Hi,

This is to connect to the remote host. I'm aware that we can do something 
similar to this,
ansible-playbook -i hosts.yml --private-key=private_key_path ansible_script.
yml

also, I know we can use the private key in the inventory host_vars as 
ansible_ssh_private_key
but why ansible doesn't provide a option to manage private_key's password 
if it allows to use a private_key. 

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 6:09:55 PM UTC+5:30, Dick Visser wrote:
>
> Is this private key supposed to be used for connecting to a host 
> you're configuring (i.e. the password to a protected SSH key)? 
> Or is it used inside a task, to executed on a remote host (i.e. 
> *after* you've connected to it)? 
>
> Dick 
>
> On 12 September 2018 at 12:57, Madushan Chathuranga 
> <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > Hi All, 
> > 
> > Is it possible to provide the password of the private key on the command 
> > line extra vars or using the inventory. In the inventory we can provide 
> the 
> > private key but not the password? can not use --ask-pass in the command 
> > since it would prompt for the password to be user provided. Needs to 
> pass 
> > this password along with the private key. using this to execute an 
> ansible 
> > script on a remote host. 
> > 
> > Thanks. 
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