# Integrating vault setup as a global variable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932 "2020-05-14T12:11:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![deepak\_upadhyay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/deepak_upadhyay/32/7816_2.png) [@deepak\_upadhyay](https://forum.ansible.com/u/deepak_upadhyay)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932/1 "2020-05-14T12:11:25Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to use vault for which values are defined already (global variables) i want to use them in my automation.How i can do it. Please help.

structure is like  
a:  
b:  
vault:  
url:  
user:

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932/2 "2020-05-14T12:25:06Z")

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vaulted variables are only different in the way they are stored.  
otherwise pretty much transparent

So your question is more how to merge variables i guess?

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**Author:** ![deepak\_upadhyay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/deepak_upadhyay/32/7816_2.png) [@deepak\_upadhyay](https://forum.ansible.com/u/deepak_upadhyay)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932/3 "2020-05-14T13:31:45Z")

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Hi Dick,  
yes,how i can merge them.

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-vault-setup-as-a-global-variable/32932/4 "2020-05-14T21:19:40Z")

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