ansible.builtin.debug – Print statements during execution

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples

Synopsis

• This module prints statements during execution and can be useful for debugging variables or expressions without necessarily halting the playbook.
• Useful for debugging together with the ‘when:’ directive.
• This module is also supported for Windows targets.

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

- name: Print the gateway for each host when defined
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: System {{ inventory_hostname }} has gateway {{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }}
  when: ansible_default_ipv4.gateway is defined

- name: Get uptime information
  ansible.builtin.shell: /usr/bin/uptime
  register: result

- name: Print return information from the previous task
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: result
    verbosity: 2

- name: Display all variables/facts known for a host
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: hostvars[inventory_hostname]
    verbosity: 4

- name: Prints two lines of messages, but only if there is an environment value set
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg:
    - "Provisioning based on YOUR_KEY which is: {{ lookup('env', 'YOUR_KEY') }}"
    - "These servers were built using the password of '{{ password_used }}'. Please retain this for later use."

Authors

• Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
• Michael DeHaan