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hashivault_init - Hashicorp Vault init enable module

New in version 2.2.0.

Synopsis

  • Module to init Hashicorp Vault.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
authtype Default:
token
authentication type to use: token, userpass, github, ldap, approle
ca_cert Default:
to environment variable VAULT_CACERT
path to a PEM-encoded CA cert file to use to verify the Vault server TLS certificate
ca_path Default:
to environment variable VAULT_CAPATH
path to a directory of PEM-encoded CA cert files to verify the Vault server TLS certificate : if ca_cert is specified, its value will take precedence
client_cert Default:
to environment variable VAULT_CLIENT_CERT
path to a PEM-encoded client certificate for TLS authentication to the Vault server
client_key Default:
to environment variable VAULT_CLIENT_KEY
path to an unencrypted PEM-encoded private key matching the client certificate
password Default:
to environment variable VAULT_PASSWORD
password to login to vault.
pgp_keys Default:
[]
specifies an array of PGP public keys used to encrypt the output unseal keys.
secret_shares Default:
5
specifies the number of shares to split the master key into.
secret_threshold Default:
3
specifies the number of shares required to reconstruct the master key.
token Default:
to environment variable VAULT_TOKEN
token for vault
url Default:
to environment variable VAULT_ADDR
url for vault
username Default:
to environment variable VAULT_USER
username to login to vault.
verify Default:
to environment variable VAULT_SKIP_VERIFY
if set, do not verify presented TLS certificate before communicating with Vault server : setting this variable is not recommended except during testing

Examples

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - hashivault_init:

- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - hashivault_init:
        secret_shares: 7
        secret_threshold: 4

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