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: <
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Ansible 2.16.6 ANSIBLE-CONFIG(1)