Working With Modules

• Introduction to modules
• Return Values
• Module Maintenance & Support
• Module Index

Ansible ships with a number of modules (called the ‘module library’)that can be executed directly on remote hosts or through Playbooks.

Users can also write their own modules. These modules can control system resources,like services, packages, or files (anything really), or handle executing system commands.

See also

• Introduction to ad-hoc commands
• Examples of using modules in /usr/bin/ansible
• About Playbooks
• Introduction to using modules with /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
• Ansible module development: getting started
• How to write your own modules
• Python API
• Examples of using modules with the Python API
• Interpreter Discovery
• Configuring the right Python interpreter on target hosts
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