Thanks Ramon. The *ansible-vault view *command that's included with version 1.8 is just what I'm looking for. Still I find it surprising that ansible-vault edit command with no saved editor modifications still changes the SHA-1 of the file. But at least I'm aware of this possibility.
On Friday, November 28, 2014 2:57:46 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > Ansible vault actually supports the 'view' command, since two days ago > (version 1.8). > There's also a pull request to update the docs on the website to reflect > this. > > - Ramon > > > Op vrijdag 28 november 2014 14:42:04 UTC+1 schreef Jim McMahon: >> >> I want to view a file that has been encrypted with ansible-vault, but I >> don't want to make any changes. The ansible-vault command doesn't have an >> option to just *cat* the decrypted file. Here are the options available: >> >> ➜ defaults git:(master) ✗ ansible-vault --help >> Usage: ansible-vault [*create|decrypt|edit|encrypt|rekey]* [--help] >> [options] file_name >> >> Options: >> -h, --help show this help message and exit >> >> See 'ansible-vault <command> --help' for more information on a specific >> command. >> >> So I've been using ansible-vault edit command to view the file and then >> quit the editor without saving when done viewing the contents. >> Surprisingly, even though I quit out of the editor without saving, it >> changes the file anyway. Why is this? When I do a git status I see the >> file is modified and the SHA1 has been changed. See below for an example >> where no changes were saved: >> >> ➜ defaults git:(master) openssl sha1 main.yml >> >> SHA1(main.yml)= 63acb6f65ae7d1ad34e047e80acd8857ebab5692 >> >> ➜ defaults git:(master) ansible-vault edit main.yml >> >> Vault password: >> >> ➜ defaults git:(master) ✗ openssl sha1 main.yml >> >> SHA1(main.yml)= 7c48df4f13402558c0e1ca691250a0e8be0bc548 >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/d72ae3ac-26df-4f23-b5d1-8d8a4ba0eac5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
