ansible-config

View, edit, and manage ansible configuration.

• Synopsis
• Description
• Common Options
• Actions
  • list
  • dump
  • view
• Environment
• Files
• Author
• Copyright
• See also

Synopsis

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

list

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

dump

Shows the current settings, merges ansible.cfg if specified

--only-changed

Only show configurations that have changed from the default

view

Displays the current config file

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

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),