community.hashi_vault.vault_database_role_read module – Queries a dynamic role definition
Note
This module is part of the community.hashi_vault collection (version 6.2.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package.
It is not included in ansible-core.
To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.hashi_vault.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.hashi_vault.vault_database_role_read.
New in community.hashi_vault 6.2.0
Synopsis
- Queries a role definition, identified by its - role_name.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- hvac(Python library)
- For detailed requirements, see the collection requirements page. 
Parameters
| Parameter | Comments | 
|---|---|
| Authentication method to be used. 
 
 
 
 Choices: 
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| The AWS access key to use. | |
| If specified, sets the value to use for the  | |
| The AWS profile | |
| The AWS secret key that corresponds to the access key. | |
| The AWS security token if using temporary access and secret keys. | |
| The client ID (also known as application ID) of the Azure AD service principal or managed identity. Should be a UUID. If not specified, will use the system assigned managed identity. | |
| The client secret of the Azure AD service principal. | |
| The resource URL for the application registered in Azure Active Directory. Usually should not be changed from the default. Default:  | |
| The Azure Active Directory Tenant ID (also known as the Directory ID) of the service principal. Should be a UUID. Required when using a service principal to authenticate to Vault, e.g. required when both azure_client_id and azure_client_secret are specified. Optional when using managed identity to authenticate to Vault. | |
| Path to certificate to use for authentication. If not specified by any other means, the  | |
| For  | |
| For  | |
| The path where the secret backend is mounted. | |
| The JSON Web Token (JWT) to use for JWT authentication to Vault. | |
| Vault mount point. If not specified, the default mount point for a given auth method is used. Does not apply to token authentication. | |
| Vault namespace where secrets reside. This option requires HVAC 0.7.0+ and Vault 0.11+. Optionally, this may be achieved by prefixing the authentication mount point and/or secret path with the namespace (e.g  If environment variable  | |
| Authentication password. | |
| URL(s) to the proxies used to access the Vault service. It can be a string or a dict. If it’s a dict, provide the scheme (eg.  If it’s a string, provide a single URL that will be used as the proxy for both  A string that can be interpreted as a dictionary will be converted to one (see examples). You can specify a different proxy for HTTP and HTTPS resources. If not specified, environment variables from the Requests library are used. | |
| The AWS region for which to create the connection. | |
| Allows for retrying on errors, based on the Retry class in the urllib3 library. This collection defines recommended defaults for retrying connections to Vault. This option can be specified as a positive number (integer) or dictionary. If this option is not specified or the number is  A number sets the total number of retries, and uses collection defaults for the other settings. A dictionary value is used directly to initialize the  For detailed information on retries, see the collection User Guide. | |
| Controls whether and how to show messages on retries. This has no effect if a request is not retried. Choices: 
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| Vault Role ID or name. Used in  For  For  | |
| The role name to be read from Hashicorp Vault. | |
| Secret ID to be used for Vault AppRole authentication. | |
| Sets the connection timeout in seconds. If not set, then the  | |
| Vault token. Token may be specified explicitly, through the listed [env] vars, and also through the  If no token is supplied, explicitly or through env, then the plugin will check for a token file, as determined by token_path and token_file. The order of token loading (first found wins) is  | |
| If no token is specified, will try to read the token from this file in token_path. Default:  | |
| If no token is specified, will try to read the token_file from this path. | |
| For token auth, will perform a  Disable if your token does not have the  Choices: 
 | |
| URL to the Vault service. If not specified by any other means, the value of the  If  | |
| Authentication user name. | |
| Controls verification and validation of SSL certificates, mostly you only want to turn off with self signed ones. Will be populated with the inverse of  Will default to  Choices: 
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Attributes
| Attribute | Support | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Action group: community.hashi_vault.vault | Use  | |
| Support: full This module is “read only” and operates the same regardless of check mode. | Can run in  | 
Notes
Note
- This module always reports - changedas False as it is a read operation that doesn’t modify data.
- Use - changed_whento control that in cases where the operation is known to not change state.
Examples
- name: Read Role with a default mount point
  community.hashi_vault.vault_database_role_read:
    url: https://vault:8201
    auth_method: userpass
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ passwd }}'
    role_name: SomeRole
  register: result
- name: Display the result of the operation
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result }}"
- name: Read Static Role with a custom moint point
  community.hashi_vault.vault_database_role_read:
    url: https://vault:8201
    auth_method: userpass
    username: '{{ user }}'
    password: '{{ passwd }}'
    engine_mount_point: db1
    role_name: SomeRole
  register: result
- name: Display the result of the operation
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result }}"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Description | 
|---|---|
| The  Returned: success Sample:  | |
| The raw result of the operation. Returned: success Sample:  | |
| The  Returned: success Sample:  | 
