Get rid of backend parameter whenever possible (#883)

* Get rid of backend parameter whenever possible.

* Always auto-detect if backend choices are 'cryptography' and 'auto', resp. always check cryptography version.

* Improve error message.

* Update documentation.
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Felix Fontein
2025-05-03 10:46:53 +02:00
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parent fbcb89f092
commit 645b7bf9ed
50 changed files with 502 additions and 1093 deletions

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@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ options:
- Determines which crypto backend to use.
- The default choice is V(auto), which tries to use C(cryptography) if available.
- If set to V(cryptography), will try to use the L(cryptography,https://cryptography.io/) library.
- Note that with community.crypto 3.0.0, all values behave the same.
This option will be deprecated in a later version.
We recommend to not set it explicitly.
type: str
default: auto
choices: [auto, cryptography]
@@ -245,9 +248,8 @@ def main():
result["can_load_key"] = True
backend, module_backend = select_backend(
module_backend = select_backend(
module,
module.params["select_crypto_backend"],
data,
passphrase=module.params["passphrase"],
return_private_key_data=module.params["return_private_key_data"],