Cannot find pyats.conf

[Robert Burlingame]

I'm trying to implement secret strings in order to avoid plain text passwords in my yaml files.

All pyats documentation points me to make changes to the "pyats.conf" file. However, I cannot find such a file.

Any idea where this could be? I've used every grep/find command I can think of.

Some of the reference links I'm using:

https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/pyats/docs/configuration/index.html#pyats-configuration

https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/pyats/docs/utilities/secret_strings.html?highlight=encoded%20password

Any help greatly appreciated!

[yixiu0317]

Hi Robert,

I know it is an old thread, did you find the location of pyats.conf file?

I am having the same problem now.

Thank you in advance.

[assadniang]

Hello,

Where can I find the pyats.conf file?

pyats version 25.7

Using the default YAML encoding key since no key was specified in configuration.
THIS IS A SHARED KEY AND IS NOT SECURE, PLEASE RUN `pyats secret keygen` AND ADD TO YOUR pyats.conf FILE BEFORE ENCODING ANY VALUES.
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[bigevilbeard]

On Linux/Mac the default configuration file is /etc/pyats.conf - If you don't have a pyats.conf file, you can create one in any of these locations. You can also create one by running the pyats secret keygen command.

[assadniang]

@bigevilbeard 
I created one manually
But running the pyats secret keygen command does not create one.
Running PyATS 25.7
Thanks

[bigevilbeard]

@assadniang as i understand the pyats secret keygen command does not create the pyats.conf file for you. Its purpose is to generate the encryption key string that you then manually add to a pyats.conf file you have already created.