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NAME
ansible-doc - plugin documentation tool
SYNOPSIS
ansible-doc [-l|-s] [options] [-t <plugin type] [plugin]
DESCRIPTION
displays information on modules installed in Ansible libraries. It
displays a terse listing of plugins and their short descriptions,
provides a printout of their DOCUMENTATION strings, and it can create a
short "snippet" which can be pasted into a playbook.
COMMON OPTIONS
--version
show program's version number and exit
-M, --module-path
prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library
(default=[u'/home/jenkins/.ansible/plugins/modules',
u'/usr/local/share/ansible/plugins/modules'])
-a, --all
For internal testing only Show documentation for all plugins.
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-l, --list
List available plugins
-s, --snippet
Show playbook snippet for specified plugin(s)
-t TYPE, --type TYPE
Choose which plugin type (defaults to "module")
-v, --verbose
verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)
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
/usr/local/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
Copyright (C) 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-galaxy(1),
ansible-inventory(1), ansible-playbook(1), ansible-pull(1),
ansible-vault(1)
Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site:
http://docs.ansible.com. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file
CONTRIBUTING.md, available in: https://github.com/ansible/ansible
Ansible 2.4.2.0 11/29/2017 ANSIBLE-DOC(1)