community.general.keyring_info module – Get a passphrase using the Operating System’s native keyring

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.7).

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.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.keyring_info.

New in community.general 5.2.0

Synopsis

  • This module uses the keyring Python library to retrieve passphrases for a given service and username from the OS’ native keyring.

Aliases: system.keyring_info

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • keyring (Python library)

  • gnome-keyring (application - required for headless Linux keyring access)

  • dbus-run-session (application - required for headless Linux keyring access)

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

keyring_password

string / required

Password to unlock keyring.

service

string / required

The name of the service.

username

string / required

The user belonging to the service.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Examples

- name: Retrieve password for service_name/user_name
  community.general.keyring_info:
    service: test
    username: test1
    keyring_password: "{{ keyring_password }}"
  register: test_password

- name: Display password
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ test_password.passphrase }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

passphrase

string

A string containing the password.

Returned: success and the password exists

Sample: "Password123"

Authors

  • Alexander Hussey (@ahussey-redhat)