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Ansible
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Debugging Ansible
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Pass ``-vvv`` to Ansible utilities::
ansible -vvv ...
ansible-playbook -vvv ...
To debug connection use ``-vvvv``::
ansible -vvvv ...
To debug Python modules set ``ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES`` to ``1`` (it causes Ansible to leave the
exact copy of the Python scripts it executed on the target machine)::
ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1 ansible ...
There is ``debugger`` keyword that triggers debugger, see `Ansible Debugger
<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_debugger.html>`_
To activate debugger on task::
- name: Execute a command
command: false
debugger: on_failed
To activate debugger in ``ansible.cfg``::
[defaults]
enable_task_debugger = True
To activate debugger via env var::
ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER=True ansible-playbook -i hosts site.yml
Use ``ansible-lint``::
$ sudo apt install ansible-lint
$ ansible-lint site.yml
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/network_debug_troubleshooting.html
Network Debug and Troubleshooting Guide.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42417079/how-to-debug-ansible-issues
How to debug Ansible issues?
Bash completion
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https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/36397
Provide bash-completion script for ansible commands.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#shell-completion
As of Ansible 2.9 shell completion of the ansible command line utilities is available and provided
through an optional dependency called argcomplete.
Ansible language
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_module_defaults.html
Module defaults.