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Adrian Likins 32971e8639 Fix 'vault rekey' with vault secret env var
if ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE is set, 'ansible-vault rekey myvault.yml'
will fail to prompt for the new vault password file, and will use
None.

Fix is to split out 'ask_vault_passwords' into 'ask_vault_passwords'
and 'ask_new_vault_passwords' to make the logic simpler. And then
make sure new_vault_pass is always set for 'rekey', and if not, then
call ask_new_vault_passwords() to set it.

ask_vault_passwords() would return values for vault_pass and new
vault_pass, and vault cli previously would not prompt for new_vault_pass
if there was a vault_pass set via a vault password file.

Fixes #18247

(cherry picked from commit 309f54b709)
2016-11-01 13:13:10 -04:00
.github Try to avoid module-related tickets in the core Ansible project (#17047) 2016-08-11 10:14:27 -04:00
bin always log unexpected exceptions 2016-10-13 13:34:11 -04:00
contrib Correctly read use_private_network as boolean 2016-10-23 13:17:26 +02:00
docs/man added new ksu method to man page 2016-09-13 14:40:41 -04:00
docs-api Change default theme to 'alabaster' 2016-06-30 16:54:21 -04:00
docsite Change <support@ansible.com> - it's being retired. 2016-10-15 16:48:22 -07:00
examples Make the default Ansible_managed string static so it doesn't interfere with idempotency 2016-10-18 13:24:32 -07:00
hacking Fish hacking setup fix (#18084) 2016-10-24 10:35:36 -07:00
lib/ansible Fix 'vault rekey' with vault secret env var 2016-11-01 13:13:10 -04:00
packaging New release v2.2.0.0-1 2016-10-31 22:20:38 -05:00
test Change v2_playbook_on_start logic to positively detect legacy plugins 2016-11-01 07:53:04 -07:00
ticket_stubs Add proposals template (#16654) 2016-07-08 17:04:03 -04:00
.coveragerc Add tox and travis-ci support 2015-03-13 08:20:24 -04:00
.gitattributes updated changelog with 1.8.2-4 content, added .gitattributes 2015-02-23 22:20:33 +00:00
.gitignore Change default theme to 'alabaster' 2016-06-30 16:54:21 -04:00
.gitmodules remove old dead code 2015-08-27 12:27:38 -04:00
.mailmap Add a .mailmap for 'shortlog' (#15588) 2016-04-25 17:18:14 -04:00
.yamllint Fix YAML source and check it on Shippable (#15678) 2016-06-04 10:58:17 -07:00
ansible-core-sitemap.xml Add debug strategy plugin (#15125) 2016-04-08 14:39:08 -04:00
CHANGELOG.md Update for pip fix 2016-11-01 07:45:36 -07:00
CODING_GUIDELINES.md Migrate basestring to a python3 compatible type (#17199) 2016-08-23 13:13:44 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Update CONTRIBUTING.md with more recent developments 2016-03-23 15:32:29 +01:00
COPYING license file should be in source tree 2012-03-15 20:24:22 -04:00
Makefile Add '--cover-erase' to 'make tests' cli (#17708) 2016-09-22 13:35:18 -07:00
MANIFEST.in added galaxy data 2016-01-12 16:22:01 +01:00
README.md Change all links in readme to https 2016-10-24 09:50:01 -07:00
RELEASES.txt New release v2.2.0.0-1 2016-10-31 22:20:38 -05:00
ROADMAP.rst Update ROADMAP.rst 2016-06-02 16:17:01 -04:00
setup.py Change <support@ansible.com> - it's being retired. 2016-10-15 16:48:22 -07:00
shippable.yml Add PRIVILEGED to freebsd because testing of mount keys off of that. (#17803) 2016-09-28 23:33:28 -07:00
tox.ini We've decided that python-3.5 is the minimum python version (#17270) 2016-08-29 09:12:37 -07:00
VERSION New release v2.2.0.0-1 2016-10-31 22:20:38 -05:00

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Ansible

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration-management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task-execution, and multinode orchestration - including trivializing things like zero downtime rolling updates with load balancers.

Read the documentation and more at https://ansible.com/

Many users run straight from the development branch (it's generally fine to do so), but you might also wish to consume a release.

You can find instructions here for a variety of platforms. If you decide to go with the development branch, be sure to run git submodule update --init --recursive after doing a checkout.

If you want to download a tarball of a release, go to releases.ansible.com, though most users use yum (using the EPEL instructions linked above), apt (using the PPA instructions linked above), or pip install ansible.

Design Principles

  • Have a dead simple setup process and a minimal learning curve
  • Manage machines very quickly and in parallel
  • Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by leveraging the existing SSH daemon
  • Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human friendly
  • Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content
  • Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any software
  • Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python
  • Be usable as non-root
  • Be the easiest IT automation system to use, ever.

Get Involved

  • Read Community Information for all kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project, including mailing list information and how to submit bug reports and code to Ansible.
  • All code submissions are done through pull requests. Take care to make sure no merge commits are in the submission, and use git rebase vs git merge for this reason. If submitting a large code change (other than modules), it's probably a good idea to join ansible-devel and talk about what you would like to do or add first and to avoid duplicate efforts. This not only helps everyone know what's going on, it also helps save time and effort if we decide some changes are needed.
  • Users list: ansible-project
  • Development list: ansible-devel
  • Announcement list: ansible-announce - read only
  • irc.freenode.net: #ansible

Branch Info

  • Releases are named after Led Zeppelin songs. (Releases prior to 2.0 were named after Van Halen songs.)
  • The devel branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
  • As of 1.8, modules are kept in different repos, you'll want to follow core and extras
  • Various release-X.Y branches exist for previous releases.
  • We'd love to have your contributions, read Community Information for notes on how to get started.

Authors

Ansible was created by Michael DeHaan (michael.dehaan/gmail/com) and has contributions from over 1000 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!

Ansible is sponsored by Ansible, Inc