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README.vault

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+# ====================
+# Encrypting content with Ansible Vault
+# ====================
+
+# see:
+#     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vault_guide
+#
+#     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vault_guide/vault_encrypting_content.html
+
+# ----------
+# encrypt / decrypt variables / strings
+# ---------
+
+# encrypt string
+#
+string=nSLIgazSj8DLu2Sy0l
+
+
+ansible-vault encrypt_string $string && echo
+
+# output of the above command is:
+#
+!vault |
+          $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+          33656466386662303431383037386564666466643364376233623261346235363866656438396532
+          6161373832366430653235343034653166303561383934390a666432356463386461656363303234
+          61386330643664666539343336313666346261323435386264396137366533626539396434303463
+          3961666632646337360a666662323063316134623332333239616332343939326331383632646139
+          66316333653232383764376264616238323861323530343734653564393737386139
+
+
+# decrypt the encrypted string:
+#
+echo -e '$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
+33656466386662303431383037386564666466643364376233623261346235363866656438396532
+6161373832366430653235343034653166303561383934390a666432356463386461656363303234
+61386330643664666539343336313666346261323435386264396137366533626539396434303463
+3961666632646337360a666662323063316134623332333239616332343939326331383632646139
+66316333653232383764376264616238323861323530343734653564393737386139' | ansible-vault decrypt && echo
+
+# output shoud be:
+#
+Decryption successful
+nSLIgazSj8DLu2Sy0l
+
+
+# ----------
+# encrypt / decrypt file
+# ----------
+
+ansible-vault encrypt <file-name>
+
+ansible-vault decrypt <file-name>