ansible/docs/man/man1/ansible-vault.1

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.TH "ANSIBLE\-VAULT" "1" "05/26/2014" "Ansible 1\&.7" "System administration commands"
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.SH "NAME"
ansible-vault \- manage encrypted YAML data\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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ansible\-vault [create|decrypt|edit|encrypt|rekey] [\-\-help] [options] file_name
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBansible\-vault\fR can encrypt any structured data file used by Ansible\&. This can include \fBgroup_vars/\fR or \fBhost_vars/\fR inventory variables, variables loaded by \fBinclude_vars\fR or \fBvars_files\fR, or variable files passed on the ansible\-playbook command line with \fB\-e @file\&.yml\fR or \fB\-e @file\&.json\fR\&. Role variables and defaults are also included!
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Because Ansible tasks, handlers, and so on are also data, these can also be encrypted with vault\&. If you\(cqd like to not betray what variables you are even using, you can go as far to keep an individual task file entirely encrypted\&.
.SH "COMMON OPTIONS"
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The following options are available to all sub\-commands:
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\fB\-\-vault\-password\-file=\fR\fIFILE\fR
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A file containing the vault password to be used during the encryption/decryption steps\&. Be sure to keep this file secured if it is used\&.
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Show a help message related to the given sub\-command\&.
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\fB\-\-debug\fR
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Enable debugging output for troubleshooting\&.
.RE
.SH "CREATE"
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\fB$ ansible\-vault create [options] FILE\fR
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The \fBcreate\fR sub\-command is used to initialize a new encrypted file\&.
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First you will be prompted for a password\&. The password used with vault currently must be the same for all files you wish to use together at the same time\&.
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After providing a password, the tool will launch whatever editor you have defined with $EDITOR, and defaults to vim\&. Once you are done with the editor session, the file will be saved as encrypted data\&.
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The default cipher is AES (which is shared\-secret based)\&.
.SH "EDIT"
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\fB$ ansible\-vault edit [options] FILE\fR
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The \fBedit\fR sub\-command is used to modify a file which was previously encrypted using ansible\-vault\&.
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This command will decrypt the file to a temporary file and allow you to edit the file, saving it back when done and removing the temporary file\&.
.SH "REKEY"
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*$ ansible\-vault rekey [options] FILE_1 [FILE_2, \&..., FILE_N]
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The \fBrekey\fR command is used to change the password on a vault\-encrypted files\&. This command can update multiple files at once, and will prompt for both the old and new passwords before modifying any data\&.
.SH "ENCRYPT"
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*$ ansible\-vault encrypt [options] FILE_1 [FILE_2, \&..., FILE_N]
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The \fBencrypt\fR sub\-command is used to encrypt pre\-existing data files\&. As with the \fBrekey\fR command, you can specify multiple files in one command\&.
.SH "DECRYPT"
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*$ ansible\-vault decrypt [options] FILE_1 [FILE_2, \&..., FILE_N]
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The \fBdecrypt\fR sub\-command is used to remove all encryption from data files\&. The files will be stored as plain\-text YAML once again, so be sure that you do not run this command on data files with active passwords or other sensitive data\&. In most cases, users will want to use the \fBedit\fR sub\-command to modify the files securely\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan\&. See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2014, Michael DeHaan
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Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBansible\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
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Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs\&.ansible\&.com\&. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING\&.md, available in: https://github\&.com/ansible/ansible