NAME

       ansible-doc - plugin documentation tool

SYNOPSIS

       usage: ansible-doc [-h] [--version] [-v] [-M MODULE_PATH]
              [--playbook-dir                                    BASEDIR]                                    [-t
              {become,cache,callback,cliconf,connection,httpapi,inventory,lookup,netconf,shell,vars,module,strategy,role,keyword}]
              [-j] [-r ROLES_PATH] [-e ENTRY_POINT | -s | -F | -l | --metadata-dump] [plugin [plugin ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       displays information on modules installed in Ansible libraries.  It displays a terse listing  of  plugins
       and  their  short  descriptions,  provides a printout of their DOCUMENTATION strings, and it can create a
       short "snippet" which can be pasted into a playbook.

COMMON OPTIONS

          Plugin

       --metadata-dump
          For internal testing only Dump json metadata for all plugins.

       --playbook-dir 'BASEDIR'
          Since this tool does not use playbooks, use this as a  substitute  playbook  directory.This  sets  the
          relative path for many features including roles/ group_vars/ etc.

       --version
          show  program's  version number, config file location, configured module search path, module location,
          executable location and exit

       -F, --list_files
          Show plugin names and their source files without summaries (implies --list). A supplied argument  will
          be used for filtering, can be a namespace or full collection name.

       -M, --module-path
          prepend            colon-separated            path(s)            to           module           library
          (default=~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules)

       -e 'ENTRY_POINT', --entry-point 'ENTRY_POINT'
          Select the entry point for role(s).

       -h, --help
          show this help message and exit

       -j, --json
          Change output into json format.

       -l, --list
          List available plugins. A supplied argument will be used for filtering, can be  a  namespace  or  full
          collection name.

       -r, --roles-path
          The path to the directory containing your roles.

       -s, --snippet
          Show playbook snippet for these plugin types: inventory, lookup, module

       -t 'TYPE', --type 'TYPE'
          Choose  which  plugin  type  (defaults  to "module"). Available plugin types are : ('become', 'cache',
          'callback', 'cliconf', 'connection', 'httpapi', 'inventory',  'lookup',  'netconf',  'shell',  'vars',
          'module', 'strategy', 'role', 'keyword')

       -v, --verbose
          verbose mode (-vvv for more, -vvvv to enable connection debugging)

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variables may be specified.

       ANSIBLE_CONFIG -- Specify override location for the ansible config file

       Many more are available for most options in ansible.cfg

       For a full list check https://docs.ansible.com/. or use the ansible-config command.

FILES

       /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg -- Config file, used if present

       ~/.ansible.cfg -- User config file, overrides the default config if present

       ./ansible.cfg  --  Local  config file (in current working directory) assumed to be 'project specific' and
       overrides the rest if present.

       As mentioned above, the ANSIBLE_CONFIG environment variable will override all others.

AUTHOR

       Ansible was originally written by Michael DeHaan.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc | Ansible.  Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 license.

SEE ALSO

       ansible  (1),  ansible-config  (1),  ansible-console  (1),  ansible-galaxy  (1),  ansible-inventory  (1),
       ansible-playbook (1), ansible-pull (1), ansible-vault (1)

       Extensive  documentation  is  available  in  the documentation site: <https://docs.ansible.com>.  IRC and
       mailing    list    info    can    be    found    in    file    CONTRIBUTING.md,    available    in:    <‐
       https://github.com/ansible/ansible>

Ansible 2.12.0                                                                                    ANSIBLE-DOC(1)