ansible-vault

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Encrypt and decrypt values, data structures, and files within Ansible projects.

Examples (7)

Create a new encrypted vault file with a prompt for a password

ansible-vault create path/to/vault_file

Edit, view or re-key (re-encrypt) an existing encrypted vault file with a prompt for the password

ansible-vault edit|view|rekey path/to/vault_file

Create a new encrypted vault file using a password file to encrypt it

ansible-vault create --vault-password-file path/to/password_file path/to/vault_file

Encrypt an existing plaintext file in-place using a password file

ansible-vault encrypt --vault-password-file path/to/password_file path/to/file

Encrypt a string using Ansible's encrypted string format, displaying interactive prompts

ansible-vault encrypt_string

View an encrypted vault file by using a password file to decrypt

ansible-vault view --vault-password-file path/to/password_file path/to/vault_file

Re-key (re-encrypt) an already encrypted vault file with a new password file

ansible-vault rekey --vault-password-file path/to/old_password_file --new-vault-password-file path/to/new_password_file path/to/vault_file