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ansible.builtin.md5 filter – MD5 hash of input data

Note

This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short plugin name md5 even without specifying the collections: keyword. However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same filter plugin name.

Synopsis

• Returns an MD5 hash of the input data

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.md5.

Parameter	Comments
Input any / required	data to hash

Notes

Note

• This requires the MD5 algorithm to be available on the system, security contexts like FIPS might prevent this.

• MD5 has long been deemed insecure and is not recommended for security related uses.

Examples

# md5hash => "ae2b1fca515949e5d54fb22b8ed95575"
md5hash: "{{ 'testing' | md5 }}"

Return Value

Key	Description
Return value string	The MD5 hash of the input. Returned: success

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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