keyring – grab secrets from the OS keyring

Synopsis

• Allows you to access data stored in the OS provided keyring/keychain.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this lookup.

• keyring (python library)

Examples

- name : output secrets to screen (BAD IDEA)
  debug:
    msg: "Password: {{item}}"
  with_keyring:
    - 'servicename username'

- name: access mysql with password from keyring
  mysql_db: login_password={{lookup('keyring','mysql joe')}} login_user=joe

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key	Returned	Description
_raw -		secrets stored

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Samuel Boucher <boucher.samuel.c@gmail.com>

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