Centralizing Operational Secrets with Ansible
Blog post from Basis Theory
Operational secrets such as passwords, keys, and certificates must be securely shared among applications, servers, and build systems, but common approaches have limitations: CI/CD-managed secrets can appear in logs, encrypted files require protecting and rotating decryption passwords, and key management services may grant overly broad access while adding infrastructure costs. To address these issues, Basis Theory developed an Ansible Lookup Plugin that stores a Basis Theory token in Ansible configuration and retrieves the underlying secret only when needed during system configuration. Built with the Basis Theory Python SDK and REST API, the plugin uses Ansible’s standard lookup mechanism to fetch a token by ID, allowing playbooks to set variables and populate templates without storing the original secret in configuration or state files.
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