github.com/StackExchange/blackbox/v2@v2.0.1-0.20220331193400-d84e904973ab/docs/with-ansible.md (about) 1 How to use the secrets with Ansible? 2 =================================== 3 4 Ansible Vault provides functionality for encrypting both entire files 5 and strings stored within files; however, keeping track of the 6 password(s) required for decryption is not handled by this module. 7 8 Instead one must specify a password file when running the playbook. 9 10 Ansible example for password file: `my_secret_password.txt.gpg` 11 12 ``` 13 ansible-playbook --vault-password-file my_secret_password.txt site.yml 14 ``` 15 16 Alternatively, one can specify this in the 17 `ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE` environment variable. 18