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Document vault and make some cross-references in places where people should read about vault.

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The Password Lookup
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``password`` generates a random plaintext password and store it in
a file at a given filepath. Support for crypted save modes (as with vars_prompt) is pending. If the
file exists previously, it will retrieve its contents, behaving just like with_file. Usage of variables like "{{ inventory_hostname }}" in the filepath can be used to set
.. note::
A great alternative to the password lookup plugin, if you don't need to generate random passwords on a per-host basis, would be to use :doc:`playbooks_vault`. Read the documentation there and consider using it first, it will be more desirable for most applications.
``password`` generates a random plaintext password and stores it in
a file at a given filepath.
(Docs about crypted save modes are pending)
If the file exists previously, it will retrieve its contents, behaving just like with_file. Usage of variables like "{{ inventory_hostname }}" in the filepath can be used to set
up random passwords per host (what simplifies password management in 'host_vars' variables).
Generated passwords contain a random mix of upper and lowercase ASCII letters, the