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title: "Ansible vault example"
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date: 2018-02-21
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description: Getting started with ansible vault
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tags:
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- ansible
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---
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## Editing a protected file
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Here is how to edit a vault protected file :
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```sh
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ansible-vault edit hostvars/blah.yml
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```
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## Using a vault entry in a task or a jinja template
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It is as simple as using any variable :
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```yaml
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- copy:
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path: /etc/ssl/private.key
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mode: 0400
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content: '{{ ssl_key }}'
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```
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## How to specify multiple lines entries
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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 `|`):
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```yaml
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ssl_key : |
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----- BEGIN PRIVATE KEY -----
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blahblahblah
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blahblahblah
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----- END PRIVATE KEY -----
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```
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## How to run playbooks when vault values are needed
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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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## Ressources
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* how to break long lines in ansible : https://watson-wilson.ca/blog/2018/07/11/ansible-tips/
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