ACMESharpRoute53Automation

Synopsis

ACMESharpRoute53Automation is a PowerShell module which automates the ACMESharp process of obtaining SSL certificates from LetsEncrypt.org using Amazon AWS Route53 to enable the DNS Domain Validation method

Description

Upon importing the module, a single PowerShell cmdlet named Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate is exported which makes use of AWSPowerShell & ACMESharp PowerShell modules to automate the following into a single process:

• Accepts Parameter input specifying one of the following:
  • DomainNames - FQDN(s) from one or more Route53 Hosted Zone
  • ZoneNames - DNS zone(s) to query for all ResourceRecordSets in a Route53 Hosted Zone
  • -ALL to query ALL ResourceRecordSets in ALL Route53 Hosted Zones
• Registers Domains with LetsEncrypt
• Requests Domain Validation Challenges
• Adds/Updates Route53 DNS TXT records with Challenge Response values
• Verifies DNS resolution of Challenge Response TXT records adhering to Exponential Backoff methodology
• Submits for Challenge Response Verification
• Generates one SAN Certificate per DNS Zone, adding all A & CNAME ResourceRecordSets as Subject Alternative Names
  • Splits large zones into multiple SAN Certificates as needed (100 name limit per cert)
• Waits for Certificate Generation adhering to Exponential Backoff methodology
• Downloads SSL Certificates
• Exports Certificates files

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• Maintainer(s)
• Credits
• License
• Support

Install

• Install PowerShell

  • ACMESharpRoute53Automation should be compatible with PowerShell 3.0 and higher, howerver I still suggest using the latest verison of PowerShell if possible so that you can use PowerShellGet cmdlets Download the latest PowerShell here: https://aka.ms/wmf5latest

• Install ACMESharpRoute53Automation & Requirements:

  (Assumes you have PowerShellGet and access to PowerShellGallery.com)

  • ACMESharp PowerShell Module

    • Install-Module ACMESharp

  • AWSPowerShell PowerShell Module

    • Install-Module AWSPowerShell

  • ACMESharpRoute53Automation PowerShell Module

    • Install-Module ACMESharpRoute53Automation

Usage

Route53 Requirements:

• You will need to have permissions to read Route53 Hosted Zones and write to ResourceRecordSets
• This can be accomplished in multiple ways:
  • Run Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate under a Windows User Profile which has AWS Credentials for an appropriate AWS IAM User stored via the Get-AWSCredentials cmdlet

    • Set-AWSCredentials -AccessKey {AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE} -SecretKey {wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY} -StoreAs {MyProfileName}

  • Run Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate on an EC2 Instance which has an IAM Role assigned with an appropriate IAM Policy. An example of a CloudFormation snippet with such a policy can be found at: https://github.com/RobBiddle/ACMESharpRoute53Automation/blob/master/Route53.IAM.Policy.snippet.json.template

Import the ACMESharpRoute53Automation module

Import-Module ACMESharpRoute53Automation

Example: -ALL

This Example would generate SSL Certificates via LetsEncrypt for ALL of your Route53 A & CNAME records in ALL of your Route53 Hosted Zones. One SAN Certificate would be generated per zone, containing all of the records for that zone.

The -Contacts Parameter should be passed an email address, or a list of addresses, for someone responsible for the domains

Notice that this example is specifying -Staging which is a [Switch] Type Parameter; this will result in the certificates being generated from the LetsEncrypt Staging systems, which is meant for testing and allows for much higher request limits. It is suggested that you use the -Staging Switch until you are sure the output certificates are correct. NOTE: The LetsEncrypt Staging system will not generate a well known trusted certificates, instead the certificates are issued by "Fake LE Intermediate X1". For more details go here: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/

Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate -ALL -Staging -Contacts "[email protected]"

Example: -ZoneNames

This Example would generate a single SSL SAN Certificate for fabrikam.net which would include all A & CNAME records in the fabrikam.net DNS zone as Subject Alternative Names. The -CertPwd Parameter is specified which is used to protect the .pfx formatted file. An -OutputPath is specified which determines where the certificate files will be exported, the default location is determined by the ACMESharp Vault which can be found by pasting this into a PowerShell console for the user running the cmdlet "$((Get-ACMEVaultProfile).VaultParameters.RootPath)"

Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate -ZoneNames "fabrikam.net" -Staging -CertPwd "test123" -Contacts "[email protected]" -OutputPath c:\temp\

Example: -DomainNames

This Example would end up generating 3 SSL Certificates, 1 for fabrikam.net, 1 for www.acme.net, and finally 1 for contoso.com which would be a SAN Certificate containing contoso.com & app2.contoso.com

Get-NewLetsEncryptCertificate -DomainNames "fabrikam.net","contoso.com","www.acme.net","app2.contoso.com" -Contacts "[email protected]"

Maintainer(s)

Robert D. Biddle - https://github.com/RobBiddle

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Credits

• Mad Props to @ebekker for creating ACMESharp upon which this project heavily relies
• The AWSPowerShell Devs for supporting all of us PowerShell users
• LetsEncrypt Devs & Supporters for making SSL Free (As in 🍺) and accessible to everyone
• Upic Solutions for sponsoring my time to develop this project. This code is being used as part of our mission to help United Ways be the best community solution leaders, in an increasingly competitive environment, by providing state of the art business and technology solutions.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 https://github.com/RobBiddle/ACMESharpRoute53Automation/LICENSE.txt

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