ANSIBLE-CONFIG(1) System administration commands ANSIBLE-CONFIG(1) NAME ansible-config - View ansible configuration. SYNOPSIS usage: ansible-config [-h] [--version] [-v] {list,dump,view,init} ... DESCRIPTION Config command line class COMMON OPTIONS --version show program's version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit -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-only Only 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 --disabled Prefixes 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. 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 . 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. AUTHOR Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible. Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license. SEE ALSO ansible (1), ansible-console (1), ansible-doc (1), ansible-galaxy (1), ansible-inventory (1), ansible-playbook (1), ansible-pull (1), ansible-vault (1) Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: < >. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: < > Ansible 2.16.6 ANSIBLE-CONFIG(1)