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** <code>shell</code>, allow to use shell functionalities such as redirection.
 
** <code>shell</code>, allow to use shell functionalities such as redirection.
 
** <code>raw</code>, do not require python on remote system<ref>https://www.unixarena.com/2018/07/ansible-command-vs-shell-vs-raw-modules.html/</ref>
 
** <code>raw</code>, do not require python on remote system<ref>https://www.unixarena.com/2018/07/ansible-command-vs-shell-vs-raw-modules.html/</ref>
* <code>[[gather_facts]]</code>, <code>[[lineinfile]]</code>, <code>[[user:]]</code>, <code>group</code>, <code>mount</code>, <code>git</code>, <code>[[docker]]</code><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html</ref>, <code>[[docker_compose]]</code> <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html</ref> and <code>mail</code> modules, <ref>https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e</ref> see all of them by category: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html
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* <code>[[gather_facts]]</code>, <code>[[lineinfile]]</code>, <code>[[package]]</code>, <code>[[user:]]</code>, <code>group</code>, <code>mount</code>, <code>git</code>, <code>[[docker]]</code><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html</ref>, <code>[[docker_compose]]</code> <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html</ref> and <code>mail</code> modules, <ref>https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e</ref> see all of them by category: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html
  
 
== [[Examples of Ansible execution modules]] ==
 
== [[Examples of Ansible execution modules]] ==

Revision as of 05:24, 27 July 2021

Ansible modules[1] add new capabilities to Ansible and is a core component of the software, as of September 2019 there are more than 2.800 modules available: ansible-doc --list. For example you can manage AWS infrastructure using Ansible, execute commands with shell module or collect information using setup[2] module.

  • ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME will collect information from your system
  • ansible -m setup SERVER_NAME -a 'filter=ansible_distribution'. Collect just OS.


Modules

Examples of Ansible execution modules

Related terms

See also

  • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html
  • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/setup_module.html
  • https://www.unixarena.com/2018/07/ansible-command-vs-shell-vs-raw-modules.html/
  • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/docker_module.html
  • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_compose_module.html
  • https://medium.com/@tcij1013/ten-useful-ansible-modules-83fb6fb2d45e
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