ansible-vault-tools 0.2.1

Simple library and CLI tool to deal with ansible vaults and encrypted strings

Ansible Vault Tools

A simple CLI tool and Python library to encrypt and decrypt strings and files using Ansible Vault, and to inspect decrypted host variables from an Ansible inventory.

Requirements

• Python 3.11 or newer
• ansible and ansible-vault executables available in PATH (provided by the ansible and ansible-vault packages)

Installation

Install with the optional Ansible dependencies included:

pip install "ansible-vault-tools[ansible-deps]"

Or, if you manage Ansible separately:

pip install ansible-vault-tools

Usage

CLI

ansible-vault-tools <command> [options]

encrypt — encrypt a string or file

# Encrypt a string (prompts for input if omitted)
ansible-vault-tools encrypt --string "my secret"
ansible-vault-tools encrypt -s

# Encrypt a file in place
ansible-vault-tools encrypt --file secrets.yml
ansible-vault-tools encrypt -f secrets.yml

decrypt — decrypt a variable or file

# Decrypt a specific variable for a host (prompts if omitted)
ansible-vault-tools decrypt --host webserver01 --var db_password
ansible-vault-tools decrypt -H webserver01 -v db_password

# Decrypt variables for all hosts
ansible-vault-tools decrypt --host all --var db_password

# Decrypt a vault-encrypted file (shows content, then asks to write it back)
ansible-vault-tools decrypt --file secrets.yml
ansible-vault-tools decrypt -f secrets.yml

allvars — print all variables for a host

# Print all resolved variables for a specific host
ansible-vault-tools allvars --host webserver01
ansible-vault-tools allvars -H webserver01

# Print hostvars for all hosts
ansible-vault-tools allvars --host all

Library

The individual functions can also be imported directly:

from ansible_vault_tools.main import encrypt_string, encrypt_file, decrypt_string, decrypt_file, allvars

Function	Description
encrypt_string(password)	Encrypt a string with ansible-vault encrypt_string
encrypt_file(filename)	Encrypt a file in place with ansible-vault encrypt
decrypt_string(host, var)	Decrypt a variable from Ansible inventory host(s)
decrypt_file(filename)	Decrypt a vault-encrypted file
allvars(host)	Return all variables for a host as JSON

License

The project is mainly licensed under Apache-2.0. It may also contain files under different licenses and copyright holders. The project is REUSE compliant so it's fully transparent.