How to use "become_pass" in an Ansible Playbook

Question

I try to write an Ansible yml that reads the root-passwords from an encrypted vault-file and then pass it to become_pass:


    - hosts: sirius
      remote_user: ansusr
      become: yes
      vars_files:
         - vault_vars.yml
      become_pass: "{{ root_pass_sirius }}"

But this fails: ERROR! 'become_pass' is not a valid attribute for a Play

But why ? - According to the Ansible documentation this is a valid command.

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '18 at 12:52

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According to the Ansible documentation this is a valid command.

Wrong. become_pass is not a valid attribute (and it is not a command after all) for a Play.

Please see List of Behavioral Inventory Parameters. There is ansible_become_pass variable.

So you need to set a variable:

- hosts: sirius
  remote_user: ansusr
  become: yes
  vars_files:
    - vault_vars.yml
  vars:
    ansible_become_pass: "{{ root_pass_sirius }}"

answered Mar 07 '18 at 12:52

Konstantin Suvorov

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That doesn't work either ... ERROR! 'ansible_become_pass' is not a valid attribute for a Play – may24x Mar 07 '18 at 12:59
Hm ... seems I had som tailing invisible character ... it works now! - Thanks a lot – may24x Mar 07 '18 at 13:06

How to use "become_pass" in an Ansible Playbook

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