Protect Secrets with Ansible Vault
Create and manage encrypted vault files, encrypt variable files, and run playbooks that use vault-stored secrets for user password management.
Lab Overview
Ansible Vault protects sensitive data like passwords and API keys. In this lab, you will learn to create, manage, and use encrypted files in playbooks.
You will:
- Create encrypted vault files with ansible-vault create
- Configure a vault password file for automation
- Encrypt individual strings with ansible-vault encrypt_string
- Write playbooks that use vault-stored passwords to create users
Key Resources:
Prerequisites
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