Ansible Vault Simple Examples

#encrypt a file

ansible-vault encrypt file_name

New Vault password:

Confirm New Vault password:

Encryption successful

#view encrypted files

ansible-vault view file_name

Vault password:

#edit encrypted files

ansible-vault edit file_name

Vault password:

#change password of encrypted files

ansible-vault rekey --ask-vault-pass file_name

Vault password:

New Vault password:

Confirm New Vault password:

Rekey successful

#decrypt files

ansible-vault decrypt --ask-vault-pass file_name

Vault password:

Decryption successful

#use vault password file

echo "password" > password_file

ansible-vault encrypt file_name --vault-password-file=password_file

Encryption successful