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ansible-doc — Display information on modules installed in Ansible libraries. Display a terse listing of plugins an

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Problem

How to use the ansible-doc command: Display information on modules installed in Ansible libraries. Display a terse listing of plugins and their short descriptions. More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-doc.html>.

Solution

ansible-doc — Display information on modules installed in Ansible libraries. Display a terse listing of plugins and their short descriptions. More information: <https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-doc.html>.

List available action plugins (modules):
ansible-doc {{[-l|--list]}}


List available plugins of a specific type:
ansible-doc {{[-t|--type]}} {{become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|...}} {{[-l|--list]}}


Show information about a specific action plugin (module):
ansible-doc {{plugin_name}}


Show information about a plugin with a specific type:
ansible-doc {{[-t|--type]}} {{become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|...}} {{plugin_name}}


Show the playbook snippet for action plugin (modules):
ansible-doc {{[-s|--snippet]}} {{plugin_name}}


Show information about an action plugin (module) as JSON:
ansible-doc {{[-j|--json]}} {{plugin_name}}

Code Snippets

List available action plugins (modules)

ansible-doc {{[-l|--list]}}

List available plugins of a specific type

ansible-doc {{[-t|--type]}} {{become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|...}} {{[-l|--list]}}

Show information about a specific action plugin (module)

ansible-doc {{plugin_name}}

Show information about a plugin with a specific type

ansible-doc {{[-t|--type]}} {{become|cache|callback|cliconf|connection|...}} {{plugin_name}}

Show the playbook snippet for action plugin (modules)

ansible-doc {{[-s|--snippet]}} {{plugin_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ansible-doc

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