htpasswd module for nginx question

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I run the following on the command line:

$ htpasswd -nb demo demo
demo:$apr1$nB6zClk/$SXB.D6Tr81L2Q6zxLulEg.

Then in my playbook I have the following:

htpasswd: path=/tmp/.htpasswd name=demo password=$apr1$nB6zClk/$SXB.D6Tr81L2Q6zxLulEg.

And the resulting file (/tmp/.htpasswd), the entry for demo is different than what was in the playbook, and authentication through nginx fails. My understanding was that the apr_md5_crypt was the default for the htpasswd module.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

thanks.

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pass clear text password using password= parameter. For example
htpasswd: path=/tmp/.htpasswd name=demo password=demo

And resulting password string can be different when using same password because of using salt.

3

Ah, I see - thanks. That wasnt clear to me from the documentation. Is there any way to pass a password not in clear text?

Thanks.
-john

4

To pass it - I think is would be tricky. But you can store it in encrypted form using ansible-vault.

5

Great, I had forgotten about vault, thanks again.