diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index ed97d53..3eca9af 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
 ---
+
+secrets: {}
+
+secrets_definitions: {}
+
+secrets_default_store: facts
+secrets_default_generator: password
+secrets_default_password_length: 24
+secrets_default_password_chars: ascii_letters,digits
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index ed97d53..5012a9d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
 ---
+
+- name: secret pre-store debug
+  debug:
+    msg:
+      secrets: "{{ secrets }}"
+      secrets_set: "{{ secrets_set }}"
+      secrets_reset: "{{ secrets_reset }}"
+      secrets_set_by_store: "{{ secrets_set_by_store }}"
+      secrets_reset_by_store: "{{ secrets_reset_by_store }}"
+
+- import_tasks: store/facts.yaml
+- import_tasks: store/local_facts.yaml
+
+- name: secret post-store debug
+  debug:
+    msg:
+      secrets: "{{ secrets }}"
diff --git a/tasks/store/facts.yaml b/tasks/store/facts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e62534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/store/facts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+- name: set secrets in facts
+  set_fact:
+    secrets: "{{ secrets_set_by_store.facts | combine(secrets) | combine(secrets_reset_by_store.facts) }}"
diff --git a/tasks/store/local_facts.yaml b/tasks/store/local_facts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3ebdf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/store/local_facts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+
+# TODO remove secrets that are defined for other stores
+
+- name: ansible local facts directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/ansible/facts.d
+    state: directory
+
+- name: save secrets in ansible local secrets fact
+  copy:
+    content: "{{ secrets_set_by_store.local_facts | combine(ansible_local.secrets | default({})) | combine(secrets_reset_by_store.local_facts) | to_json }}"
+    dest: /etc/ansible/facts.d/secrets.fact
+    mode: 0600
+  register: _local_facts_set
+
+- name: gathering ansible local facts
+  setup:
+    gather_subset: min
+    filter: ansible_local
+  when: _local_facts_set.changed
+
+- name: set secrets gathered from ansible local secrets fact
+  set_fact:
+    secrets: "{{ secrets | combine(ansible_local.secrets) }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yaml b/vars/main.yaml
index ed97d53..9e6be75 100644
--- a/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/vars/main.yaml
@@ -1 +1,58 @@
 ---
+secrets_generators:
+  - password
+  #- xkcd
+
+secrets_stores:
+  - facts
+  - local_facts
+
+secrets_set: |-
+  {
+    {% for secret_name in secrets_definitions.keys() %}
+      {% set secrets_definition = secrets_definitions[secret_name] %}
+      {% set password_length = secrets_definition.password_length | default(secrets_default_password_length) | string %}
+      {% set password_chars = secrets_definition.password_chars|default(secrets_default_password_chars) %}
+      {{secret_name|to_json}}:
+        {{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length='+password_length+' chars='+password_chars ) | to_json }}
+      ,
+    {% endfor %}
+  }
+
+secrets_reset: |-
+  {
+    {% for secret_name in secrets_definitions.keys() %}
+      {% set secrets_definition = secrets_definitions[secret_name] %}
+      {% if secrets_definition.reset | default(false) %}
+        {{secret_name|to_json}}: {{ secrets_set[secret_name] | to_json }},
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+  }
+
+secrets_set_by_store: |-
+  {
+    {% for store_name in secrets_stores %}
+      {{store_name|to_json}}: {
+        {% for secret_name in secrets_set.keys() %}
+          {% set secrets_definition = secrets_definitions[secret_name] %}
+          {% if store_name == secrets_definition.store | default(secrets_default_store) %}
+            {{secret_name|to_json}}: {{ secrets_set[secret_name] | to_json }},
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+      },
+    {% endfor %}
+  }
+
+secrets_reset_by_store: |-
+  {
+    {% for store_name in secrets_stores %}
+      {{store_name|to_json}}: {
+        {% for secret_name in secrets_reset.keys() %}
+          {% set secrets_definition = secrets_definitions[secret_name] %}
+          {% if store_name == secrets_definition.store | default(secrets_default_store) %}
+            {{secret_name|to_json}}: {{ secrets_reset[secret_name] | to_json }},
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+      },
+    {% endfor %}
+  }