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Ansible troubleshooting - Error no-log-password

November 7, 2023
Posted by Luca Berton
security, automation, Ansible, playbook, password, sensitive data, secrets, no-log-password, IT, configuration management, security best practices, secure automation, playbook security, no_log attribute, secret protection, data security, loop, automation workflows, Ansible Lint, playbook security, sensitive information

Introduction In the world of IT automation and configuration management, security is paramount.

Ansible troubleshooting - Attempting to decrypt but no vault secrets found

November 13, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, troubleshooting, vault, ansible-vault, ansible-playbook, security, secrets, password, security, error, fatal

Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about the attempt to decrypt but no vault secrets found error.

Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault?

November 12, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, terminology, ansible-vault, playbook, security, YAML, sensible data, encryption, password

Ansible terminology - What is an Ansible Vault? How to store variables and files in an encrypted way using the ansible-vault command line utility.

Ansible troubleshooting - Unhandled exception while executing module win_user

March 23, 2022
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, troubleshooting, password, windows, error, fatal

Introduction Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting, specifically about Ansible troubleshooting - Unhandled exception while executing module win_user.

User password expiration - Ansible module user

November 9, 2021
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, password, linux, accounting, authorization, authentication, user management, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, ansible module user

How to set user password expiration time on Linux with Ansible?

Ansible troubleshooting - passwordless account

October 5, 2021
Posted by Luca Berton
ansible, troubleshooting, password, accounting, user, error, fatal, account

Introduction Today we’re going to talk about Ansible troubleshooting and specifically about the “Fatal usermod: unlocking the user’s password would result in a passwordless account.