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# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
---
ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES:
name: Allow world-readable temporary files
default: False
description:
- This makes the temporary files created on the machine world-readable and will issue a warning instead of failing the task.
- It is useful when becoming an unprivileged user.
env: []
ini:
- {key: allow_world_readable_tmpfiles, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: defaults.allow_world_readable_tmpfiles}
version_added: "2.1"
ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH:
name: Path of ansible-connection script
default: null
description:
- Specify where to look for the ansible-connection script. This location will be checked before searching $PATH.
- If null, ansible will start with the same directory as the ansible script.
type: path
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH}]
ini:
- {key: ansible_connection_path, section: persistent_connection}
yaml: {key: persistent_connection.ansible_connection_path}
version_added: "2.8"
ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION:
name: Cowsay filter selection
default: default
description: This allows you to chose a specific cowsay stencil for the banners or use 'random' to cycle through them.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION}]
ini:
- {key: cow_selection, section: defaults}
ANSIBLE_COW_WHITELIST:
name: Cowsay filter whitelist
default: ['bud-frogs', 'bunny', 'cheese', 'daemon', 'default', 'dragon', 'elephant-in-snake', 'elephant', 'eyes', 'hellokitty', 'kitty', 'luke-koala', 'meow', 'milk', 'moofasa', 'moose', 'ren', 'sheep', 'small', 'stegosaurus', 'stimpy', 'supermilker', 'three-eyes', 'turkey', 'turtle', 'tux', 'udder', 'vader-koala', 'vader', 'www']
description: White list of cowsay templates that are 'safe' to use, set to empty list if you want to enable all installed templates.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COW_WHITELIST}]
ini:
- {key: cow_whitelist, section: defaults}
type: list
yaml: {key: display.cowsay_whitelist}
ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR:
name: Force color output
default: False
description: This options forces color mode even when running without a TTY or the "nocolor" setting is True.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR}]
ini:
- {key: force_color, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: display.force_color}
ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR:
name: Suppress color output
default: False
description: This setting allows suppressing colorizing output, which is used to give a better indication of failure and status information.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR}]
ini:
- {key: nocolor, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: display.nocolor}
ANSIBLE_NOCOWS:
name: Suppress cowsay output
default: False
description: If you have cowsay installed but want to avoid the 'cows' (why????), use this.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NOCOWS}]
ini:
- {key: nocows, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: display.i_am_no_fun}
ANSIBLE_COW_PATH:
name: Set path to cowsay command
default: null
description: Specify a custom cowsay path or swap in your cowsay implementation of choice
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COW_PATH}]
ini:
- {key: cowpath, section: defaults}
type: string
yaml: {key: display.cowpath}
ANSIBLE_PIPELINING:
name: Connection pipelining
default: False
description:
- Pipelining, if supported by the connection plugin, reduces the number of network operations required to execute a module on the remote server,
by executing many Ansible modules without actual file transfer.
- This can result in a very significant performance improvement when enabled.
- "However this conflicts with privilege escalation (become). For example, when using 'sudo:' operations you must first
disable 'requiretty' in /etc/sudoers on all managed hosts, which is why it is disabled by default."
- This options is disabled if ``ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES`` is enabled.
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_PIPELINING
- name: ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING
ini:
- section: connection
key: pipelining
- section: ssh_connection
key: pipelining
type: boolean
yaml: {key: plugins.connection.pipelining}
ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s
description:
- If set, this will override the Ansible default ssh arguments.
- In particular, users may wish to raise the ControlPersist time to encourage performance. A value of 30 minutes may be appropriate.
- Be aware that if `-o ControlPath` is set in ssh_args, the control path setting is not used.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS}]
ini:
- {key: ssh_args, section: ssh_connection}
yaml: {key: ssh_connection.ssh_args}
ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: null
description:
- This is the location to save ssh's ControlPath sockets, it uses ssh's variable substitution.
- Since 2.3, if null, ansible will generate a unique hash. Use `%(directory)s` to indicate where to use the control dir path setting.
- Before 2.3 it defaulted to `control_path=%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r`.
- Be aware that this setting is ignored if `-o ControlPath` is set in ssh args.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH}]
ini:
- {key: control_path, section: ssh_connection}
yaml: {key: ssh_connection.control_path}
ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH_DIR:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: ~/.ansible/cp
description:
- This sets the directory to use for ssh control path if the control path setting is null.
- Also, provides the `%(directory)s` variable for the control path setting.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH_DIR}]
ini:
- {key: control_path_dir, section: ssh_connection}
yaml: {key: ssh_connection.control_path_dir}
ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: ssh
description:
- This defines the location of the ssh binary. It defaults to `ssh` which will use the first ssh binary available in $PATH.
- This option is usually not required, it might be useful when access to system ssh is restricted,
or when using ssh wrappers to connect to remote hosts.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE}]
ini:
- {key: ssh_executable, section: ssh_connection}
yaml: {key: ssh_connection.ssh_executable}
version_added: "2.2"
ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: 0
description: Number of attempts to establish a connection before we give up and report the host as 'UNREACHABLE'
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES}]
ini:
- {key: retries, section: ssh_connection}
type: integer
yaml: {key: ssh_connection.retries}
ANY_ERRORS_FATAL:
name: Make Task failures fatal
default: False
description: Sets the default value for the any_errors_fatal keyword, if True, Task failures will be considered fatal errors.
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_ANY_ERRORS_FATAL
ini:
- section: defaults
key: any_errors_fatal
type: boolean
yaml: {key: errors.any_task_errors_fatal}
version_added: "2.4"
BECOME_ALLOW_SAME_USER:
name: Allow becoming the same user
default: False
description: This setting controls if become is skipped when remote user and become user are the same. I.E root sudo to root.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_ALLOW_SAME_USER}]
ini:
- {key: become_allow_same_user, section: privilege_escalation}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: privilege_escalation.become_allow_same_user}
AGNOSTIC_BECOME_PROMPT:
name: Display an agnostic become prompt
default: True
type: boolean
description: Display an agnostic become prompt instead of displaying a prompt containing the command line supplied become method
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_AGNOSTIC_BECOME_PROMPT}]
ini:
- {key: agnostic_become_prompt, section: privilege_escalation}
yaml: {key: privilege_escalation.agnostic_become_prompt}
version_added: "2.5"
CACHE_PLUGIN:
name: Persistent Cache plugin
default: memory
description: Chooses which cache plugin to use, the default 'memory' is ephimeral.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN}]
ini:
- {key: fact_caching, section: defaults}
yaml: {key: facts.cache.plugin}
CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION:
name: Cache Plugin URI
default: ~
description: Defines connection or path information for the cache plugin
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION}]
ini:
- {key: fact_caching_connection, section: defaults}
yaml: {key: facts.cache.uri}
CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX:
name: Cache Plugin table prefix
default: ansible_facts
description: Prefix to use for cache plugin files/tables
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX}]
ini:
- {key: fact_caching_prefix, section: defaults}
yaml: {key: facts.cache.prefix}
CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT:
name: Cache Plugin expiration timeout
default: 86400
description: Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT}]
ini:
- {key: fact_caching_timeout, section: defaults}
type: integer
yaml: {key: facts.cache.timeout}
COLLECTIONS_PATHS:
name: ordered list of root paths for loading installed Ansible collections content
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for collections content.
default: ~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
type: pathspec
env:
- {name: ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}
ini:
- {key: collections_paths, section: defaults}
COLOR_CHANGED:
name: Color for 'changed' task status
default: yellow
description: Defines the color to use on 'Changed' task status
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_CHANGED}]
ini:
- {key: changed, section: colors}
yaml: {key: display.colors.changed}
COLOR_CONSOLE_PROMPT:
name: "Color for ansible-console's prompt task status"
default: white
description: Defines the default color to use for ansible-console
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_CONSOLE_PROMPT}]
ini:
- {key: console_prompt, section: colors}
version_added: "2.7"
COLOR_DEBUG:
name: Color for debug statements
default: dark gray
description: Defines the color to use when emitting debug messages
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DEBUG}]
ini:
- {key: debug, section: colors}
yaml: {key: display.colors.debug}
COLOR_DEPRECATE:
name: Color for deprecation messages
default: purple
description: Defines the color to use when emitting deprecation messages
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DEPRECATE}]
ini:
- {key: deprecate, section: colors}
yaml: {key: display.colors.deprecate}
COLOR_DIFF_ADD:
name: Color for diff added display
default: green
description: Defines the color to use when showing added lines in diffs
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DIFF_ADD}]
ini:
- {key: diff_add, section: colors}
yaml: {key: display.colors.diff.add}
COLOR_DIFF_LINES:
name: Color for diff lines display
default: cyan
description: Defines the color to use when showing diffs
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DIFF_LINES}]
ini:
- {key: diff_lines, section: colors}
COLOR_DIFF_REMOVE:
name: Color for diff removed display
default: red
description: Defines the color to use when showing removed lines in diffs
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_DIFF_REMOVE}]
ini:
- {key: diff_remove, section: colors}
COLOR_ERROR:
name: Color for error messages
default: red
description: Defines the color to use when emitting error messages
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_ERROR}]
ini:
- {key: error, section: colors}
yaml: {key: colors.error}
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT:
name: Color for highlighting
default: white
description: Defines the color to use for highlighting
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT}]
ini:
- {key: highlight, section: colors}
COLOR_OK:
name: Color for 'ok' task status
default: green
description: Defines the color to use when showing 'OK' task status
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_OK}]
ini:
- {key: ok, section: colors}
COLOR_SKIP:
name: Color for 'skip' task status
default: cyan
description: Defines the color to use when showing 'Skipped' task status
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_SKIP}]
ini:
- {key: skip, section: colors}
COLOR_UNREACHABLE:
name: Color for 'unreachable' host state
default: bright red
description: Defines the color to use on 'Unreachable' status
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_UNREACHABLE}]
ini:
- {key: unreachable, section: colors}
COLOR_VERBOSE:
name: Color for verbose messages
default: blue
description: Defines the color to use when emitting verbose messages. i.e those that show with '-v's.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_VERBOSE}]
ini:
- {key: verbose, section: colors}
COLOR_WARN:
name: Color for warning messages
default: bright purple
description: Defines the color to use when emitting warning messages
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_WARN}]
ini:
- {key: warn, section: colors}
CONDITIONAL_BARE_VARS:
name: Allow bare variable evaluation in conditionals
default: True
type: boolean
description:
- With this setting on (True), running conditional evaluation 'var' is treated differently than 'var.subkey' as the first is evaluated
directly while the second goes through the Jinja2 parser. But 'false' strings in 'var' get evaluated as booleans.
- With this setting off they both evaluate the same but in cases in which 'var' was 'false' (a string) it won't get evaluated as a boolean anymore.
- Currently this setting defaults to 'True' but will soon change to 'False' and the setting itself will be removed in the future.
- Expect the default to change in version 2.10 and that this setting eventually will be deprecated after 2.12
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CONDITIONAL_BARE_VARS}]
ini:
- {key: conditional_bare_variables, section: defaults}
version_added: "2.8"
COVERAGE_REMOTE_OUTPUT:
name: Sets the output directory and filename prefix to generate coverage run info.
description:
- Sets the output directory on the remote host to generate coverage reports to.
- Currently only used for remote coverage on PowerShell modules.
- This is for internal use only.
env:
- {name: _ANSIBLE_COVERAGE_REMOTE_OUTPUT}
vars:
- {name: _ansible_coverage_remote_output}
type: str
version_added: '2.9'
COVERAGE_REMOTE_WHITELIST:
name: Sets the list of paths to run coverage for.
description:
- A list of paths for files on the Ansible controller to run coverage for when executing on the remote host.
- Only files that match the path glob will have its coverage collected.
- Multiple path globs can be specified and are separated by ``:``.
- Currently only used for remote coverage on PowerShell modules.
- This is for internal use only.
default: '*'
env:
- {name: _ANSIBLE_COVERAGE_REMOTE_WHITELIST}
type: str
version_added: '2.9'
ACTION_WARNINGS:
name: Toggle action warnings
default: True
description:
- By default Ansible will issue a warning when received from a task action (module or action plugin)
- These warnings can be silenced by adjusting this setting to False.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ACTION_WARNINGS}]
ini:
- {key: action_warnings, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "2.5"
COMMAND_WARNINGS:
name: Command module warnings
default: True
description:
- By default Ansible will issue a warning when the shell or command module is used and the command appears to be similar to an existing Ansible module.
- These warnings can be silenced by adjusting this setting to False. You can also control this at the task level with the module option ``warn``.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COMMAND_WARNINGS}]
ini:
- {key: command_warnings, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "1.8"
LOCALHOST_WARNING:
name: Warning when using implicit inventory with only localhost
default: True
description:
- By default Ansible will issue a warning when there are no hosts in the
inventory.
- These warnings can be silenced by adjusting this setting to False.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOCALHOST_WARNING}]
ini:
- {key: localhost_warning, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "2.6"
DOC_FRAGMENT_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: documentation fragment plugins path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/doc_fragments:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/doc_fragments
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Documentation Fragments Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_DOC_FRAGMENT_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: doc_fragment_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Action plugins path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/action:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/action
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Action Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ACTION_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: action_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
yaml: {key: plugins.action.path}
DEFAULT_ALLOW_UNSAFE_LOOKUPS:
name: Allow unsafe lookups
default: False
description:
- "When enabled, this option allows lookup plugins (whether used in variables as ``{{lookup('foo')}}`` or as a loop as with_foo)
to return data that is not marked 'unsafe'."
- By default, such data is marked as unsafe to prevent the templating engine from evaluating any jinja2 templating language,
as this could represent a security risk. This option is provided to allow for backwards-compatibility,
however users should first consider adding allow_unsafe=True to any lookups which may be expected to contain data which may be run
through the templating engine late
env: []
ini:
- {key: allow_unsafe_lookups, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "2.2.3"
DEFAULT_ASK_PASS:
name: Ask for the login password
default: False
description:
- This controls whether an Ansible playbook should prompt for a login password.
If using SSH keys for authentication, you probably do not needed to change this setting.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ASK_PASS}]
ini:
- {key: ask_pass, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: defaults.ask_pass}
DEFAULT_ASK_VAULT_PASS:
name: Ask for the vault password(s)
default: False
description:
- This controls whether an Ansible playbook should prompt for a vault password.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ASK_VAULT_PASS}]
ini:
- {key: ask_vault_pass, section: defaults}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_BECOME:
name: Enable privilege escalation (become)
default: False
description: Toggles the use of privilege escalation, allowing you to 'become' another user after login.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME}]
ini:
- {key: become, section: privilege_escalation}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_BECOME_ASK_PASS:
name: Ask for the privilege escalation (become) password
default: False
description: Toggle to prompt for privilege escalation password.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_ASK_PASS}]
ini:
- {key: become_ask_pass, section: privilege_escalation}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_BECOME_METHOD:
name: Choose privilege escalation method
default: 'sudo'
description: Privilege escalation method to use when `become` is enabled.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_METHOD}]
ini:
- {section: privilege_escalation, key: become_method}
DEFAULT_BECOME_EXE:
name: Choose 'become' executable
default: ~
description: 'executable to use for privilege escalation, otherwise Ansible will depend on PATH'
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE}]
ini:
- {key: become_exe, section: privilege_escalation}
DEFAULT_BECOME_FLAGS:
name: Set 'become' executable options
default: ''
description: Flags to pass to the privilege escalation executable.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS}]
ini:
- {key: become_flags, section: privilege_escalation}
BECOME_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Become plugins path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/become:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/become
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Become Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: become_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
version_added: "2.8"
DEFAULT_BECOME_USER:
# FIXME: should really be blank and make -u passing optional depending on it
name: Set the user you 'become' via privilege escalation
default: root
description: The user your login/remote user 'becomes' when using privilege escalation, most systems will use 'root' when no user is specified.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER}]
ini:
- {key: become_user, section: privilege_escalation}
yaml: {key: become.user}
DEFAULT_CACHE_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Cache Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/cache:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/cache
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Cache Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: cache_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_CALLABLE_WHITELIST:
name: Template 'callable' whitelist
default: []
description: Whitelist of callable methods to be made available to template evaluation
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CALLABLE_WHITELIST}]
ini:
- {key: callable_whitelist, section: defaults}
type: list
DEFAULT_CALLBACK_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Callback Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/callback:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Callback Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: callback_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
yaml: {key: plugins.callback.path}
DEFAULT_CALLBACK_WHITELIST:
name: Callback Whitelist
default: []
description:
- "List of whitelisted callbacks, not all callbacks need whitelisting,
but many of those shipped with Ansible do as we don't want them activated by default."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST}]
ini:
- {key: callback_whitelist, section: defaults}
type: list
yaml: {key: plugins.callback.whitelist}
DEFAULT_CLICONF_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Cliconf Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/cliconf:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/cliconf
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Cliconf Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CLICONF_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: cliconf_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_CONNECTION_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Connection Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/connection:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/connection
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Connection Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: connection_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
yaml: {key: plugins.connection.path}
DEFAULT_DEBUG:
name: Debug mode
default: False
description:
- "Toggles debug output in Ansible. This is *very* verbose and can hinder
multiprocessing. Debug output can also include secret information
despite no_log settings being enabled, which means debug mode should not be used in
production."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_DEBUG}]
ini:
- {key: debug, section: defaults}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE:
name: Target shell executable
default: /bin/sh
description:
- "This indicates the command to use to spawn a shell under for Ansible's execution needs on a target.
Users may need to change this in rare instances when shell usage is constrained, but in most cases it may be left as is."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_EXECUTABLE}]
ini:
- {key: executable, section: defaults}
DEFAULT_FACT_PATH:
name: local fact path
default: ~
description:
- "This option allows you to globally configure a custom path for 'local_facts' for the implied M(setup) task when using fact gathering."
- "If not set, it will fallback to the default from the M(setup) module: ``/etc/ansible/facts.d``."
- "This does **not** affect user defined tasks that use the M(setup) module."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_FACT_PATH}]
ini:
- {key: fact_path, section: defaults}
type: path
yaml: {key: facts.gathering.fact_path}
DEFAULT_FILTER_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Jinja2 Filter Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/filter:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Jinja2 Filter Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: filter_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_FORCE_HANDLERS:
name: Force handlers to run after failure
default: False
description:
- This option controls if notified handlers run on a host even if a failure occurs on that host.
- When false, the handlers will not run if a failure has occurred on a host.
- This can also be set per play or on the command line. See Handlers and Failure for more details.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_HANDLERS}]
ini:
- {key: force_handlers, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "1.9.1"
DEFAULT_FORKS:
name: Number of task forks
default: 5
description: Maximum number of forks Ansible will use to execute tasks on target hosts.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_FORKS}]
ini:
- {key: forks, section: defaults}
type: integer
DEFAULT_GATHERING:
name: Gathering behaviour
default: 'implicit'
description:
- This setting controls the default policy of fact gathering (facts discovered about remote systems).
- "When 'implicit' (the default), the cache plugin will be ignored and facts will be gathered per play unless 'gather_facts: False' is set."
- "When 'explicit' the inverse is true, facts will not be gathered unless directly requested in the play."
- "The 'smart' value means each new host that has no facts discovered will be scanned,
but if the same host is addressed in multiple plays it will not be contacted again in the playbook run."
- "This option can be useful for those wishing to save fact gathering time. Both 'smart' and 'explicit' will use the cache plugin."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_GATHERING}]
ini:
- key: gathering
section: defaults
version_added: "1.6"
choices: ['smart', 'explicit', 'implicit']
DEFAULT_GATHER_SUBSET:
name: Gather facts subset
default: ['all']
description:
- Set the `gather_subset` option for the M(setup) task in the implicit fact gathering.
See the module documentation for specifics.
- "It does **not** apply to user defined M(setup) tasks."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_GATHER_SUBSET}]
ini:
- key: gather_subset
section: defaults
version_added: "2.1"
type: list
DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT:
name: Gather facts timeout
default: 10
description:
- Set the timeout in seconds for the implicit fact gathering.
- "It does **not** apply to user defined M(setup) tasks."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_GATHER_TIMEOUT}]
ini:
- {key: gather_timeout, section: defaults}
type: integer
yaml: {key: defaults.gather_timeout}
DEFAULT_HANDLER_INCLUDES_STATIC:
name: Make handler M(include) static
default: False
description:
- "Since 2.0 M(include) can be 'dynamic', this setting (if True) forces that if the include appears in a ``handlers`` section to be 'static'."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_HANDLER_INCLUDES_STATIC}]
ini:
- {key: handler_includes_static, section: defaults}
type: boolean
deprecated:
why: include itself is deprecated and this setting will not matter in the future
version: "2.12"
alternatives: none as its already built into the decision between include_tasks and import_tasks
DEFAULT_HASH_BEHAVIOUR:
name: Hash merge behaviour
default: replace
type: string
choices: ["replace", "merge"]
description:
- This setting controls how variables merge in Ansible.
By default Ansible will override variables in specific precedence orders, as described in Variables.
When a variable of higher precedence wins, it will replace the other value.
- "Some users prefer that variables that are hashes (aka 'dictionaries' in Python terms) are merged.
This setting is called 'merge'. This is not the default behavior and it does not affect variables whose values are scalars
(integers, strings) or arrays. We generally recommend not using this setting unless you think you have an absolute need for it,
and playbooks in the official examples repos do not use this setting"
- In version 2.0 a ``combine`` filter was added to allow doing this for a particular variable (described in Filters).
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_HASH_BEHAVIOUR}]
ini:
- {key: hash_behaviour, section: defaults}
deprecated:
why: This feature is fragile and not portable, leading to continual confusion and misuse
version: "2.13"
alternatives: the ``combine`` filter explicitly
DEFAULT_HOST_LIST:
name: Inventory Source
default: /etc/ansible/hosts
description: Comma separated list of Ansible inventory sources
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_INVENTORY
expand_relative_paths: True
ini:
- key: inventory
section: defaults
type: pathlist
yaml: {key: defaults.inventory}
DEFAULT_HTTPAPI_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: HttpApi Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/httpapi:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/httpapi
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for HttpApi Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_HTTPAPI_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: httpapi_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_INTERNAL_POLL_INTERVAL:
name: Internal poll interval
default: 0.001
env: []
ini:
- {key: internal_poll_interval, section: defaults}
type: float
version_added: "2.2"
description:
- This sets the interval (in seconds) of Ansible internal processes polling each other.
Lower values improve performance with large playbooks at the expense of extra CPU load.
Higher values are more suitable for Ansible usage in automation scenarios,
when UI responsiveness is not required but CPU usage might be a concern.
- "The default corresponds to the value hardcoded in Ansible <= 2.1"
DEFAULT_INVENTORY_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Inventory Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/inventory:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/inventory
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Inventory Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: inventory_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_JINJA2_EXTENSIONS:
name: Enabled Jinja2 extensions
default: []
description:
- This is a developer-specific feature that allows enabling additional Jinja2 extensions.
- "See the Jinja2 documentation for details. If you do not know what these do, you probably don't need to change this setting :)"
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_JINJA2_EXTENSIONS}]
ini:
- {key: jinja2_extensions, section: defaults}
DEFAULT_JINJA2_NATIVE:
name: Use Jinja2's NativeEnvironment for templating
default: False
description: This option preserves variable types during template operations. This requires Jinja2 >= 2.10.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_JINJA2_NATIVE}]
ini:
- {key: jinja2_native, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: jinja2_native}
version_added: 2.7
DEFAULT_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES:
name: Keep remote files
default: False
description:
- Enables/disables the cleaning up of the temporary files Ansible used to execute the tasks on the remote.
- If this option is enabled it will disable ``ANSIBLE_PIPELINING``.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES}]
ini:
- {key: keep_remote_files, section: defaults}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL:
# TODO: move to plugin
name: No security label on Lxc
default: False
description:
- "This setting causes libvirt to connect to lxc containers by passing --noseclabel to virsh.
This is necessary when running on systems which do not have SELinux."
env:
- name: LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL
deprecated:
why: environment variables without "ANSIBLE_" prefix are deprecated
version: "2.12"
alternatives: the "ANSIBLE_LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL" environment variable
- name: ANSIBLE_LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL
ini:
- {key: libvirt_lxc_noseclabel, section: selinux}
type: boolean
version_added: "2.1"
DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS:
name: Load callbacks for adhoc
default: False
description:
- Controls whether callback plugins are loaded when running /usr/bin/ansible.
This may be used to log activity from the command line, send notifications, and so on.
Callback plugins are always loaded for ``ansible-playbook``.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: bin_ansible_callbacks, section: defaults}
type: boolean
version_added: "1.8"
DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP:
name: Controller temporary directory
default: ~/.ansible/tmp
description: Temporary directory for Ansible to use on the controller.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP}]
ini:
- {key: local_tmp, section: defaults}
type: tmppath
DEFAULT_LOG_PATH:
name: Ansible log file path
default: ~
description: File to which Ansible will log on the controller. When empty logging is disabled.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH}]
ini:
- {key: log_path, section: defaults}
type: path
DEFAULT_LOG_FILTER:
name: Name filters for python logger
default: []
description: List of logger names to filter out of the log file
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOG_FILTER}]
ini:
- {key: log_filter, section: defaults}
type: list
DEFAULT_LOOKUP_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Lookup Plugins Path
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Lookup Plugins.
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/lookup:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/lookup
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: lookup_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
yaml: {key: defaults.lookup_plugins}
DEFAULT_MANAGED_STR:
name: Ansible managed
default: 'Ansible managed'
description: Sets the macro for the 'ansible_managed' variable available for M(template) and M(win_template) modules. This is only relevant for those two modules.
env: []
ini:
- {key: ansible_managed, section: defaults}
yaml: {key: defaults.ansible_managed}
DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS:
name: Adhoc default arguments
default: ''
description:
- This sets the default arguments to pass to the ``ansible`` adhoc binary if no ``-a`` is specified.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS}]
ini:
- {key: module_args, section: defaults}
DEFAULT_MODULE_COMPRESSION:
name: Python module compression
default: ZIP_DEFLATED
description: Compression scheme to use when transferring Python modules to the target.
env: []
ini:
- {key: module_compression, section: defaults}
# vars:
# - name: ansible_module_compression
DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME:
name: Default adhoc module
default: command
description: "Module to use with the ``ansible`` AdHoc command, if none is specified via ``-m``."
env: []
ini:
- {key: module_name, section: defaults}
DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH:
name: Modules Path
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Modules.
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_LIBRARY}]
ini:
- {key: library, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_MODULE_UTILS_PATH:
name: Module Utils Path
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Module utils files, which are shared by modules.
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/module_utils:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/module_utils
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS}]
ini:
- {key: module_utils, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_NETCONF_PLUGIN_PATH:
name: Netconf Plugins Path
default: ~/.ansible/plugins/netconf:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/netconf
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Netconf Plugins.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NETCONF_PLUGINS}]
ini:
- {key: netconf_plugins, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
DEFAULT_NO_LOG:
name: No log
default: False
description: "Toggle Ansible's display and logging of task details, mainly used to avoid security disclosures."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NO_LOG}]
ini:
- {key: no_log, section: defaults}
type: boolean
DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG:
name: No syslog on target
default: False
description: Toggle Ansible logging to syslog on the target when it executes tasks.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG}]
ini:
- {key: no_target_syslog, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: defaults.no_target_syslog}
DEFAULT_NULL_REPRESENTATION:
name: Represent a null
default: ~
description: What templating should return as a 'null' value. When not set it will let Jinja2 decide.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_NULL_REPRESENTATION}]
ini:
- {key: null_representation, section: defaults}
type: none
DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL:
name: Async poll interval
default: 15
description:
- For asynchronous tasks in Ansible (covered in Asynchronous Actions and Polling),
this is how often to check back on the status of those tasks when an explicit poll interval is not supplied.
The default is a reasonably moderate 15 seconds which is a tradeoff between checking in frequently and
providing a quick turnaround when something may have completed.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_POLL_INTERVAL}]
ini:
- {key: poll_interval, section: defaults}
type: integer
DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE:
name: Private key file
default: ~
description:
- Option for connections using a certificate or key file to authenticate, rather than an agent or passwords,
you can set the default value here to avoid re-specifying --private-key with every invocation.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE}]
ini:
- {key: private_key_file, section: defaults}
type: path
DEFAULT_PRIVATE_ROLE_VARS:
name: Private role variables
default: False
description:
- Makes role variables inaccessible from other roles.
- This was introduced as a way to reset role variables to default values if
a role is used more than once in a playbook.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_ROLE_VARS}]
ini:
- {key: private_role_vars, section: defaults}
type: boolean
yaml: {key: defaults.private_role_vars}
DEFAULT_REMOTE_PORT:
name: Remote port
default: ~
description: Port to use in remote connections, when blank it will use the connection plugin default.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT}]
ini:
- {key: remote_port, section: defaults}
type: integer
yaml: {key: defaults.remote_port}
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER:
name: Login/Remote User
default:
description:
- Sets the login user for the target machines
- "When blank it uses the connection plugin's default, normally the user currently executing Ansible."
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER}]
ini:
- {key: remote_user, section: defaults}
DEFAULT_ROLES_PATH:
name: Roles path
default: ~/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles
description: Colon separated paths in which Ansible will search for Roles.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH}]
expand_relative_paths: True
ini:
- {key: roles_path, section: defaults}
type: pathspec
yaml: {key: defaults.roles_path}
DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin
default: smart
description:
- "Preferred method to use when transferring files over ssh."
- When set to smart, Ansible will try them until one succeeds or they all fail.
- If set to True, it will force 'scp', if False it will use 'sftp'.
env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH}]
ini:
- {key: scp_if_ssh, section: ssh_connection}
DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS:
name: Problematic file systems
default: fuse, nfs, vboxsf, ramfs, 9p, vfat
description:
- "Some filesystems do not support safe operations and/or return inconsistent errors,
this setting makes Ansible 'tolerate' those in the list w/o causing fatal errors."
- Data corruption may occur and writes are not always verified when a filesystem is in the list.
env:
- name: ANSIBLE_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS
version_added: "2.9"
ini:
- {key: special_context_filesystems, section: selinux}
type: list
DEFAULT_SFTP_BATCH_MODE:
# TODO: move to ssh plugin