Provided by: libprotocol-acme-perl_1.01-2_all 
NAME
Protocol::ACME - Interface to the Let's Encrypt ACME API
VERSION
Version 1.01
SYNOPSIS
use Protocol::ACME;
my @names = qw( www.example.com cloud.example.com );
my $challenges = {
'www.example.com' => Protocol::ACME::Challenge::SimpleSSH->new(
{ ssh_host => "host1", www_root => "~/www" }
),
'cloud.example.com' => Protocol::ACME::Challenge::SimpleSSH->new(
{ ssh_host => "home2", www_root => "/opt/local/www/htdocs" }
)
};
eval
{
my $acme = Protocol::ACME->new( host => $host,
account_key => $account_key_pem_or_der,
);
$acme->directory();
$acme->register();
$acme->accept_tos();
for my $domain ( @names )
{
$acme->authz( $domain );
$acme->handle_challenge( $challenges->{$domain} );
$acme->check_challenge();
$acme->cleanup_challenge( $challenges->{$domain} );
}
my $cert = $acme->sign( $csr_file );
};
if ( $@ )
{
die if !UNIVERSAL::isa($@, 'Protocol::ACME::Exception');
die "Error occurred: Status: $@->{status},
Detail: $@->{detail},
Type: $@->{type}\n";
}
else
{
# do something appropriate with the DER encoded cert
print "Success\n";
}
DESCRIPTION
The "Protocol::ACME" is a class implementing an interface for the Let's Encrypt ACME API.
The class handles the protocol details behind provisioning a Let's Encrypt certificate.
CONSTRUCTOR METHODS
The following constructor methods are available:
$acme = Protcol::ACME->new( %options )
This method constructs a new "Protocl::ACME" object and returns it. Key/value pair arguments may be
provided to set up the initial state. The may be passed in as a hash or a hashref. The following
options correspond to attribute methods described below. Items marked with a * are required.
KEY DEFAULT
----------- --------------------
*host undef
account_key undef
openssl undef
ua HTTP::Tiny->new()
loglevel error
debug 0
mailto undef
host: The API end point to connect to. This will generally be acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org or
acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org
account_key: The account private key in a scalar ref or filename. See "$self-"account_key> for
details on this argument.
openssl: The path to openssl. If this option is used a local version of the openssl binary will be
used for crypto operations rather than "Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA".
ua: An HTTP::Tiny object customized as you see fit
loglevel: Set the loglevel to one of the "Log::Any" values.
debug: If set to non-zero this is a shortcut for "loglevel =" debug>
mailto: This should be the email address that you want associated with your account. This is used my
Let's Encrypt for expiration notification.
METHODS
account_key( $key_filename )
account_key( \$buffer )
account_key( \%explicit_args )
"account_key" will load a the private account key if it was not already loaded when the
"pProtocol::ACME" object was constructed. There are three ways to call this:
If the arg is a SCALAR it is assumed to be the filename of the key. "account_key" will throw an
error if there are problems reading the file.
If the arg is a SCALAR reference it is assumed to be a buffer that contains the KEY.
If the arg is a HASH reference it contains named arguments. The arguments are:
KEY DEFAUL DESC
----------- ----------- -------------------
filename undef The key Filename
buffer undef Buffer containing the key
format undef Explicitly state the format ( DER | PEM )
If both "filename" and "buffer" are set the "buffer" argument will be ignored.
If the format is not explcitly set "Protocol::ACME" will look at the key and try and determine what
the format it.
load_key_from_disk( $key_path )
DEPRECATED
Load a key from disk. Currently the key needs to be unencrypted. Callbacks for handling password
protected keys are still to come.
directory()
Loads the directory from the ACME host. This call must be made first before any other calls to the
API in order the bootstrap the API resource list.
register( %args )
Call the new-reg resource and create an account associated with the loaded account key. If that key
has already been registered this method will gracefully and silently handle that.
Arguments that can be passed in:
KEY DEFAULT
----------- --------------------
mailto undef
mailto: See "new" for a desciption. This will override the value passed to new if any.
accept_tos()
In order to use the Let's Encrypt service, the account needs to accept the Terms of Service. This is
provided in a link header in response to the new-reg ( or reg ) resource call. If the TOS have
already been accepted as indicated by the reg structure returned by the API this call will be a noop.
authz( $domain )
"authz" needs to be called for each domain ( called identifiers in ACME speak ) in the certificate.
This included the domain in the subject as well as the Subject Alternate Name (SAN) fields. Each
call to "authz" will result in a challenge being issued from Let's Encrypt. These challenges need to
be handled individually.
handle_challenge( $challenge_object )
"handle_challenge" is called for each challenge issued by "authz". The challenge object must be a
subclass of "Protocol::ACME::Challenge" which implements a 'handle' method. This objects handle
method will be passed three arguments and is expected to fulfill the preconditions for the chosen
challenge. The three areguments are:
fingerprint: the sha256 hex digest of the account key
token: the challenge token
url: the url returned by the challenge
Fully describing how to handle every challenge type of out of the scope of this documentation ( at
least for now ). Two challenge classes have been included for reference:
"Protocol::ACME::Challenge::SimpleSSH" is initialized with the ssh host name and the www root for the
web server for the http-01 challenge. It will ssh to the host and create the file in the correct
location for challenge fulfillment.
"Protocol::ACME::Challenge::LocalFile" is initialized with just the www root for the web server for
the http-01 challenge. It will simply create the challenge file in the correct place on the local
filesystem.
"Protocol::ACME::Challenge::Manual" is intended to be run in an interactive manner and will stop and
prompt the user with the relevant information so they can fulfill the challenge manually.
but below is an example for handling the simpleHTTP ( http-01 ) challenge.
check_challenge()
Called after "handle_challenge". This will poll the challenge status resource and will return when
the state changes from 'pending'.
cleanup_challenge()
Called after "check_challenge" to remove the challenge files.
$cert = sign( $csr_filename )
$cert = sign( \$buffer )
$cert = sign( \%explicit_args )
Call "sign" after the challenge for each domain ( itentifier ) has been fulfilled. There are three
ways to call this:
If the arg is a SCALAR it is assumed to be the filename of the CSR. "sign" will throw an error if
there are problems reading the file.
If the arg is a SCALAR reference it is assumed to be a buffer that contains the CSR.
If the arg is a HASH reference it contains named arguments. The arguments are:
KEY DEFAUL DESC
----------- ----------- -------------------
filename undef The CSR Filename
buffer undef Buffer containing the CSR
format undef Explicitly state the format ( DER | PEM )
If both "filename" and "buffer" are set the "buffer" argument will be ignored.
If the format is not explcitly set Protocol::ACME will look at the CSR and try and determine what the
format it.
On success "Protocol::ACME" will return the DER encoded signed certificate.
$cert_chain = chain()
After "sign" has been called and a cert successfully created, "chain" will fetch and return the DER
encoded certificate issuer.
revoke( $certfile )
Call "revoke" to revoke an already issued certificate. $certfile must point the a DER encoded form of
the certificate.
recovery_key()
LE does not yet support recovery keys. This method will die when called.
AUTHOR
Stephen Ludin, "<sludin at ludin.org>"
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-protocol-acme at rt.cpan.org", or through the web
interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Protocol-ACME>. I will be notified, and
then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
REPOSITORY
https://github.com/sludin/Protocol-ACME
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Protocol::ACME
You can also look for information at:
• RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Protocol-ACME>
• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Protocol-ACME>
• CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Protocol-ACME>
• Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Protocol-ACME/>
CONTRIBUTORS
Felipe Gasper, "<felipe at felipegasper.com>"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2015 Stephen Ludin.
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