Hostnames.
Network addresses.
Ports.
Filenames.
They change.
They’re variables.
04 Objective: Fluid Intelligence – Variables
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Ansible Basics 08: Ansible Vault
Managing sensitive data securely is very important. Whether it’s passwords, API keys, or other confidential information, properly storing and accessing these secrets is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of your systems. Ansible Vault is a powerful tool to address this challenge.
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When we automate configurations we cannot avoid providing secrets to Ansible. The last thing we want is our secret data running around in plain text files on our control node. Luckily Ansible has a tool for this.
Ansible Vault is an integrated encryption tool in Ansible to manage sensitive data like passwords, keys and certificates. As with most parts of Ansible, we can start simple, and complexity can come later on.
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