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Answer: Vault is a feature of ansible that allows keeping sensitive data such as passwords or keys in encrypted files, rather than as plaintext in your playbooks or roles. These vault files can then be distributed or placed in source control.
cite: https://chrisshort.net/using-ansible-vault-effectively/
Ansible Vault documentation: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_vault.html
more info: http://cheat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ansible/secrets.html