# x509\_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661 "2021-08-23T07:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Adir](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adir)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661/1 "2021-08-23T07:59:21Z")

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Hi,  
Can i use x509\_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates  
Module over Windows target machines??

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Adir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Adir](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adir)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661/2 "2021-08-23T14:52:47Z")

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[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/x509\_certificate\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/x509_certificate_module.html)

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**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661/3 "2021-08-23T14:57:19Z")

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No. There has to be a windows specific task for this written in powershell.

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**Author:** ![Adir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Adir](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adir)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/x509-certificate-generate-and-or-check-openssl-certificates/35661/4 "2021-08-23T14:59:29Z")

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Thanks for clarification 🙂