# config file for ansible -- http://ansible.github.com # nearly all parameters can be overridden in ansible-playbook or with command line flags # ansible will read ~/.ansible.cfg or /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg, whichever it finds first [defaults] # location of inventory file, eliminates need to specify -i hostfile = /etc/ansible/hosts # location of ansible library, eliminates need to specify --module-path library = /usr/share/ansible # default module name used in /usr/bin/ansible when -m is not specified module_name = command # home directory where temp files are stored on remote systems. Should # almost always contain $HOME or be a directory writeable by all users remote_tmp = $HOME/.cache/ansible # Disable deprecation warnings deprecation_warnings=False # the default pattern for ansible-playbooks ("hosts:") pattern = * # the default number of forks (parallelism) to be used. Usually you # can crank this up. forks=5 # the timeout used by various connection types. Usually this corresponds # to an SSH timeout timeout=10 # when using --poll or "poll:" in an ansible playbook, and not specifying # an explicit poll interval, use this interval poll_interval=15 # when specifying --sudo to /usr/bin/ansible or "sudo:" in a playbook, # and not specifying "--sudo-user" or "sudo_user" respectively, sudo # to this user account sudo_user=root # the following forces ansible to always ask for the sudo password (instead of having # to add -K to the commandline). Or you can use the environment variable (ANSIBLE_ASK_SUDO_PASS) #ask_sudo_pass=True # the following forces ansible to always ask for the ssh-password (-k) # can also be set by the environment variable ANSIBLE_ASK_PASS #ask_pass=True # connection to use when -c is not specified transport=paramiko # remote SSH port to be used when --port or "port:" or an equivalent inventory # variable is not specified. remote_port=22 # if set, always run /usr/bin/ansible commands as this user, and assume this value # if "user:" is not set in a playbook. If not set, use the current Unix user # as the default #remote_user=root # the default sudo executable. If a sudo alternative with a sudo-compatible interface # is used, specify its executable name as the default sudo_exe=sudo # the default flags passed to sudo # sudo_flags=-H # how to handle hash defined in several places # hash can be merged, or replaced # if you use replace, and have multiple hashes named 'x', the last defined # will override the previously defined one # if you use merge here, hash will cumulate their keys, but keys will still # override each other # replace is the default value, and is how ansible always handled hash variables # # hash_behaviour=replace # if you need to use jinja2 extensions, you can list them here # use a coma to separate extensions, e.g. : # jinja2_extensions=jinja2.ext.do,jinja2.ext.i18n # no extensions are loaded by default #jinja2_extensions= # if set, always use this private key file for authentication, same as if passing # --private-key to ansible or ansible-playbook #private_key_file=/path/to/file # format of string $ansible_managed available within Jinja2 templates, replacing # {file}, {host} and {uid} with template filename, host and owner respectively. # The resulting string is passed through strftime(3) so it may contain any # time-formatting specifiers. # # Example: ansible_managed = DONT TOUCH {file}: call {uid} at {host} for changes ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host} # additional plugin paths for non-core plugins action_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/action_plugins callback_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/callback_plugins connection_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/connection_plugins lookup_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/lookup_plugins vars_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/vars_plugins filter_plugins = /usr/share/ansible_plugins/filter_plugins [paramiko_connection] # nothing to configure yet [ssh_connection] # if uncommented, sets the ansible ssh arguments to the following. Leaving off ControlPersist # will result in poor performance, so use transport=paramiko on older platforms rather than # removing it ssh_args=-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath=/tmp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r # the following makes ansible use scp if the connection type is ssh (default is sftp) scp_if_ssh=True