RedHat Exam EX294 Topic 7 Question 50 Discussion

Actual exam question for RedHat's EX294 exam

Question #: 50
Topic #: 7

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Create an Ansible vault to store user passwords as follows:

* The name of the vault is valut.yml

* The vault contains two variables as follows:

- dev_pass with value wakennym

- mgr_pass with value rocky

* The password to encrypt and decrypt the vault is atenorth

* The password is stored in the file /home/admin/ansible/password.txt

AExplanation:
Solution as:
# pwd
/home/admin/ansible
# echo 'atenorth' >password.txt
# chmod 0600 password.txt
# ansible-vault create vault.yml --vault-password-file=password.txt
---
- dev_pass: wakennym
- mgr_pass: rocky
:wq
# cat vault.yml
$ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
36383862376164316436353665343765643331393433373564613762666531313034336438353662
3464346331346461306337633632393563643531376139610a343531326130663266613533633562
38623439316631306463623761343939373263333134353264333834353264343934373765643737
3535303630626666370a643663366634383863393338616661666632353139306436316430616334
65386134393363643133363738656130636532346431376265613066326162643437643064313863
6633333537303334333437646163343666666132316639376531
# ansible-vault view vault.yml
password:******
---
- dev_pass: wakennym
- mgr_pass: rocky

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Suggested Answer: A

by Argelia at Jul 15, 2024, 10:24 PM

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26 days ago

Looks good! The solution covers all the requirements, including creating the vault, setting the password, and storing the variables securely.

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Rosamond

8 days ago

User 3: Encrypting and storing passwords securely is important.

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Edison

13 days ago

User 2: Yes, it covers all the requirements.

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Rodolfo

20 days ago

User 1: The solution looks good!

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Carissa

28 days ago

I agree, storing passwords securely is crucial.

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Melinda

1 months ago

I think creating an Ansible vault is important for security.

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