% gwvault 8

NAME

gwvault - encryption/decryption utility for Ansible data files

SYNOPSIS

gwvault

[--new-vault-password-file]=[value]
[--vault-password-file]=[value]

COMMAND TREE

• encrypt
• decrypt
• edit
• rekey
• create
• view
• encrypt_string, av_encrypt_string
• install-manpage
• version, v

Usage:

gwvault [GLOBAL OPTIONS] command [COMMAND OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS...]

GLOBAL OPTIONS

–new-vault-password-file=””: new vault password file for rekey NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

COMMANDS

encrypt

encrypt file

[options] [vaultfile.yml]

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

decrypt

decrypt file

[options] [vaultfile.yml]

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

edit

edit file and re-encrypt

[options] [vaultfile.yml]

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

rekey

alter encryption password and re-encrypt

[options] [vaultfile.yml] [newvaultfile.yml]

–new-vault-password-file=””: new vault password file for rekey NEW_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

create

create a new encrypted file

[options] [vaultfile.yml]

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

view

view inputs of encrypted file

[options] [vaultfile.yml]

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

encrypt_string, av_encrypt_string

encrypt provided string, output in ansible-vault format

[options] string_to_encrypt

–name=””: variable name to encrypt

–vault-password-file=””: vault password file VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE

install-manpage

Generate and install man page

NOTE: Windows is not supported

version, v

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