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VMware: vmware_vm_inventory using vaulted config #53048

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Expand Up @@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ Here's an example of a valid inventory file:

Executing ``ansible-inventory --list -i <filename>.vmware.yml`` will create a list of VMware instances that are ready to be configured using Ansible.

Using vaulted configuration files
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Since the inventory configuration file contains vCenter password in plain text, a security risk, you may want to
encrypt your entire inventory configuration file.

You can encrypt a valid inventory configuration file as follows:

.. code-block:: bash

$ ansible-vault encrypt <filename>.vmware.yml
New Vault password:
Confirm New Vault password:
Encryption successful

And you can use this vaulted inventory configuration file using:

.. code-block:: bash

$ ansible-inventory -i filename.vmware.yml --list --vault-password-file=/path/to/vault_password_file


.. seealso::

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The issue tracker for the pyVmomi project
:ref:`working_with_playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks

:ref:`playbooks_vault`
Using Vault in playbooks