ansible.builtin.passwordstore (v2.6.20) — lookup

manage passwords with passwordstore.org's pass utility

| "added in version" 2.3 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Patrick Deelman <patrick@patrickdeelman.nl>

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.6.20

Description

Enables Ansible to retrieve, create or update passwords from the passwordstore.org pass utility. It also retrieves YAML style keys stored as multilines in the passwordfile.

Usage examples

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# Debug is used for examples, BAD IDEA to show passwords on screen
- name: Basic lookup. Fails if example/test doesn't exist
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test')}}"
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- name: Create pass with random 16 character password. If password exists just give the password
  debug: var=mypassword
  vars:
    mypassword: "{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test create=true')}}"
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- name: Different size password
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test create=true length=42')}}"
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- name: Create password and overwrite the password if it exists. As a bonus, this module includes the old password inside the pass file
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test create=true overwrite=true')}}"
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- name: Return the value for user in the KV pair user, username
  debug: msg="{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test subkey=user')}}"
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- name: Return the entire password file content
  set_fact: passfilecontent="{{ lookup('passwordstore', 'example/test returnall=true')}}"

Inputs

    
_terms:
    description: query key
    required: true

create:
    default: 'no'
    description: flag to create the password
    type: bool

length:
    default: 16
    description: password length
    type: integer

subkey:
    default: password
    description: subkey to return

userpass:
    description: user password

directory:
    description: directory of the password store
    env:
    - name: PASSWORD_STORE_DIR

overwrite:
    default: 'no'
    description: flag to overwrite the password
    type: bool

returnall:
    default: 'no'
    description: flag to return all the contents of the password store
    type: bool

passwordstore:
    default: ~/.password-store
    description: location of the password store

Outputs

_raw:
  description:
  - a password