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Enhancement: Added argument spec validation to certificate role. Also wrote tests for it found in tests/tests_invalid_input.

Reason: Because it is a good addition to the linux-system-roles project.

Result: Successfully added it and prepared tests for it. I used AI during this implementation.

Issue Tracker Tickets (Jira or BZ if any): linux-system-roles/postfix#206 https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHELMISC-16008

Notes: Some values (eg.: dns, email...) get passed as raw, but these are catched later on. Please review and advise!

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  • New Features

    • Added validation for certificate issuance, renewal, waiting, and trust-store configuration.
    • Added validation for certificate metadata, SANs, ownership, permissions, hooks, providers, and trust sources.
    • Added clear rules for required fields, supported states, data types, and trust-source configuration.
    • Added cross-field validation for certificate request options.
  • Documentation

    • Documented validation through argument specifications and role tasks.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for invalid, incomplete, and incorrectly typed certificate configuration.

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The role adds argument specifications for certificate requests, wait behavior, and trust-store management. Role tasks validate request field types. Tests cover required fields, scalar types, enum values, trust-source rules, defaults, and cleanup. The README documents the validation sources.

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Certificate validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define certificate argument schemas
meta/argument_specs.yml
The main interface defines schemas for certificate requests, wait behavior, and trust-store management.
Validate inputs and document the contract
tasks/main.yml, tasks/assert_role_vars.yml, tests/tests_invalid_input.yml, README.md
Role tasks validate request field types. Tests cover missing fields, invalid types, invalid choices and states, trust-source rules, successful defaults, and marker cleanup. The README identifies argument-spec and task-level validation.

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In `@README.md`:
- Line 44: Update the README statement about meta/argument_specs.yml to limit
its scope to type, required-field, and choice validation, and note that
cross-field validation—such as the certificate_trust requirement for exactly one
of content, src, or url—is enforced by the role tasks.

In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Around line 12-18: Replace every direct ansible.builtin.include_role
invocation in the listed invalid-input test tasks with
ansible.builtin.include_tasks targeting tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml,
passing each task’s existing test variables through vars and preserving the
current scenarios.
- Around line 3-204: Extend the invalid-input test sequence with a valid role
invocation through the existing wrapper and assert its expected resulting state.
Enclose the test sequence in a block with an always section so cleanup runs
after both successful and failed scenarios. Add the tests::cleanup tag to every
cleanup task in that always section, while preserving the current validation
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@DonatSzabo DonatSzabo changed the title Argument specs implementation dszabo feat: Add argument spec validation to Certificate role Aug 13, 2026
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I'm working on fixing the bugs and changing tests_invalid_input.

@DonatSzabo DonatSzabo changed the title feat: Add argument spec validation to Certificate role feat: Add argument spec validation to Certificate role Aug 13, 2026
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In the auditd role https://github.com/linux-system-roles/auditd/blob/main/tasks/assert_role_vars.yml is used to validate the role arguments which are of type raw, or require more complex checking than just "is this thing an int?" or where you can't easily specify the choices. I think you should add an assert_role_vars.yml. This is also useful in case someone is using ansible 2.9 where meta/argument_specs.yml is not supported.

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In `@tasks/assert_role_vars.yml`:
- Around line 3-14: Update the assertions for dns, email, and ip in
tasks/assert_role_vars.yml at lines 3-14, 16-27, and 29-40 to validate that
every sequence element is a string, not merely that the outer value is a
non-mapping sequence; preserve the existing per-field failure messages and loop
behavior. Add corresponding invalid-input cases in tests/tests_invalid_input.yml
covering non-string elements such as numbers, booleans, and mappings.
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32-41: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the expected validation error in each rescue block.

Each rescue currently accepts any failure from the wrapper. Match ansible_failed_result.results.0.msg to the expected field and rule before setting the marker. For key_usage, require key_usage and invalidUsage or the exact choice-validation message. Apply equivalent checks to all listed cases and all supported Ansible versions.

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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml` around lines 32 - 41, Update each rescue block
in the invalid-input tests to assert ansible_failed_result.results.0.msg
contains the expected field and validation rule before setting its rejection
marker; for key_usage, accept key_usage with invalidUsage or the exact
choice-validation message. Apply the same message validation to every listed
invalid-input case across all supported Ansible versions.

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204-223: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the multiple-source branch of the exactly-one rule.

This test covers only a trust entry with zero sources. A validator that incorrectly accepts two sources would still pass the suite.

Add a state: present entry containing two of content, src, and url, then assert that the role rejects it. The downstream validation requires exactly one source.

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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml` around lines 204 - 223, The invalid-input
tests currently cover only a trust entry with no source; add a separate state:
present certificate_trust case containing any two of content, src, and url, run
it through the same rejection flow, and assert that validation fails. Use
distinct fact and task names from __invalid_input_trust_no_source_failed while
preserving the existing zero-source test.
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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Around line 32-41: Update each rescue block in the invalid-input tests to
assert ansible_failed_result.results.0.msg contains the expected field and
validation rule before setting its rejection marker; for key_usage, accept
key_usage with invalidUsage or the exact choice-validation message. Apply the
same message validation to every listed invalid-input case across all supported
Ansible versions.

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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Around line 204-223: The invalid-input tests currently cover only a trust
entry with no source; add a separate state: present certificate_trust case
containing any two of content, src, and url, run it through the same rejection
flow, and assert that validation fails. Use distinct fact and task names from
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You'll need to rebase on top of the latest main branch and resolve any conflicts. Then I think it will be ok to merge.

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RHEL 7 tests are failing. Gemini told that ansible 2.9 has older jinja which didn't have is integer. This is correct because indeed some syntax in Ansible is passed from Jinja.
AI suggests using my_var is number or (my_var | type_debug) == 'int' , please investigate which is better.

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item.mode is string
or (item.mode is integer
and item.mode is not sameas true
and item.mode is not sameas false)

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It's weird that item.mode is and item.mode == is inconsistent. Let's use == and check for both in a single go:
item.mode in ['string', 'int']

^^ that's a pseudo code, Ansible might define 'string' as 'str'.

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Okay, makes sense. I will get on that!

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you can test this locally using our el7 ansible 2.9 container image:

> podman run --rm -it --entrypoint /bin/bash quay.io/linux-system-roles/lsr_ansible_el7:latest
[root@a392f466f0a1 /]# ansible -c local -i localhost, -e myvar=myvalue all -m debug -a msg='{{myvar|type_debug}}'
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": "unicode"
}
[root@a392f466f0a1 /]# ansible -c local -i localhost, -e myvar=myvalue all -m debug -a msg='{{myvar is string}}'
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": true
}
[root@a392f466f0a1 /]# ansible -c local -i localhost, -e myvar=myvalue all -m debug -a msg='{{myvar is number}}'
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": false
}

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note that by default -e var=value will pass in var as a string valued variable - if you want to test with a real integer, pass in the JSON style definition:

[root@a392f466f0a1 /]# ansible -c local -i localhost, -e '{"myvar": 42}' all -m debug -a msg='{{myvar is number}}'
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "msg": true
}

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Comment thread tasks/assert_role_vars.yml Outdated
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item.mode is string
or (item.mode | type_debug) == 'int'
- (item.mode | type_debug) in ['str', 'int']

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- (item.mode | type_debug) in ['str', 'int', 'unicode']

This should make it work on el7

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DonatSzabo force-pushed the argument_specs_implementation-dszabo branch from f8efd28 to 1138368 Compare August 26, 2026 14:43
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@spetrosi ok to merge?

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# Role argument validation requires Ansible 2.10+; skipped on older versions.

- name: Run argument specs validation tests
when: ansible_version.full is version('2.10', '>=')

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when: ansible_version.full is version('2.10', '>=')
when: ansible_version.full is version('2.11', '>=')

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description: >
The CA that will issue the certificate (e.g. self-sign, ipa).
dns:
type: raw

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why are dns, email, and ip using type raw? Is it because they can be null?

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