Ansible role vault_initialize

Initialize and unseal HashiCorp Vault.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

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

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.vault_initialize

The machine needs to 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 }}"

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for vault_initialize

# The address where Vault can be found. Simiar to `VAULT_ADDR`.
vault_initialize_addr: "http://localhost:8200"

# You can show the (sensitive) information of initializing Vault. This includes the root-token and unseal-keys.
vault_initialize_show_information: true

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.core_dependencies
robertdebock.hashicorp
robertdebock.vault
robertdebock.vault_configuration

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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