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.


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
--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 © 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>