How do I pass username and password while using Ansible Git module?

Question

While doing clone, push or pull of a private git repository hosted internally (e.g. on a GitLab instance) with Ansible\'s Git module, how do I specify username and password

Answer 1

Improving on Arbab Nazar's answer, you can avoid exposing your password in the terminal by prompting for the credentials.

playbook.yml

--- 
- name: ANSIBLE - Shop Installation 
  hosts: '{{ target }}' 

  vars_prompt: 
    - name: "githubuser" 
      prompt: "Enter your github username" 
      private: no 
    - name: "githubpassword" 
      prompt: "Enter your github password" 
      private: yes 

  [...] 

And in the task reference the variables.

task.yml

- name: Get updated files from git repository 
  git:
    repo=https://{{ githubuser | urlencode }}:{{ githubpassword | urlencode }}@github.com/privrepo.git
    dest=/tmp

This will save the password as clear text in .git/config as url of remote "origin". The following task can be used to remove it.

- name: Ensure remote URL does not contain credentials
  git_config:
    name: remote.origin.url
    value: https://github.com/privrepo.git
    scope: local
    repo: /tmp

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Taken from: Clone a private git repository with Ansible (using password prompt)