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CCNP Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps of Ansible Vault…
Drag and drop the steps of Ansible Vault encryption and decryption steps into the correct order, from first to last.
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Create vault password file for authentication
Ansible Vault encryption starts with creating a password file; then, encrypting a plaintext file with ansible-vault encrypt; next, viewing the encrypted content with ansible-vault view; after that, decrypting the file for editing with ansible-vault decrypt; finally, re-encrypting after modifications.
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Variation 1. Drag and drop the steps of Ansible Vault encryption and decryption steps into the correct order, from first to last.
medium- ✓ A.Create vault password file 'vault_pass'
- ✓ B.Encrypt plaintext file with ansible-vault encrypt
- ✓ C.Edit encrypted file using ansible-vault edit
- ✓ D.Decrypt file with ansible-vault decrypt
- ✓ E.Run playbook with --vault-password-file flag
Why A: To use Ansible Vault, you first create a password file, then encrypt a plaintext file, optionally edit it while encrypted, and finally decrypt it when needed, with the playbook referencing the vault password at runtime.
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