Is there any way to encrypt --private-key with ansible-vault and use it encrypted with Ansible Playbook

Question

Is there any way to encrypt --private-key with ansible-vault, encrypt it and use it with Ansible Playbook.

Answer 1

Hey @Kajol,

Create a passphrase for the key

openssl rsa -in ssh_key.pem -out encrypted_ssh_key.pem

Give it a passphrase and provide that passphrase every time you run it, like thos:

ansible-playbook ansible_playbook -i inventory/ec2.py \
    -e ansible_ssh_user=ubuntu \
    -e ansible_user=ubuntu \
    --private-key=encrypted_ssh_key.pem