Encrypting password without using vault

Dana_Christo · August 2, 2016, 6:31pm

Hi,

Is there a way to encrypt a password in the hosts file without using a vault?

Thanks!

Paul_Totterman · August 2, 2016, 6:59pm

Is there a way to encrypt a password in the hosts file without using a vault?

What are the problems you are having with vault so that we don’t suggest something with the same problems?

Cheers,
Paul

Mark_Janssen · August 5, 2016, 8:08am

Yup… you can use a password lookup module… for example this one:

Which will store the password gpg-encrypted outside of the playbook.

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