hashivault_write – Hashicorp Vault write module

Synopsis

  • Module to write to Hashicorp Vault. Consider using hashivault_secret instead.

Requirements

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

  • hvac>=0.10.1

  • ansible>=2.0.0

  • requests

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
alternate_data
-
Keys and values to write. Use this if you need the returned data.
authtype
-
    Choices:
  • token
  • userpass
  • github
  • ldap
  • approle
Default:
"token or environment variable `VAULT_AUTHTYPE`"
authentication type
aws_header
-
Default:
"to environment variable `VAULT_AWS_HEADER`"
X-Vault-AWS-IAM-Server-ID Header value to prevent replay attacks.
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
cas
-
Check and set curent version v2 only
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
data
-
Keys and values to write.
login_mount_point
-
Default:
"value of authtype or environment varialbe `VAULT_LOGIN_MOUNT_POINT`"
authentication mount point
mount_point
-
Default:
"secret"
secret mount point
namespace
-
Default:
"to environment variable VAULT_NAMESPACE"
namespace for vault
password
-
Default:
"to environment variable `VAULT_PASSWORD`"
password to login to vault.
secret
-
vault secret to write.
token
-
Default:
"to environment variable `VAULT_TOKEN`"
token for vault
update
-
Default:
"no"
This option is deprecated. Update the secret rather than overwrite. The module will read the secret and overlay with the data provided and write.
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
version
-
Default:
1
version of the kv engine (int)

Examples

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - hashivault_write:
        secret: giant
        data:
            foo: foe
            fie: fum

Status

Authors

  • UNKNOWN

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