DOCUMENTATION: name: md5 version_added: "historical" short_description: MD5 hash of input data description: - Returns an L(MD5 hash, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5) of the input data positional: _input notes: - This requires the MD5 algorithm to be available on the system, security contexts like FIPS might prevent this. - MD5 has long been deemed insecure and is not recommended for security related uses. options: _input: description: data to hash type: raw required: true EXAMPLES: | # md5hash => "ae2b1fca515949e5d54fb22b8ed95575" md5hash: "{{ 'testing' | md5 }}" RETURN: _value: description: The MD5 hash of the input. type: string