ansible/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/action.rst

Action Plugins
---------------

These plugins act in conjunction with :doc:`modules <../modules>` to execute the actions required by playbook tasks.
They mostly execute automatically in the background doing prerequisite work for the modules of the same to be able to execute.

The 'normal' action plugin takes care of modules that do not already have an action plugin.

Enabling Vars Plugins
+++++++++++++++++++++

You can activate a custom action plugins by either dropping it into a ``action_plugins`` directory adjacent to your play or inside a role
or by putting it in one of the action plugin directory sources configured in :doc:`ansible.cfg <../config>`.


.. seealso::

   :doc:`cache`
       Ansible Cache plugins
   :doc:`callback`
       Ansible callback plugins
   :doc:`connection`
       Ansible connection plugins
   :doc:`inventory`
       Ansible inventory plugins
   :doc:`shell`
       Ansible Shell plugins
   :doc:`strategy`
       Ansible Strategy plugins
   :doc:`vars`
       Ansible Vars plugins
   `User Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
       Have a question?  Stop by the google group!
   `irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
       #ansible IRC chat channel
updated plugin docs (#30490) * updated docs - for devs: - added inventory/vars section - made some updates to general section and other plugin types - for users: - added 'user' plugin section to start describing the plugins - docs on types, what they are and how to use - removed ref to deleted AUTHORS file - corrected several typos/headers - added descriptions to config.rst template - ignore generated files for cli/plugins and config - remove new generated files on `make clean` - moved details from devguid and intro doc to plugin specific pages - pretied up lookup notes - changed precedence ref to not conflict config - removed duplicate config data, as config is autogenerated and up to date - put new plugins under playbooks - added `pass` cause rst/python dislikes fractions - removed dupe in .gitignore, alpha sorted to avoid moar dupes - added try cause rst/python freaks out * generate plugins into their own dir only do plugins that support docs use toctree from main plugins page 7 years ago			`Action Plugins`
			`---------------`

			These plugins act in conjunction with :doc:`modules <../modules>` to execute the actions required by playbook tasks.
			`They mostly execute automatically in the background doing prerequisite work for the modules of the same to be able to execute.`

			`The 'normal' action plugin takes care of modules that do not already have an action plugin.`

			`Enabling Vars Plugins`
			`+++++++++++++++++++++`

			You can activate a custom action plugins by either dropping it into a ``action_plugins`` directory adjacent to your play or inside a role
			or by putting it in one of the action plugin directory sources configured in :doc:`ansible.cfg <../config>`.



			`.. seealso::`

			:doc:`cache`
			`Ansible Cache plugins`
			:doc:`callback`
			`Ansible callback plugins`
			:doc:`connection`
			`Ansible connection plugins`
			:doc:`inventory`
			`Ansible inventory plugins`
			:doc:`shell`
			`Ansible Shell plugins`
			:doc:`strategy`
			`Ansible Strategy plugins`
			:doc:`vars`
			`Ansible Vars plugins`
			`User Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
			`Have a question? Stop by the google group!`
			`irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
			`#ansible IRC chat channel`