ansible-config

View ansible configuration.

Synopsis

  1. ansible-config [view|dump|list] [--help] [options] [ansible.cfg]

Description

Config command line class

Common Options

  • —version
  • show program’s version number and exit
  • -c <CONFIG_FILE>, —config <CONFIG_FILE>
  • path to configuration file, defaults to first file found in precedence.
  • -h, —help
  • show this help message and exit
  • -v, —verbose
  • verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)

Actions

view

Displays the current config file

dump

Shows the current settings, merges ansible.cfg if specified

  • —only-changed
  • Only show configurations that have changed from the default

list

list all current configs reading lib/constants.py and shows env and config file setting names

Environment

The following environment variables may be specified.

ANSIBLE_CONFIG – Override the default ansible config file

Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

Files

/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg – Config file, used if present

~/.ansible.cfg – User config file, overrides the default config if present

Author

Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

See the AUTHORS file for a complete list of contributors.

Copyright © 2017 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible.

Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License.

See also

ansible(1), ansible-config(1), ansible-console(1), ansible-doc(1), ansible-galaxy(1), ansible-inventory(1), ansible-playbook(1), ansible-pull(1), ansible-vault(1),