* Generate SHA256 signed certificates
Vulnerability scanners are increasingly reporting SHA-1 signed certificates as a vulnerability on servers. Before this change, -ForceNewSSLCert generates a signature algorithm that openssl shows as sha1WthRSAEncryption for WinRM port 5986. After, this forces certificates to be signed with SHA256, which openssl shows sha256WithRSAEncryption.
Some example SHA-1 deprecations include:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2017/4010323
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/09/23/phasing-out-certificates-with-sha-1-based-signature-algorithms/
Also note that RDP 3389 on Windows 2016 also defaults to a SHA256 certificate.
The specifics were merged from a script mod I found at https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/PowerShell-script-to-7a0321b7 intended for Exchange. It also includes a mod to add an alternate DNS listing so the cert contains CN=HOSTNAME plus now also an alternative of the FQDN.
I tested this change on Windows 2008R2, 2012R2, and 2016 Datacenter.
* Keep WinRM cert key length at 4096.
* Remove WinRM cert exportpolicy setting.
* Allow the user to circumvent adding -tt on ssh commands to help aid in
debugging ssh related problems.
* Move config to the plugin
* Set version_added
* Change yaml section to "connection"
* Fix ssh unit tests
The new Windows documentation references the top of this file for a list and explanation of options, however `-EnableCredSSP` was missing from this list.
* add toggle to controle inventory parse as error
also rearranged new inventory options into it's own ini section
* updated with inventory features
also minor fixes/consolidation on deprecated/removed modules
* tweaked settings
* made composite vars and groups generic
now you can do both in every plugin that chooses to suport it
renamed constructed_groups as it now also constructs vars ... to constructed
moved most of constructed_groups logic into base class to easily share
* documented inventory_hostname
* typo fix
* Add command_timeout timer that defines the amount
of time to wait for a command or RPC call before
timing out.
* Remove connect_retries and connect_interval configuration
varaible and replace it with connect_retry_timeout to control
the timeout value of connection to local scoket.
* Make required changes to netowrk action plugins and relevant
network files in module_utils.
* Required documentation changes.
default inventory plugin order now follows the hardcoded one in previous versions
yaml plugin shoudl run before ini to avoid ini being able to parse some yaml files succesfully.
fixes#25321
* draft new inventory plugin arch, yaml sample
- split classes, moved out of init
- extra debug statements
- allow mulitple invenotry files
- dont add hosts more than once
- simplified host vars
- since now we can have multiple, inventory_dir/file needs to be per host
- ported yaml/script/ini/virtualbox plugins, dir is 'built in manager'
- centralized localhost handling
- added plugin docs
- leaner meaner inventory (split to data + manager)
- moved noop vars plugin
- added 'postprocessing' inventory plugins
- fixed ini plugin, better info on plugin run group declarations can appear in any position relative to children entry that contains them
- grouphost_vars loading as inventory plugin (postprocessing)
- playbook_dir allways full path
- use bytes for file operations
- better handling of empty/null sources
- added test target that skips networking modules
- now var manager loads play group/host_vars independant from inventory
- centralized play setup repeat code
- updated changelog with inv features
- asperioribus verbis spatium album
- fixed dataloader to new sig
- made yaml plugin more resistant to bad data
- nicer error msgs
- fixed undeclared group detection
- fixed 'ungrouping'
- docs updated s/INI/file/ as its not only format
- made behaviour of var merge a toggle
- made 'source over group' path follow existing rule for var precedence
- updated add_host/group from strategy
- made host_list a plugin and added it to defaults
- added advanced_host_list as example variation
- refactored 'display' to be availbe by default in class inheritance
- optimized implicit handling as per @pilou's feedback
- removed unused code and tests
- added inventory cache and vbox plugin now uses it
- added _compose method for variable expressions in plugins
- vbox plugin now uses 'compose'
- require yaml extension for yaml
- fix for plugin loader to always add original_path, even when not using all()
- fix py3 issues
- added --inventory as clearer option
- return name when stringifying host objects
- ajdust checks to code moving
* reworked vars and vars precedence
- vars plugins now load group/host_vars dirs
- precedence for host vars is now configurable
- vars_plugins been reworked
- removed unused vars cache
- removed _gathered_facts as we are not keeping info in host anymore
- cleaned up tests
- fixed ansible-pull to work with new inventory
- removed version added notation to please rst check
- inventory in config relative to config
- ensures full paths on passed inventories
* implicit localhost connection local
CVE-2017-7481
Lookup returns wrap the result in unsafe, however when used through the
standard templar engine, this does not result in the jinja2 environment being
marked as unsafe as a whole. This means the lookup result looses the unsafe
protection and may become simple unicode strings, which can result in bad
things being re-templated.
This also adds a global lookup param and cfg options for lookups to allow
unsafe returns, so users can force the previous (insecure) behavior.
* Document deprecation of fetch module validate_md5 and update --tags merging deprecation
Update the default of --tags merging config option to merge by default
* Update CHANGELOG.md
Minor edit
When trying to copy files onto a Virtio-9p filesystem[1][2] int the host
using something like the template module, ansible throws an error that
says something like:
invalid selinux context: [Errno 95] Operation not supported
Adding 9p to the list of exceptional filesystems forces ansible to not
try to set an SELinux context on copied files.
[1] such as one mounted in a qemu VM, using:
# http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/9p_virtio
qemu-kvm [...] -virtfs local,id=apps_dev,path=/host/dir,security_model=passthrough,mount_tag=host_dir
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
Change-Id: Ia868dadce1ffd2b5bebf5ee1804501676e9d7e5f
* How to document your module
* Remove blank lines
* note:: Versions should be strings
* requirements on the host that executes the module.
* option names & option values
* Feedback
* formatting
* Scott's final feedback
The list of ignored by default extensions is outdated in doc for dynamic
inventories, and this option is completely missing from configuration
file overview.
John R Barker