# ansible ad-hoc commands using vault

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ad-hoc-commands-using-vault/23698>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ad-hoc-commands-using-vault/23698 "2017-02-10T02:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ad-hoc-commands-using-vault/23698/1 "2017-02-10T02:50:37Z")

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The private\_key\_file in config is for using your private ssh keys to  
connect, not for yaml encrypted files, Ansible will not decrypt it.