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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 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.


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.


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.


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 <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.

AUTHOR

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 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: < <https://docs.ansible.com> >. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: < <https://github.com/ansible/ansible> >

Ansible 2.16.13