Protect Secrets with Ansible Vault

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:

• Ansible Vault Documentation
• Protecting sensitive data