Why is my output sometimes replaced with - Ansible

Question

Sometimes, actually a lot of times my output gets is replaced with ****. Why does that happen?

Answer 1

Any string marked no-log, including passwords, are replaced with ****. This is merely to protect your sensitive data. Ansible replaces every single string that matches with the password string with an asterisk. Try not to use a very common name as your password, it might be irritating.