community.general.keyring lookup – grab secrets from the OS keyring
Note
This lookup plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.4).
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 lookup plugin,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.keyring
.
Synopsis
Allows you to access data stored in the OS provided keyring/keychain.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.
keyring (python library)
Examples
- name: output secrets to screen (BAD IDEA)
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "Password: {{item}}"
with_community.general.keyring:
- 'servicename username'
- name: access mysql with password from keyring
community.mysql.mysql_db:
login_password: "{{ lookup('community.general.keyring', 'mysql joe') }}"
login_user: joe
Return Value
Key |
Description |
---|---|
Secrets stored. Returned: success |