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Extending Ansible

  • Developer Guide

Common Ansible Scenarios

  • Legacy Public Cloud Guides

Network Automation

  • Network Getting Started
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  • Network Developer Guide

Ansible Galaxy

  • Galaxy User Guide
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Reference & Appendices

  • Collection Index
  • Indexes of all modules and plugins
    • Index of all Become Plugins
    • Index of all Cache Plugins
    • Index of all Callback Plugins
    • Index of all Cliconf Plugins
    • Index of all Connection Plugins
    • Index of all Filter Plugins
    • Index of all Httpapi Plugins
    • Index of all Inventory Plugins
    • Index of all Lookup Plugins
    • Index of all Modules
    • Index of all Netconf Plugins
    • Index of all Roles
    • Index of all Shell Plugins
    • Index of all Strategy Plugins
    • Index of all Test Plugins
    • Index of all Vars Plugins
    • Index of all deprecated collections and plugins
  • Playbook Keywords
  • Return Values
  • Ansible Configuration Settings
  • Controlling how Ansible behaves: precedence rules
  • YAML Syntax
  • Python 3 Support
  • Interpreter Discovery
  • Releases and maintenance
  • Testing Strategies
  • Sanity Tests
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Glossary
  • Ansible Reference: Module Utilities
  • Special Variables
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
  • Ansible Automation Hub
  • Logging Ansible output

Roadmaps

  • Ansible Roadmap
  • ansible-core Roadmaps
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  • Indexes of all modules and plugins


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Important: The ansible-core 2.19 release has made significant templating changes that might require you to update playbooks and roles. The templating changes enable reporting of numerous problematic behaviors that went undetected in previous releases, with wide-ranging positive effects on security, performance, and user experience. You should validate your content to ensure compatibility with these templating changes before upgrading to ansible-core 2.19. See the porting guide to understand where you may need to update your playbooks and roles.'; } else if (startsWithOneOf(current_url_path, ["/projects/ansible/latest/", "/projects/ansible/13/"])) { /* temp extra banner to advertise something */ banner += extra_banner; msg += 'This is the latest (stable) Ansible community documentation. For Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform subscriptions, see Life Cycle for version details.'; /* temp - add extra warning about core-2.19. Included in latest package release docs */ msg += '

Important: The ansible-core 2.19/Ansible 12 release has made significant templating changes that might require you to update playbooks and roles. The templating changes enable reporting of numerous problematic behaviors that went undetected in previous releases, with wide-ranging positive effects on security, performance, and user experience. You should validate your content to ensure compatibility with these templating changes before upgrading to ansible-core 2.19 or Ansible 12. See the porting guide to understand where you may need to update your playbooks and roles.'; } else if (startsWith(current_url_path, "/projects/ansible/2.9/")) { msg += 'You are reading the latest Red Hat released version of the Ansible documentation. Community users can use this version, or select latest from the version selector to the left for the most recent community version.'; } else if (startsWith(current_url_path, "/projects/ansible/devel/")) { /* temp extra banner to advertise something */ banner += extra_banner; msg += 'You are reading the devel version of the Ansible documentation - this version is not guaranteed stable. Use the version selection to the left if you want the latest (stable) released version.'; /* temp - add extra warning about core-2.19.Added to latest and devel docs */ msg += '

Important: The ansible-core 2.19/Ansible 12 release has made significant templating changes that might require you to update playbooks and roles. The templating changes enable reporting of numerous problematic behaviors that went undetected in previous releases, with wide-ranging positive effects on security, performance, and user experience. You should validate your content to ensure compatibility with these templating changes before upgrading to ansible-core 2.19 or Ansible 12. See the porting guide to understand where you may need to update your playbooks and roles.'; } else { msg += 'You are reading an older version of the Ansible documentation. Use the version selection to the left if you want the latest (stable) released version.'; /* temp extra banner to advertise something - this is for testing*/ banner += extra_banner; } msg += '

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Indexes of all modules and plugins

Plugin indexes

  • Index of all Become Plugins
  • Index of all Cache Plugins
  • Index of all Callback Plugins
  • Index of all Cliconf Plugins
  • Index of all Connection Plugins
  • Index of all Filter Plugins
  • Index of all Httpapi Plugins
  • Index of all Inventory Plugins
  • Index of all Lookup Plugins
  • Index of all Modules
  • Index of all Netconf Plugins
  • Index of all Roles
  • Index of all Shell Plugins
  • Index of all Strategy Plugins
  • Index of all Test Plugins
  • Index of all Vars Plugins
  • Index of all deprecated collections and plugins
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