b64encode

Collection Note

This module is part of the ansible.builtin collection. To install the collection, use:

ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.builtin

Added in version historical.

Synopsis

• Base64 encoding function.

Parameters

Parameter	Defaults / Choices	Comments
_input string required		A string to encode.

Examples

# Base64 encode a string
b64lola: "{{ 'lola'| b64encode }}"

# Base64 encode the content of 'stuff' variable
b64stuff: "{{ stuff | b64encode }}"

Return Values

Key	Data Type	Description	Returned
_value	string	A Base64 encoded string.

Authors

• Ansible Core Team