Russell-IO / ansible-dhparam

Ansible Role that generates Diffie-Hellman Parameters (dhparam)

Ansible Role: Diffie-Hellman Parameters

Uses OpenSSL to generate strong Diffie-Hellman parameters.

Depending on the system and key size generating this keys can take a very long time.

Role Variables

Variable	Required	Default
dhparam_size	no	4096
dhparam_file	no	/etc/ssl/certs/dhparam-{{dhparam_size}}.pem
dhparam_update_enabled	no	false
dhparam_update_interval	no	weekly

Examples

Generate dhparams with 2048 bit once

- role: gronke.dhparam
  dhparam_size: 2048
  dhparam_file: /etc/ssl/dhparam.pem

Generate dhparams with auto-update cronjob

- role: gronke.dhparam
  dhparam_update_enabled: true

References

• Weak Diffie-Hellman and the Logjam Attack
• Raymii.org on Forward Secrecy & Diffie Hellman Ephemeral Parameters