Try ansible_become_password

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_privilege_escalation.html

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 8:49 AM Tony Wong <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to run a pb that requires me to enter vault credentials as
> well as specifying -k
> for the become pass
>
> Is there a way to put the become pass (root) in my vault file?
>
> in my host file I have
>
> [esxi]
> hostname ansible_ssh_user=root ansible_become_pass='{{ esxi_root_pass }}'
>
> in my vault cred file
>
> I have
>
> esxi_root_pass: xxxxxx
>
> but when i run pb
>
> ansible-playbook -i hosts pb.yml --ask-vault-pass -vvv
>
> I enter my vault pass but i cannot autenticate into the esxi host
>
> but if I use -k
>
> I get prompted for ssh pass and vault pass
>
> then it works this way
>
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