pickle – Pickle formatted files

New in version 2.3.

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Parameters
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Synopsis

This cache uses Python’s pickle serialization format, in per host files, saved to the filesystem.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_prefix -		ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_prefix = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX	User defined prefix to use when creating the files
_timeout -	Default: 86400	ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_timeout = 86400 env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT	Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data
_uri - / required		ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_connection = VALUE env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION	Path in which the cache plugin will save the files

Status

This cache is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This cache is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Brian Coca (@bcoca)

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/plugins/cache/pickle.html