Question:
I have been waiting for ansible 2.3 as it was going to introduce encrypt_string feature.
Unfortuately I’m not sure how can I read the encrypted string.
I did try decrypt_string, decrypt (the file), view (the file) and nothing works.
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cat test.yml --- test: !vault | $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256 37366638363362303836383335623066343562666662386233306537333232396637346463376430 3664323265333036663736383837326263376637616466610a383430623562633235616531303861 66313432303063343230613665323930386138613334303839626131373033656463303736366166 6635346135636437360a313031376566303238303835353364313434363163343066363932346165 6136 |
The error I’m geeting is ERROR! input is not vault encrypted data for test.yml
How can I decrypt the string so I know what it’s value without the need to run the play?
Answer:
Did you try setting the encrypted string as a variable and then using -debug to get its decrypted output?
i.e.
Define your encrypted string as a variable test in your playbook and then do:
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-debug: msg="My Secret value is {{test | replace('\n', '')}}" |
in your playbook and then run the playbook:
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$ ansible-playbook -i localhost YourPlaybook.yml --vault-password-file path/to/your/secret_key_file |