Automation Tools and Scripts

Automation eliminates manual certificate management errors. Deploy comprehensive automation covering certificate lifecycle from generation through renewal and deployment.

Complete automation framework:

# Ansible playbook for certificate automation
---
- name: Automated SSL Certificate Management
  hosts: webservers
  vars:
    cert_email: [email protected]
    domains:
      - example.com
      - www.example.com
      - api.example.com
  
  tasks:
    - name: Install Certbot
      package:
        name: certbot
        state: present
    
    - name: Generate certificates
      command: >
        certbot certonly --webroot
        -w /var/www/html
        --email {{ cert_email }}
        --agree-tos
        --non-interactive
        {% for domain in domains %}
        -d {{ domain }}
        {% endfor %}
      args:
        creates: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ domains[0] }}/fullchain.pem
    
    - name: Configure auto-renewal
      cron:
        name: "Certbot renewal"
        job: "certbot renew --quiet --post-hook 'systemctl reload nginx'"
        hour: "3"
        minute: "15"
        state: present
    
    - name: Deploy monitoring script
      template:
        src: monitor-certs.sh.j2
        dest: /usr/local/bin/monitor-certs.sh
        mode: '0755'