From 1a4981a826bb94c478c6f49721396ec03e02649c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Dessaux
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:47:26 +0100
Subject: First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo

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 content/blog/ansible/ansible-vault-example.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++----------
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@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 ---
 title: "Ansible vault example"
-linkTitle: "Ansible vault example"
 date: 2018-02-21
-description: >
-  Ansible vault example
+description: Getting started with ansible vault
+tags:
+  - ansible
 ---
 
+## Editing a protected file
+
 Here is how to edit a vault protected file :
 {{< highlight sh >}}
 ansible-vault edit hostvars/blah.yml
 {{< / highlight >}}
 
-Here is how to put a multiline entry like a private key in vault (for a simple value, just don't use a `|`):
+## Using a vault entry in a task or a jinja template
+
+It is as simple as using any variable :
+{{< highlight yaml >}}
+- copy:
+    path: /etc/ssl/private.key
+    mode: 0400
+    content: '{{ ssl_key }}'
+{{< / highlight >}}
+
+## How to specify multiple lines entries
+
+This is actually a yaml question, not a vault one but since I ask myself this frequently in this context here is how to put a multiple lines entry like a private key in vault (for a simple value, just don't use a `|`):
 
 {{< highlight yaml >}}
 ssl_key : |
@@ -21,13 +35,7 @@ ssl_key : |
   ----- END PRIVATE KEY -----
 {{< /highlight >}}
 
-And here is how to use it in a task :
-{{< highlight yaml >}}
-- copy:
-    path: /etc/ssl/private.key
-    mode: 0400
-    content: '{{ ssl_key }}'
-{{< / highlight >}}
+## How to run playbooks when vault values are needed
 
 To run a playbook, you will need to pass the `--ask-vault` argument or to export a `ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=/home/julien/.vault_pass.txt` variable (the file needs to contain a single line with your vault password here).
 
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