# Ansible vault encrypt/decrypt

## Encrypt
Echo passwords through `ansible-vault` into a file.  Provide encryption password when prompted (can be different for each password)

```shell
printf "%s" <password1> | ansible-vault encrypt_string --stdin-name=<password-name1> > <password-file>.var.yml
printf "%s" <password2> | ansible-vault encrypt_string --stdin-name=<password-name2> >> <password-file>.var.yml
...
```

## Decrypt
Retrieve a single decrytped password from password file.  Provide encryption password when prompted.

```shell
ansible localhost -e '@<password-file>.var.yml' --ask-vault-pass -m debug -a 'var=<password-name>'
```