Showing posts with label vault. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vault. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2023

How to use the Ansible Vault ?




 If your are using a clear password in your YAML file, you can encrypt the file via Ansible-vault.


  • How to encrypt the credentials ?

#ansible-vault encrypt MyCredentials.yml

New Vault password: <Enter the password and stored in a safe place>
Confirm New Vault password: <Enter the same password>
 Encryption successful

  • How to view the encrypted credentials ?

#ansible-vault view MyCredentials.yml

Vault password: <Enter the password previously chosen>



  • How to change data in your file (for example your credentials) ?

decrypt the file MyCredentials.yml

User@Ansible-Host:~/> ansible-vault decrypt MyCredentials.yml
Vault password: <known_key>
Decryption successful


Edit the file with your preferred editor (vim/nano) by changing the data.

Then encrypt the file again

User@Ansible-Host:~/> ansible-vault encrypt MyCredentials.yml
New Vault password: <known_key>
Confirm New Vault password: <known_key>
Encryption successful