@@ -108,5 +108,11 @@ This is something you may wish to do if using Ansible from a continuous integrat
(The `--vault-password-file` option can also be used with the :ref:`ansible-pull` command if you wish, though this would require distributing the keys to your nodes, so understand the implications -- vault is more intended for push mode).
.. _speeding_up_vault:
Speeding Up Vault Operations
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By default, Ansible uses PyCrypto to encrypt and decrypt vault files. If you have many encrypted files, decrypting them at startup may cause a perceptible delay. To speed this up, install the cryptography package::
CRYPTO_UPGRADE="ansible-vault requires a newer version of pycrypto than the one installed on your platform. You may fix this with OS-specific commands such as: yum install python-devel; rpm -e --nodeps python-crypto; pip install pycrypto"