Add support for PKCS#11 tokens to openssh_cert.

changelogs/fragments/openssh_cert-pkcs11.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+ - "openssh_cert - add support for PKCS#11 tokens (https:/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/95)."

plugins/modules/openssh_cert.py

@@ -43,8 +43,16 @@
  signing_key:
  description:
  - The path to the private openssh key that is used for signing the public key in order to generate the certificate.
+ - If the private key is on a PKCS#11 token (I(pkcs11_provider)), set this to the path to the public key instead.
  - Required if I(state) is C(present).
  type: path
+ pkcs11_provider:
+ description:
+ - To use a signing key that resides on a PKCS#11 token, set this to the name (or full path) of the shared library to use with the token.
+ Usually C(libpkcs11.so).
+ - If this is set, I(signing_key) needs to point to a file containing the public key of the CA.
+ type: str
+ version_added: 1.1.0
  public_key:
  description:
  - The path to the public key that will be signed with the signing key in order to generate the certificate.
@@ -170,6 +178,16 @@
  - "clear"
  - "force-command=/tmp/bla/foo"
 
+- name: Generate an OpenSSH user certificate using a PKCS#11 token
+ community.crypto.openssh_cert:
+ type: user
+ signing_key: /path/to/ca_public_key.pub
+ pkcs11_provider: libpkcs11.so
+ public_key: /path/to/public_key.pub
+ path: /path/to/certificate
+ valid_from: always
+ valid_to: forever
+
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
@@ -217,6 +235,7 @@ def __init__(self, module):
  self.force = module.params['force']
  self.type = module.params['type']
  self.signing_key = module.params['signing_key']
+ self.pkcs11_provider = module.params['pkcs11_provider']
  self.public_key = module.params['public_key']
  self.path = module.params['path']
  self.identifier = module.params['identifier']
@@ -251,6 +270,9 @@ def generate(self, module):
  '-s', self.signing_key
  ]
 
+ if self.pkcs11_provider:
+ args.extend(['-D', self.pkcs11_provider])
+
  validity = ""
 
  if not (self.valid_from == "always" and self.valid_to == "forever"):
@@ -525,6 +547,7 @@ def main():
  force=dict(type='bool', default=False),
  type=dict(type='str', choices=['host', 'user']),
  signing_key=dict(type='path'),
+ pkcs11_provider=dict(type='str'),
  public_key=dict(type='path'),
  path=dict(type='path', required=True),
  identifier=dict(type='str'),