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VMware: vmware_vm_inventory using vaulted config (#53048)

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* VMware: vmware_vm_inventory using vaulted config

Adds documentation about using vaulted inventory cofiguration file
for vmware_vm_inventory plugin.

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>

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Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kasurde <akasurde@redhat.com>
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Abhijeet Kasurde 2019-03-04 22:07:57 +05:30 committed by Alicia Cozine
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@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ Here's an example of a valid inventory file:
Executing ``ansible-inventory --list -i <filename>.vmware.yml`` will create a list of VMware instances that are ready to be configured using Ansible.
Using vaulted configuration files
=================================
Since the inventory configuration file contains vCenter password in plain text, a security risk, you may want to
encrypt your entire inventory configuration file.
You can encrypt a valid inventory configuration file as follows:
.. code-block:: bash
$ ansible-vault encrypt <filename>.vmware.yml
New Vault password:
Confirm New Vault password:
Encryption successful
And you can use this vaulted inventory configuration file using:
.. code-block:: bash
$ ansible-inventory -i filename.vmware.yml --list --vault-password-file=/path/to/vault_password_file
.. seealso::
@ -48,4 +69,5 @@ Executing ``ansible-inventory --list -i <filename>.vmware.yml`` will create a li
The issue tracker for the pyVmomi project
:ref:`working_with_playbooks`
An introduction to playbooks
:ref:`playbooks_vault`
Using Vault in playbooks