# ====================
# Encrypting content with Ansible Vault
# ====================

# see:
#     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vault_guide
#
#     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/vault_guide/vault_encrypting_content.html

# ----------
# encrypt / decrypt variables / strings
# ---------

# encrypt string
#
string=nSLIgazSj8DLu2Sy0l


ansible-vault encrypt_string $string && echo

# output of the above command is:
#
!vault |
          $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
          33656466386662303431383037386564666466643364376233623261346235363866656438396532
          6161373832366430653235343034653166303561383934390a666432356463386461656363303234
          61386330643664666539343336313666346261323435386264396137366533626539396434303463
          3961666632646337360a666662323063316134623332333239616332343939326331383632646139
          66316333653232383764376264616238323861323530343734653564393737386139


# decrypt the encrypted string:
#
echo -e '$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
33656466386662303431383037386564666466643364376233623261346235363866656438396532
6161373832366430653235343034653166303561383934390a666432356463386461656363303234
61386330643664666539343336313666346261323435386264396137366533626539396434303463
3961666632646337360a666662323063316134623332333239616332343939326331383632646139
66316333653232383764376264616238323861323530343734653564393737386139' | ansible-vault decrypt && echo

# output shoud be:
#
Decryption successful
nSLIgazSj8DLu2Sy0l


# ----------
# encrypt / decrypt file
# ----------

ansible-vault encrypt <file-name>

ansible-vault decrypt <file-name>