debug
Debug Ansible variables
Generate a debugging file per host with as many Ansible variables as possible, this role will, by default, write variables to a /root/servername.example.org.yml file on the server.
| Variable name | Default value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
debug |
true |
Set debug to false to prevent any tasks in this role being run |
debug_dir |
/root |
The directory to write the variable file into |
debug_file |
"{{ inventory_hostname }}.yml" |
The file to write the variables into |
debug_mode |
0640 |
The mode of the variables file |
debug_owner |
root |
The owner of the variables file |
debug_group |
root |
The group of the variables file |
debug_fetch |
false |
Set this variable to True to download the results to debug_local_dir |
debug_email |
false |
Set this variable to True to email the results to debug_email_address |
debug_email_address |
root@localhost |
Set this variable to the email address to send results to |
debug_email_subject |
"Ansible variables for {{ inventory_hostname }}" |
Subject line for the email with the results |
debug_local_dir |
/tmp |
Local directory to download the results to |
This role requires a recent version of the community.mysql collection, in order to generate MariaDB variables, this can be installed into ~/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections like this:
ansible-galaxy collection install community.mysql
The primary URL of this repo is https://git.coop/webarch/debug and this is where the release notes are, it is also mirrored to GitHub and available via Ansible Galaxy.
The localhost repo can be used to run this role on the localhost.
This role was inspired by dumpall role.
About
Webarchitects Ansible role for debugging Ansible variables on Debian and Ubuntu
Install
ansible-galaxy install webarch-coop/ansible-role-debugLicense
gpl-3.0
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Multi-stakeholder co-operative which provides ethical & green, web hosting, virtual servers and GNU/Linux sysadmin & devop services, code at git.coop/webarch