--- - hosts: all become: true become_method: sudo become_user: root vars: password_salt: !vault | $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256 31393533613636613064623931356565383762336134346665306361653339623266353766386132 6230623765343034333763383666343532643735333766390a376636353463326163376632633230 39656165633638313463643664306434623863346161316630646435373164346330313533303932 3364646665346461380a643564313762393362653064626463663064363135663937336238623164 32643632393539643636383337386436626536393534613337376232663632333063 tasks: - name: "Fail if what_user is not set" ansible.builtin.fail: msg: "You have to specify the what_user variable" when: not what_user is defined run_once: true delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 - name: "Fail if what_password is not set" ansible.builtin.fail: msg: "You have to specify the what_password variable" when: not what_user is defined run_once: true delegate_to: 127.0.0.1 - name: Fail if user specified does not exist ansible.builtin.getent: database: passwd key: "{{ what_user }}" - name: Update user password ansible.builtin.user: name: "{{ what_user }}" password: "{{ what_password | password_hash('sha512', password_salt) }}"