# Want to add hidden password for url

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911 "2021-10-22T13:50:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vaishnavi\_kakad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@vaishnavi\_kakad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaishnavi_kakad)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911/1 "2021-10-22T13:50:27Z")

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Hi All,

How we can add the hidden password in Ansible ?

For eg :

- name: Download image files  
get\_url:  
url: [http://0.0.0.0/XYZ.tar.gz](http://0.0.0.0/XYZ.tar.gz)  
url\_username:XYZ  
**url\_password: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*** (I want to add hidden password here. )

Can you please let me know if you have any idea .

Thanks,  
Vaishnavi

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**Author:** ![Jorge\_Rua1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@Jorge\_Rua1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jorge_Rua1)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911/2 "2021-10-22T14:20:43Z")

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Have you considered using secrets?

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**Author:** ![Paulo\_Silva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Paulo\_Silva](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Paulo_Silva)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911/3 "2021-10-22T21:19:11Z")

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Maybe vault os what you need:

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/vault.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/vault.html)

A sexta, 22/10/2021, 10:50, vaishnavi kakad \<[vaishnavikakad04@gmail.com](mailto:vaishnavikakad04@gmail.com)\> escreveu:

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**Author:** ![vaishnavi\_kakad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@vaishnavi\_kakad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vaishnavi_kakad)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911/4 "2021-10-29T13:47:09Z")

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Hi All,

I don’t want to use encryption and decryption . Whatever I typed in **url\_password** it will show in star(\*) format. Is it possible to write ?

Thanks,  
vk

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**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/want-to-add-hidden-password-for-url/35911/5 "2021-10-29T14:06:42Z")

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Are you saying that you wish to put a visible password into the text of a  
playbook?

If so, what do you mean by "hidden"?

Alternatively, are you saying that you wish to put something into a playbook  
which cannot be read as a password (so, the password is "hidden"), but which  
Ansible can use in order to authenticate?

If so, where do you expect to put the real password, so that Ansible knows  
what it is?

Antony.