I am working on a python script that performs the same SSL certificate generation using the ACME protocol as I accomplished with an Ansible playbook (ACME certificates in Ansible using InCommon/Sectigo CA). The documentation I found (https://acme-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) is lacking any real good examples or logical order of calls to do anything. While documentation is thorough, without any examples.. you are left to figure it out on your own! I have no problems with creating private keys, CSRs, file manipulation, and using the cryptography modules to work with SSL certificates (successfully wrote a script generate certificates using the private CA REST API), but that is where my success ends, and my frustration begins .. using the ACME protocol and this module. Since I am using a private CA (Sectigo/InCommon); they support the "no challenge" method of using a private key to authenticate, generate and output an SSL certificate with a provided CSR. I have not been able to make heads or tails of the documentation (still reading) .. and was hoping someone here may have already done this and could give me something I could use or pointers on how to get started. Anyone out there have any existing code or tips? Continue reading...
