EX294 Question #14: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Following the instructions below, create an Ansible vault to store user passwords: - The vault name is /home/greg/ansible/locker.yml - The vault contains two variables with the following names: pw_developer, with the value Imadev pw_manager, with the value Imamgr - The password used to encrypt and decrypt the vault is whenyouwishuponastar - The vault is stored in the file /home/greg/ansible/secret.txt Correct Answer: See the below explanation Explanation Explanation/Reference: Solution: [greg@control ansible]$ vim ansible.cfg ... vault_password_file = /home/greg/ansible/secret.txt [greg@control ansible]$ echo whenyouwishuponastar > /home/greg/ansible/secret.txt [greg@control ansible]$ ansible-vault create /home/greg/ansible/locker.yml --- pw_developer: Imadev pw_manager: Imamgr [greg@control ansible]$ ansible-vault view /home/greg/ansible/locker.yml --- pw_developer: Imadev pw_manager: Imamgr # Verification: Verify that the file content is encrypted using the recommended commands, and ensure that the file can be automatically decrypted by the configuration file secret.txt. (mandatory operation) [greg@control ansible]$ cat /home/greg/ansible/locker.yml $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256 3863666662376132653636383666306664633665636166366465323533396130663431393932663 1 3038366162383733643633383935663431376163646639350a39343666356636663130306465393 3 6337303063633334336262313065363336363033646164626236323964333535346665353464313 5 6162383733353561640a38333362313764656566663636306434336134653739663365323430626 3 3332613836613538343064376365393166373865663339393334346661623533363138343137313 5 666161303763323761383731343138373166653730613932343