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containers.podman.podman_secret – Manage podman secrets
Note
This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.8.1).
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 containers.podman.
To use it in a playbook, specify: containers.podman.podman_secret.
New in version 1.7.0: of containers.podman
Synopsis
- Manage podman secrets
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- podman
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| data
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The value of the secret. Required when  state is present.
        | 
     |
| executable
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "podman"
         | 
      
        
        Path to  podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman
        | 
     
| force
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Use it when  state is present to remove and recreate an existing secret.
        | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the secret.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether to create or remove the named secret.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Create secret
  containers.podman.podman_secret:
    state: present
    name: mysecret
    data: "my super secret content"
- name: Create container that uses the secret
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: showmysecret
    image: docker.io/alpine:3.14
    secrets:
      - mysecret
    detach: false
    command: cat /run/secrets/mysecret
    register: container
- name: Output secret data
  debug:
    msg: '{{ container.stdout }}'
- name: Remove secret
  containers.podman.podman_secret:
    state: absent
    name: mysecret
  Authors
- Aliaksandr Mianzhynski (@amenzhinsky)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_secret_module.html