robertdebock.vault_initialize

Ansible Role: Vault Initialize

This role sets up and unseals HashiCorp Vault.

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Example Playbook

Here’s an example playbook taken from molecule/default/converge.yml. It’s tested with every update.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.vault_initialize

Before running the main playbook, the machine must be prepared. In CI, this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies
    - role: robertdebock.hashicorp
    - role: robertdebock.vault
    - role: robertdebock.vault_configuration
      vault_configuration_listener_tcp:
        address: "127.0.0.1:8200"
        cluster_address: "127.0.0.1:8201"
        tls_disable: true
      vault_configuration_storage_raft:
        path: "/opt/vault/data"
        node_id: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"

For a full explanation and examples, check out the documentation on using these roles.

Role Variables

Default variable settings can be found in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for vault_initialize

# The address where Vault can be accessed, similar to `VAULT_ADDR`.
vault_initialize_addr: "http://localhost:8200"

# Show sensitive information during Vault initialization. This includes the root token and unseal keys.
vault_initialize_show_information: true