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community.general.cyberarkpassword – get secrets from CyberArk AIM
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.cyberarkpassword.
Synopsis
- Get secrets from CyberArk AIM.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the local controller node that executes this lookup.
- CyberArk AIM tool installed
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments | 
|---|---|---|---|
| _command
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "/opt/CARKaim/sdk/clipasswordsdk"
         | 
      
        
        env:AIM_CLIPASSWORDSDK_CMD
         | 
      
        
        Cyberark CLI utility.
         | 
     
| _extra
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        for extra_params values please check parameters for clipasswordsdk in CyberArk's "Credential Provider and ASCP Implementation Guide"
         | 
     ||
| appid
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Defines the unique ID of the application that is issuing the password request.
         | 
     ||
| output
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "password"
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the desired output fields separated by commas.
        
       
        They could be: Password, PassProps.<property>, PasswordChangeInProcess
         | 
     |
| query
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Describes the filter criteria for the password retrieval.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- For Ansible on Windows, please change the -parameters (-p, -d, and -o) to /parameters (/p, /d, and /o) and change the location of CLIPasswordSDK.exe.
 
Examples
- name: passing options to the lookup
  ansible.builtin.debug:
      msg: '{{ lookup("community.general.cyberarkpassword", cyquery) }}'
  vars:
    cyquery:
      appid: "app_ansible"
      query: "safe=CyberArk_Passwords;folder=root;object=AdminPass"
      output: "Password,PassProps.UserName,PassProps.Address,PasswordChangeInProcess"
- name: used in a loop
  ansible.builtin.debug:
      msg: "{{item}}"
  with_community.general.cyberarkpassword:
      appid: 'app_ansible'
      query: 'safe=CyberArk_Passwords;folder=root;object=AdminPass'
      output: 'Password,PassProps.UserName,PassProps.Address,PasswordChangeInProcess'
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| passprops
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        properties assigned to the entry
          | 
     
| password
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        The actual value stored
          | 
     
| passwordchangeinprocess
        
        string
         | 
      success | 
        
        did the password change?
          | 
     
Authors
- Unknown (!UNKNOWN)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/cyberarkpassword_lookup.html