ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.16.5 / module / debug Print statements during execution | "added in version" 0.8 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Dag Wieers (@dagwieers), Michael DeHaan This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.ansible.builtin.debug (v2.16.5) — module
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Install with pip install ansible-core==2.16.5
This module prints statements during execution and can be useful for debugging variables or expressions without necessarily halting the playbook.
Useful for debugging together with the 'when:' directive.
This module is also supported for Windows targets.
- name: Print the gateway for each host when defined ansible.builtin.debug: msg: System {{ inventory_hostname }} has gateway {{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }} when: ansible_default_ipv4.gateway is defined
- name: Get uptime information ansible.builtin.shell: /usr/bin/uptime register: result
- name: Print return information from the previous task ansible.builtin.debug: var: result verbosity: 2
- name: Display all variables/facts known for a host ansible.builtin.debug: var: hostvars[inventory_hostname] verbosity: 4
- name: Prints two lines of messages, but only if there is an environment value set ansible.builtin.debug: msg: - "Provisioning based on YOUR_KEY which is: {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'YOUR_KEY') }}" - "These servers were built using the password of '{{ password_used }}'. Please retain this for later use."
msg: default: Hello world! description: - The customized message that is printed. If omitted, prints a generic message. type: str var: description: - A variable name to debug. - Mutually exclusive with the O(msg) option. - Be aware that this option already runs in Jinja2 context and has an implicit C({{ }}) wrapping, so you should not be using Jinja2 delimiters unless you are looking for double interpolation. type: str verbosity: default: 0 description: - A number that controls when the debug is run, if you set to 3 it will only run debug when -vvv or above. type: int version_added: '2.1' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin