hashi_vault – retrieve secrets from HashiCorp’s vault

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• retrieve secrets from HashiCorp’s vault

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this lookup.

• hvac (python library)

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello:value token=c975b780-d1be-8016-866b-01d0f9b688a5 url=http://myvault:8200')}}"

- name: Return all secrets from a path
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello token=c975b780-d1be-8016-866b-01d0f9b688a5 url=http://myvault:8200')}}"

- name: Vault that requires authentication via LDAP
  debug:
      msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello:value auth_method=ldap mount_point=ldap username=myuser password=mypas url=http://myvault:8200')}}"

- name: Vault that requires authentication via username and password
  debug:
      msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello:value auth_method=userpass username=myuser password=mypas url=http://myvault:8200')}}"

- name: Using an ssl vault
  debug:
      msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hola:value token=c975b780-d1be-8016-866b-01d0f9b688a5 url=https://myvault:8200 validate_certs=False')}}"

- name: using certificate auth
  debug:
      msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hi:value token=xxxx-xxx-xxx url=https://myvault:8200 validate_certs=True cacert=/cacert/path/ca.pem')}}"

- name: authenticate with a Vault app role
  debug:
      msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello:value auth_method=approle role_id=myroleid secret_id=mysecretid url=http://myvault:8200')}}"

- name: Return all secrets from a path in a namespace
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('hashi_vault', 'secret=secret/hello token=c975b780-d1be-8016-866b-01d0f9b688a5 url=http://myvault:8200 namespace=teama/admins')}}"

Return Values

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

Status

• This lookup is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This lookup is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Jonathan Davila <jdavila(at)ansible.com>