What does Ansible Vault do?

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It encrypts sensitive data such as passwords in variables and files — Ansible Vault encrypts secrets (variables and files) at rest so they can live safely in Git. It doesn't store plaintext centrally, isn't a secret-scanner, and doesn't rotate SSH keys.

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It stores plaintext secrets on a central server for playbooks to read

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It scans playbooks for hardcoded secrets and warns you about them

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It rotates the SSH keys that are used to connect to managed nodes

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