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community.sops.load_vars – Load sops-encrypted variables from files, dynamically within a task

Note

This plugin is part of the community.sops collection (version 1.2.0).

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.sops.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.sops.load_vars.

New in version 0.1.0: of community.sops

Synopsis

• Loads sops-encrypted YAML/JSON variables dynamically from a file during task runtime.

• To assign included variables to a different host than inventory_hostname, use delegate_to and set delegate_facts=yes.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
aws_access_key_id string added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	The AWS access key ID to use for requests to AWS. Sets the environment variable AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID for the sops call.
aws_profile string added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	The AWS profile to use for requests to AWS. This corresponds to the sops --aws-profile option.
aws_secret_access_key string added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	The AWS secret access key to use for requests to AWS. Sets the environment variable AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY for the sops call.
aws_session_token string added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	The AWS session token to use for requests to AWS. Sets the environment variable AWS_SESSION_TOKEN for the sops call.
config_path path added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	Path to the sops configuration file. If not set, sops will recursively search for the config file starting at the file that is encrypted or decrypted. This corresponds to the sops --config option.
enable_local_keyservice boolean added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	Tell sops to use local key service. This corresponds to the sops --enable-local-keyservice option. Choices: no ← (default) yes
expressions string	This option controls how Jinja2 expressions in values in the loaded file are handled. If set to ignore, expressions will not be evaluated, but treated as regular strings. If set to evaluate-on-load, expressions will be evaluated on execution of this module, in other words, when the file is loaded. Unfortunately, there is no way for non-core modules to handle expressions “unsafe”, in other words, evaluate them only on use. This can only achieved by ansible.builtin.include_vars, which unfortunately cannot handle sops-encrypted files. Choices: ignore ← (default) evaluate-on-load
file path	The file name from which variables should be loaded. If the path is relative, it will look for the file in vars/ subdirectory of a role or relative to playbook.
keyservice list / elements=string added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	Specify key services to use next to the local one. A key service must be specified in the form protocol://address, for example tcp://myserver.com:5000. This corresponds to the sops --keyservice option.
name string	The name of a variable into which assign the included vars. If omitted (null) they will be made top level vars.
sops_binary path added in 1.0.0 of community.sops	Path to the sops binary. By default uses sops.

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.set_fact

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.set_fact module.

ansible.builtin.include_vars

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.include_vars module.

Controlling where tasks run: delegation and local actions

More information related to task delegation.

Examples

- name: Include variables of stuff.sops.yaml into the 'stuff' variable
  community.sops.load_vars:
    file: stuff.sops.yaml
    name: stuff
    expressions: evaluate-on-load  # interpret Jinja2 expressions in stuf.sops.yaml on load-time!

- name: Conditionally decide to load in variables into 'plans' when x is 0, otherwise do not
  community.sops.load_vars:
    file: contingency_plan.sops.yaml
    name: plans
    expressions: ignore  # do not interpret possible Jinja2 expressions
  when: x == 0

- name: Load variables into the global namespace
  community.sops.load_vars:
    file: contingency_plan.sops.yaml

Return Values

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

Key	Description
ansible_included_var_files list / elements=string	A list of files that were successfully included Returned: success Sample: [“/path/to/file.sops.yaml”]

Authors

• Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)