The developers can change the file editor for ansible-vault

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hello,
I can’t edit my vault.yml file with ansible-vault, like :
ansible-vault edit group_vars/all/vault.yml,
I can’t enter my code correctly yml
Regards

2

What $EDITOR do you have set? What does this return?

echo "${EDITOR}"
3

Do you get an error message?

What do you mean by that?

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i mean that editor is vi , and i don’t know, how to use it
Regards

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echo “${EDITOR}” return nothing

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If you set ${EDITOR} in your shell then I think it’ll be used, for example try:

export EDITOR="/usr/bin/nano"
ansible-vault edit group_vars/all/vault.yml
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so , i found the solution:
i can type this : EDITOR=nano ansible-vault edit group_vars/all/vault.yml

modify this, in ansible.cfg :


[defaults]
vault_editor = nano

or add this , in ~/.bashrc :

export EDITOR=nano
regards

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