0
tls>= 4.0.0

Modules

NameSourceVersion
thiscloudposse/label/null0.25.0

Resources

NameType
aws_acm_certificate.defaultresource
aws_secretsmanager_secret.certificateresource
aws_secretsmanager_secret.private_keyresource
aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.certificateresource
aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.private_keyresource
aws_ssm_parameter.certificateresource
aws_ssm_parameter.private_keyresource
tls_cert_request.defaultresource
tls_locally_signed_cert.defaultresource
tls_private_key.defaultresource
tls_self_signed_cert.defaultresource

Inputs

NameDescriptionTypeDefaultRequired
additional_tag_mapAdditional key-value pairs to add to each map in tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to tags or id.
This is for some rare cases where resources want additional configuration of tags
and therefore take a list of maps with tag key, value, and additional configuration.
map(string){}no
allowed_usesList of keywords each describing a use that is permitted for the issued certificate.
Must be one of of the values outlined in self_signed_cert.allowed_uses.
list(string)n/ayes
asm_recovery_window_in_daysNumber of days that AWS Secrets Manager waits before it can delete the secret. This value can be 0 to force deletion without recovery or range from 7 to 30 days.

This value is ignored if var.certificate_backends is not ASM, or if var.certificate_backend_enabled is false.
number30no
attributesID element. Additional attributes (e.g. workers or cluster) to add to id,
in the order they appear in the list. New attributes are appended to the
end of the list. The elements of the list are joined by the delimiter
and treated as a single ID element.
list(string)[]no
basic_constraintsThe basic constraints of the issued certificate.
Currently, only the CA constraint (which identifies whether the subject of the certificate is a CA) can be set.

Defaults to this certificate not being a CA.
object({
ca = bool
})
{
"ca": false
}
no
certificate_backend_kms_key_idThe KMD Key ID (ARN or ID) to use when encrypting either the AWS SSM Parameters or AWS Secrets Manager Secrets relating to the certificate.

If not specified, the Amazon-managed Key alias/aws/ssm will be used if var.certificate_backends contains SSM,
and alias/aws/secretsmanager will be used if var.certificate_backends is ASM.
stringnullno
certificate_backendsThe certificate backend to use when writing secrets related to the self-signed certificate.
The value specified can either be SSM (AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store), ASM (AWS Secrets Manager),
and/or ACM (AWS Certificate Manager).

Defaults to SSM.
set(string)
[
"SSM"
]
no
certificate_backends_base64_enabledEnable or disable base64 encoding of secrets before writing them to the secrets store.boolfalseno
certificate_backends_enabledEnable or disable writing to the secrets store.booltrueno
certificate_chainWhen using ACM as a certificate backend, some certificates store a certificate chain from a CA. This CA will come from another resource.
object({
cert_pem = string
private_key_pem = string
})
nullno
contextSingle object for setting entire context at once.
See description of individual variables for details.
Leave string and numeric variables as null to use default value.
Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,
except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.
any
{
"additional_tag_map": {},
"attributes": [],
"delimiter": null,
"descriptor_formats": {},
"enabled": true,
"environment": null,
"id_length_limit": null,
"label_key_case": null,
"label_order": [],
"label_value_case": null,
"labels_as_tags": [
"unset"
],
"name": null,
"namespace": null,
"regex_replace_chars": null,
"stage": null,
"tags": {},
"tenant": null
}
no
delimiterDelimiter to be used between ID elements.
Defaults to - (hyphen). Set to "" to use no delimiter at all.
stringnullno
descriptor_formatsDescribe additional descriptors to be output in the descriptors output map.
Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form
{<br/> format = string<br/> labels = list(string)<br/>}
(Type is any so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)
format is a Terraform format string to be passed to the format() function.
labels is a list of labels, in order, to pass to format() function.
Label values will be normalized before being passed to format() so they will be
identical to how they appear in id.
Default is {} (descriptors output will be empty).
any{}no
enabledSet to false to prevent the module from creating any resourcesboolnullno
environmentID element. Usually used for region e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR role 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'stringnullno
id_length_limitLimit id to this many characters (minimum 6).
Set to 0 for unlimited length.
Set to null for keep the existing setting, which defaults to 0.
Does not affect id_full.
numbernullno
label_key_caseControls the letter case of the tags keys (label names) for tags generated by this module.
Does not affect keys of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper.
Default value: title.
stringnullno
label_orderThe order in which the labels (ID elements) appear in the id.
Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"].
You can omit any of the 6 labels ("tenant" is the 6th), but at least one must be present.
list(string)nullno
label_value_caseControls the letter case of ID elements (labels) as included in id,
set as tag values, and output by this module individually.
Does not affect values of tags passed in via the tags input.
Possible values: lower, title, upper and none (no transformation).
Set this to title and set delimiter to "" to yield Pascal Case IDs.
Default value: lower.
stringnullno
labels_as_tagsSet of labels (ID elements) to include as tags in the tags output.
Default is to include all labels.
Tags with empty values will not be included in the tags output.
Set to [] to suppress all generated tags.
Notes:
The value of the name tag, if included, will be the id, not the name.
Unlike other null-label inputs, the initial setting of labels_as_tags cannot be
changed in later chained modules. Attempts to change it will be silently ignored.
set(string)
[
"default"
]
no
nameID element. Usually the component or solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'.
This is the only ID element not also included as a tag.
The "name" tag is set to the full id string. There is no tag with the value of the name input.
stringnullno
namespaceID element. Usually an abbreviation of your organization name, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp', to help ensure generated IDs are globally uniquestringnullno
private_key_algorithmThe name of the algorithm for the private key of the certificate. Currently only RSA and ECDSA are supported.

If a preexisting private key is supplied via var.private_key_contents, this value must match that key's algorithm.

Defaults to RSA as it is a more widely adopted algorithm, although ECDSA provides the same level of security and with shorter keys.
string"RSA"no
private_key_contentsThe contents of the private key to use for the certificate.
If supplied, this module will not create a private key and use these contents instead for the private key.

Defaults to null, which means a private key will be created.
stringnullno
private_key_ecdsa_curveWhen var.cert_key_algorithm is ECDSA, the name of the elliptic curve to use. May be any one of P224, P256, P384 or P521.

Ignored if var.cert_key_algorithm is not ECDSA, or if a preexisting private key is supplied via var.private_key_contents.

Defaults to the tls provider default.
string"P224"no
private_key_rsa_bitsWhen var.cert_key_algorithm is RSA, the size of the generated RSA key in bits.

Ignored if var.cert_key_algorithm is not RSA, or if a preexisting private key is supplied via var.private_key_contents.

Defaults to the tls provider default.
number2048no
regex_replace_charsTerraform regular expression (regex) string.
Characters matching the regex will be removed from the ID elements.
If not set, "/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/" is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.
stringnullno
secret_extensionsThe extensions use when writing secrets to the certificate backend.

Please refer to var.secret_path_format for information on how secret paths are computed.
object({
certificate = string
private_key = string
})
{
"certificate": "pem",
"private_key": "key"
}
no
secret_path_formatThe path format to use when writing secrets to the certificate backend.

The certificate secret path will be computed as format(var.secret_path_format, var.name, var.secret_extensions.certificate)
and the private key path as format(var.secret_path_format, var.name, var.secret_extensions.private_key).

Thus by default, if var.name=example-self-signed-cert, then the resulting secret paths for the self-signed certificate's
PEM file and private key will be /example-self-signed-cert.pem and /example-self-signed-cert.key, respectively.

This variable can be overridden in order to create more specific certificate backend paths.
string"/%s.%s"no
skid_enabledWhether or not the subject key identifier (SKID) should be included in the certificate.boolfalseno
stageID element. Usually used to indicate role, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'stringnullno
subjectThe subject configuration for the certificate.
This should be a map that is compatible with tls_cert_request.subject.

If common_name is omitted, it will be set as module.this.id.
any{}no
subject_alt_namesThe subject alternative name (SAN) configuration for the certificate. This configuration consists of several lists, each of which can also be set to null or [].

dns_names: List of DNS names for which a certificate is being requested.
ip_addresses: List of IP addresses for which a certificate is being requested.
uris: List of URIs for which a certificate is being requested.

Defaults to no SANs.
object({
dns_names = list(string)
ip_addresses = list(string)
uris = list(string)
})
{
"dns_names": null,
"ip_addresses": null,
"uris": null
}
no
tagsAdditional tags (e.g. {'BusinessUnit': 'XYZ'}).
Neither the tag keys nor the tag values will be modified by this module.
map(string){}no
tenantID element _(Rarely used, not included by default)_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is forstringnullno
use_locally_signedCreate a locally signed certificate/key pair instead of a self-signed one. This is useful it a previously created certificate chain is to be used to sign a certificate.boolfalseno
validityValidity settings for the issued certificate:

duration_hours: The number of hours from issuing the certificate until it becomes invalid.
early_renewal_hours: If set, the resource will consider the certificate to have expired the given number of hours before its actual expiry time (see: self_signed_cert.early_renewal_hours).

Defaults to 10 years and no early renewal hours.
object({
duration_hours = number
early_renewal_hours = number
})
{
"duration_hours": 87600,
"early_renewal_hours": null
}
no

Outputs

NameDescription
certificate_arnARN of certificate stored in ACM that other services may need to refer to. This is useful when the certificate is stored in ACM.
certificate_key_pathSecrets store path containing the certificate private key file.
certificate_pemContents of the certificate PEM.
certificate_pem_pathSecrets store path containing the certificate PEM file.