How to setup Ansible Vault

July 3, 2025

How to setup Ansible Vault #

Here’s a little guide on how I setup Ansible Vault for my Ansible playbook repository. It’s surprisingly simple and now all of my secrets are encrypted.

Setting Up Ansible Vault #

1. Create the Directory Structure #

First, create the standard Ansible directory structure for group variables:

mkdir -p group_vars/all

2. Create Your Vault File #

Create a vault file to store your encrypted credentials: