ansible-config1
View ansible configuration.
Usage
usage: ansible-config
[-h]
[--version]
[-v]
list,dump,view,init,validate ...
Overview
Config command line class
Options
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--version -
show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exit
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-h, --help -
show this help message and exit
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-v, --verbose -
Causes Ansible to print more debug messages. Adding multiple -v will increase the verbosity, the builtin plugins currently evaluate up to -vvvvvv. A reasonable level to start is -vvv, connection debugging might require -vvvv. This argument may be specified multiple times.
Actions
list-
list and output available configs
--format'FORMAT',-f'FORMAT'Output format for list
-c'CONFIG_FILE',--config'CONFIG_FILE'path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
-t'TYPE',--type'TYPE'Filter down to a specific plugin type.
dump-
Shows the current settings, merges ansible.cfg if specified
--format'FORMAT',-f'FORMAT'Output format for dump
--only-changed,--changed-onlyOnly show configurations that have changed from the default
-c'CONFIG_FILE',--config'CONFIG_FILE'path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
-t'TYPE',--type'TYPE'Filter down to a specific plugin type.
view-
Displays the current config file
-c'CONFIG_FILE',--config'CONFIG_FILE'path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
-t'TYPE',--type'TYPE'Filter down to a specific plugin type.
init-
Create initial configuration
--disabledPrefixes all entries with a comment character to disable them
--format'FORMAT',-f'FORMAT'Output format for init
-c'CONFIG_FILE',--config'CONFIG_FILE'path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
-t'TYPE',--type'TYPE'Filter down to a specific plugin type.
validate
--format 'FORMAT', -f 'FORMAT'
Output format for init
-c 'CONFIG_FILE', --config 'CONFIG_FILE'
path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
-t 'TYPE', --type 'TYPE'
Filter down to a specific plugin type.
Environment
The following environment variables may be specified.
ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file
Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg
For a full list check <https://docs.ansible.com/>. or use the ansible-config command.
Files
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present
~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present
./ansible.cfg -- Local config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and overrides the rest if present.
As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.
--config until Debian 10 (Buster);
-c until Debian 10 (Buster).