2. Documentation

Task 1

Print out a list of all Ansible modules in your terminal.

Note

Don’t be rattled about the massive amount of modules you’ll see in your terminal.

Print out information about the Ansible module file in your terminal.

Solution Task 1

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ansible-doc -l
ansible-doc file
ansible-doc -s file

Task 2

Find the official online documentation of Ansible in your browser.
Visit the module index (i.e. list of all modules) in the online documentation.
Use the search field in the upper left of the web page and also use the search field in the lower right.

Solution Task 2

visit Ansible Docs
visit Ansible Docs - Modules by category

Note

Starting from Ansible > 2.10 modules are shipped via collections. We will have a look at collections in Chapter 8. You’ll find an overview of the most used collections on Ansible Docs - Collection Index

Task 3 (Advanced)

By installing the ansible-doc package you get a lot of additional documentation.
Use your package-managers functionality to find out what files are installed with dnf install ansible-doc.
Now find documentation about jinja2 on the controller.

Solution Task 3

One way to find a list of provided documentation:

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dnf install -y yum-utils # (if needed)
repoquery ansible-doc -l

You can also search for files in /usr/share/doc:

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ls -lahr /usr/share/doc/ | grep jinja2

Task 4 (Captain Future)

Have a look at the development documentation.
Search for the release dates of future ansible versions.

Solution Task 4

All done?

Last modified December 6, 2024: Remove submodules remark from README (#219) (769b6c5)