Update ansible.cfg (#64855)

- clean out old options that are now deprecated
- clean up formatting of comments a bit
- add become plugin examples

examples/ansible.cfg

@@ -1,33 +1,27 @@
-# config file for ansible -- https://ansible.com/
+# Example config file for ansible -- https://ansible.com/
-# ===============================================
+# =======================================================
 
-# nearly all parameters can be overridden in ansible-playbook
+# Nearly all parameters can be overridden in ansible-playbook
-# or with command line flags. ansible will read ANSIBLE_CONFIG,
+# or with command line flags. Ansible will read ANSIBLE_CONFIG,
 # ansible.cfg in the current working directory, .ansible.cfg in
-# the home directory or /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg, whichever it
+# the home directory, or /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg, whichever it
 # finds first
 
-[defaults]
+# For a full list of available options, run ansible-config list or see the
+# documentanion: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html.
 
-# some basic default values...
+[defaults]
-
+#inventory       = /etc/ansible/hosts
-#inventory      = /etc/ansible/hosts
+#library         = ~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules
-#library        = /usr/share/my_modules/
+#module_utils    = ~/.ansible/plugins/module_utils:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/module_utils
-#module_utils   = /usr/share/my_module_utils/
+#remote_tmp      = ~/.ansible/tmp
-#remote_tmp     = ~/.ansible/tmp
+#local_tmp       = ~/.ansible/tmp
-#local_tmp      = ~/.ansible/tmp
+#forks           = 5
-#plugin_filters_cfg = /etc/ansible/plugin_filters.yml
+#poll_interval   = 0.001
-#forks          = 5
+#ask_pass        = False
-#poll_interval  = 15
+#transport       = smart
-#sudo_user      = root
+
-#ask_sudo_pass = True
+# Plays will gather facts by default, which contain information about
-#ask_pass      = True
-#transport      = smart
-#remote_port    = 22
-#module_lang    = C
-#module_set_locale = False
-
-# plays will gather facts by default, which contain information about
 # the remote system.
 #
 # smart - gather by default, but don't regather if already gathered
@@ -46,6 +40,7 @@
 # You can combine them using comma (ex: network,virtual)
 # You can negate them using ! (ex: !hardware,!facter,!ohai)
 # A minimal set of facts is always gathered.
+#
 #gather_subset = all
 
 # some hardware related facts are collected
@@ -53,7 +48,8 @@
 # option lets you increase or decrease that
 # timeout to something more suitable for the
 # environment.
-# gather_timeout = 10
+#
+#gather_timeout = 10
 
 # Ansible facts are available inside the ansible_facts.* dictionary
 # namespace. This setting maintains the behaviour which was the default prior
@@ -61,131 +57,140 @@
 # prefix of 'ansible_'.
 # This variable is set to True by default for backwards compatibility. It
 # will be changed to a default of 'False' in a future release.
-# ansible_facts.
+#
-# inject_facts_as_vars = True
+#inject_facts_as_vars = True
-
-# additional paths to search for roles in, colon separated
-#roles_path    = /etc/ansible/roles
 
-# uncomment this to disable SSH key host checking
+# Paths to search for roles, colon separated
-#host_key_checking = False
+#roles_path = ~/.ansible/roles:/usr/share/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible/roles
 
-# change the default callback, you can only have one 'stdout' type  enabled at a time.
+# Host key checking is enabled by default
-#stdout_callback = skippy
+#host_key_checking = True
 
+# You can only have one 'stdout' callback type enabled at a time. The default
+# is 'default'. The 'yaml' or 'debug' stdout callback plugins are easier to read.
+#
+#stdout_callback = default
+#stdout_callback = yaml
+#stdout_callback = debug
 
-## Ansible ships with some plugins that require whitelisting,
-## this is done to avoid running all of a type by default.
-## These setting lists those that you want enabled for your system.
-## Custom plugins should not need this unless plugin author specifies it.
 
-# enable callback plugins, they can output to stdout but cannot be 'stdout' type.
+# Ansible ships with some plugins that require whitelisting,
+# this is done to avoid running all of a type by default.
+# These setting lists those that you want enabled for your system.
+# Custom plugins should not need this unless plugin author disables them
+# by default.
+#
+# Enable callback plugins, they can output to stdout but cannot be 'stdout' type.
 #callback_whitelist = timer, mail
 
 # Determine whether includes in tasks and handlers are "static" by
 # default. As of 2.0, includes are dynamic by default. Setting these
 # values to True will make includes behave more like they did in the
 # 1.x versions.
+#
 #task_includes_static = False
 #handler_includes_static = False
 
 # Controls if a missing handler for a notification event is an error or a warning
 #error_on_missing_handler = True
 
-# change this for alternative sudo implementations
+# Default timeout for connection plugins
-#sudo_exe = sudo
-
-# What flags to pass to sudo
-# WARNING: leaving out the defaults might create unexpected behaviours
-#sudo_flags = -H -S -n
-
-# SSH timeout
 #timeout = 10
 
-# default user to use for playbooks if user is not specified
+# Default user to use for playbooks if user is not specified
-# (/usr/bin/ansible will use current user as default)
+# Uses the connection plugin's default, normally the user currently executing Ansible,
+# unless a different user is specified here.
+#
 #remote_user = root
 
-# logging is off by default unless this path is defined
+# Logging is off by default unless this path is defined.
-# if so defined, consider logrotate
 #log_path = /var/log/ansible.log
 
-# default module name for /usr/bin/ansible
+# Default module to use when running ad-hoc commands
 #module_name = command
 
-# use this shell for commands executed under sudo
+# Use this shell for commands executed under sudo.
-# you may need to change this to bin/bash in rare instances
+# you may need to change this to /bin/bash in rare instances
-# if sudo is constrained
+# if sudo is constrained.
+#
 #executable = /bin/sh
 
-# if inventory variables overlap, does the higher precedence one win
+# By default, variables from roles will be visible in the global variable
-# or are hash values merged together?  The default is 'replace' but
+# scope. To prevent this, set the following option to True, and only
-# this can also be set to 'merge'.
-#hash_behaviour = replace
-
-# by default, variables from roles will be visible in the global variable
-# scope. To prevent this, the following option can be enabled, and only
 # tasks and handlers within the role will see the variables there
-#private_role_vars = yes
+#
+#private_role_vars = False
 
-# list any Jinja2 extensions to enable here:
+# List any Jinja2 extensions to enable here.
 #jinja2_extensions = jinja2.ext.do,jinja2.ext.i18n
 
-# if set, always use this private key file for authentication, same as
+# If set, always use this private key file for authentication, same as
 # if passing --private-key to ansible or ansible-playbook
+#
 #private_key_file = /path/to/file
 
 # If set, configures the path to the Vault password file as an alternative to
-# specifying --vault-password-file on the command line.
+# specifying --vault-password-file on the command line. This can also be
+# an executable script that returns the vault password to stdout.
+#
 #vault_password_file = /path/to/vault_password_file
 
-# format of string {{ ansible_managed }} available within Jinja2
+# Format of string {{ ansible_managed }} available within Jinja2
 # templates indicates to users editing templates files will be replaced.
 # replacing {file}, {host} and {uid} and strftime codes with proper values.
+#
 #ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}
+
 # {file}, {host}, {uid}, and the timestamp can all interfere with idempotence
 # in some situations so the default is a static string:
+#
 #ansible_managed = Ansible managed
 
-# by default, ansible-playbook will display "Skipping [host]" if it determines a task
+# By default, ansible-playbook will display "Skipping [host]" if it determines a task
-# should not be run on a host.  Set this to "False" if you don't want to see these "Skipping"
+# should not be run on a host. Set this to "False" if you don't want to see these "Skipping"
 # messages. NOTE: the task header will still be shown regardless of whether or not the
 # task is skipped.
+#
 #display_skipped_hosts = True
 
-# by default, if a task in a playbook does not include a name: field then
+# By default, if a task in a playbook does not include a name: field then
 # ansible-playbook will construct a header that includes the task's action but
-# not the task's args.  This is a security feature because ansible cannot know
+# not the task's args. This is a security feature because ansible cannot know
 # if the *module* considers an argument to be no_log at the time that the
-# header is printed.  If your environment doesn't have a problem securing
+# header is printed. If your environment doesn't have a problem securing
 # stdout from ansible-playbook (or you have manually specified no_log in your
 # playbook on all of the tasks where you have secret information) then you can
 # safely set this to True to get more informative messages.
+#
 #display_args_to_stdout = False
 
-# by default (as of 1.3), Ansible will raise errors when attempting to dereference
+# Ansible will raise errors when attempting to dereference
 # Jinja2 variables that are not set in templates or action lines. Uncomment this line
-# to revert the behavior to pre-1.3.
+# to change this behavior.
+#
 #error_on_undefined_vars = False
 
-# by default (as of 1.6), Ansible may display warnings based on the configuration of the
+# Ansible may display warnings based on the configuration of the
 # system running ansible itself. This may include warnings about 3rd party packages or
 # other conditions that should be resolved if possible.
-# to disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
+# To disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
+#
 #system_warnings = True
 
-# by default (as of 1.4), Ansible may display deprecation warnings for language
+# Ansible may display deprecation warnings for language
 # features that should no longer be used and will be removed in future versions.
-# to disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
+# To disable these warnings, set the following value to False:
+#
 #deprecation_warnings = True
 
-# (as of 1.8), Ansible can optionally warn when usage of the shell and
+# Ansible can optionally warn when usage of the shell and
 # command module appear to be simplified by using a default Ansible module
-# instead.  These warnings can be silenced by adjusting the following
+# instead. These warnings can be silenced by adjusting the following
 # setting or adding warn=yes or warn=no to the end of the command line
-# parameter string.  This will for example suggest using the git module
+# parameter string. This will for example suggest using the git module
 # instead of shelling out to the git command.
-# command_warnings = False
+#
+#command_warnings = False
 
 
 # set plugin path directories here, separate with colons
@@ -203,172 +208,169 @@
 #strategy_plugins   = /usr/share/ansible/plugins/strategy
 
 
-# by default, ansible will use the 'linear' strategy but you may want to try
+# Ansible will use the 'linear' strategy but you may want to try another one.
-# another one
+#strategy = linear
-#strategy = free
 
-# by default callbacks are not loaded for /bin/ansible, enable this if you
+# By default, callbacks are not loaded for /bin/ansible. Enable this if you
 # want, for example, a notification or logging callback to also apply to
 # /bin/ansible runs
+#
 #bin_ansible_callbacks = False
 
 
-# don't like cows?  that's unfortunate.
+# Don't like cows?  that's unfortunate.
 # set to 1 if you don't want cowsay support or export ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1
 #nocows = 1
 
-# set which cowsay stencil you'd like to use by default. When set to 'random',
+# Set which cowsay stencil you'd like to use by default. When set to 'random',
 # a random stencil will be selected for each task. The selection will be filtered
 # against the `cow_whitelist` option below.
+#
 #cow_selection = default
 #cow_selection = random
 
-# when using the 'random' option for cowsay, stencils will be restricted to this list.
+# When using the 'random' option for cowsay, stencils will be restricted to this list.
 # it should be formatted as a comma-separated list with no spaces between names.
 # NOTE: line continuations here are for formatting purposes only, as the INI parser
 #       in python does not support them.
+#
 #cow_whitelist=bud-frogs,bunny,cheese,daemon,default,dragon,elephant-in-snake,elephant,eyes,\
 #              hellokitty,kitty,luke-koala,meow,milk,moofasa,moose,ren,sheep,small,stegosaurus,\
 #              stimpy,supermilker,three-eyes,turkey,turtle,tux,udder,vader-koala,vader,www
 
-# don't like colors either?
+# Don't like colors either?
 # set to 1 if you don't want colors, or export ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=1
+#
 #nocolor = 1
 
-# if set to a persistent type (not 'memory', for example 'redis') fact values
+# If set to a persistent type (not 'memory', for example 'redis') fact values
-# from previous runs in Ansible will be stored.  This may be useful when
+# from previous runs in Ansible will be stored. This may be useful when
 # wanting to use, for example, IP information from one group of servers
 # without having to talk to them in the same playbook run to get their
 # current IP information.
+#
 #fact_caching = memory
 
-#This option tells Ansible where to cache facts. The value is plugin dependent.
+# This option tells Ansible where to cache facts. The value is plugin dependent.
-#For the jsonfile plugin, it should be a path to a local directory.
+# For the jsonfile plugin, it should be a path to a local directory.
-#For the redis plugin, the value is a host:port:database triplet: fact_caching_connection = localhost:6379:0
+# For the redis plugin, the value is a host:port:database triplet: fact_caching_connection = localhost:6379:0
-
+#
 #fact_caching_connection=/tmp
 
-
-
 # retry files
 # When a playbook fails a .retry file can be created that will be placed in ~/
 # You can enable this feature by setting retry_files_enabled to True
 # and you can change the location of the files by setting retry_files_save_path
-
+#
 #retry_files_enabled = False
 #retry_files_save_path = ~/.ansible-retry
 
-# squash actions
-# Ansible can optimise actions that call modules with list parameters
-# when looping. Instead of calling the module once per with_ item, the
-# module is called once with all items at once. Currently this only works
-# under limited circumstances, and only with parameters named 'name'.
-#squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,homebrew,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
-
 # prevents logging of task data, off by default
 #no_log = False
 
 # prevents logging of tasks, but only on the targets, data is still logged on the master/controller
 #no_target_syslog = False
 
-# controls whether Ansible will raise an error or warning if a task has no
+# Controls whether Ansible will raise an error or warning if a task has no
 # choice but to create world readable temporary files to execute a module on
-# the remote machine.  This option is False by default for security.  Users may
+# the remote machine. This option is False by default for security. Users may
-# turn this on to have behaviour more like Ansible prior to 2.1.x.  See
+# turn this on to have behaviour more like Ansible prior to 2.1.x. See
-# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/become.html#becoming-an-unprivileged-user
 # for more secure ways to fix this than enabling this option.
+#
 #allow_world_readable_tmpfiles = False
 
-# controls the compression level of variables sent to
+# Controls what compression method is used for new-style ansible modules when
-# worker processes. At the default of 0, no compression
+# they are sent to the remote system. The compression types depend on having
-# is used. This value must be an integer from 0 to 9.
-#var_compression_level = 9
-
-# controls what compression method is used for new-style ansible modules when
-# they are sent to the remote system.  The compression types depend on having
 # support compiled into both the controller's python and the client's python.
 # The names should match with the python Zipfile compression types:
 # * ZIP_STORED (no compression. available everywhere)
 # * ZIP_DEFLATED (uses zlib, the default)
-# These values may be set per host via the ansible_module_compression inventory
+# These values may be set per host via the ansible_module_compression inventory variable.
-# variable
+#
 #module_compression = 'ZIP_DEFLATED'
 
 # This controls the cutoff point (in bytes) on --diff for files
 # set to 0 for unlimited (RAM may suffer!).
-#max_diff_size = 1048576
+#
-
+#max_diff_size = 104448
-# This controls how ansible handles multiple --tags and --skip-tags arguments
-# on the CLI.  If this is True then multiple arguments are merged together.  If
-# it is False, then the last specified argument is used and the others are ignored.
-# This option will be removed in 2.8.
-#merge_multiple_cli_flags = True
 
 # Controls showing custom stats at the end, off by default
-#show_custom_stats = True
+#show_custom_stats = False
 
 # Controls which files to ignore when using a directory as inventory with
 # possibly multiple sources (both static and dynamic)
+#
 #inventory_ignore_extensions = ~, .orig, .bak, .ini, .cfg, .retry, .pyc, .pyo
 
 # This family of modules use an alternative execution path optimized for network appliances
 # only update this setting if you know how this works, otherwise it can break module execution
+#
 #network_group_modules=eos, nxos, ios, iosxr, junos, vyos
 
 # When enabled, this option allows lookups (via variables like {{lookup('foo')}} or when used as
 # a loop with `with_foo`) to return data that is not marked "unsafe". This means the data may contain
 # jinja2 templating language which will be run through the templating engine.
 # ENABLING THIS COULD BE A SECURITY RISK
+#
 #allow_unsafe_lookups = False
 
 # set default errors for all plays
 #any_errors_fatal = False
 
+
 [inventory]
-# enable inventory plugins, default: 'host_list', 'script', 'auto', 'yaml', 'ini', 'toml'
+# List of enabled inventory plugins and the order in which they are used.
-#enable_plugins = host_list, virtualbox, yaml, constructed
+#enable_plugins = host_list, script, auto, yaml, ini, toml
 
-# ignore these extensions when parsing a directory as inventory source
+# Ignore these extensions when parsing a directory as inventory source
 #ignore_extensions = .pyc, .pyo, .swp, .bak, ~, .rpm, .md, .txt, ~, .orig, .ini, .cfg, .retry
 
 # ignore files matching these patterns when parsing a directory as inventory source
 #ignore_patterns=
 
-# If 'true' unparsed inventory sources become fatal errors, they are warnings otherwise.
+# If 'True' unparsed inventory sources become fatal errors, otherwise they are warnings.
-#unparsed_is_failed=False
+#unparsed_is_failed = False
+
 
 [privilege_escalation]
-#become=True
+#become = False
-#become_method=sudo
+#become_method = sudo
-#become_user=root
+#become_ask_pass = False
-#become_ask_pass=False
 
-[paramiko_connection]
 
+## Connection Plugins ##
+
+# Settings for each connection plugin go under a section titled '[[plugin_name]_connection]'
+# To view available connection plugins, run ansible-doc -t connection -l
+# To view available options for a connection plugin, run ansibble-doc -t connection [plugin_name]
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/connection.html
+
+[paramiko_connection]
 # uncomment this line to cause the paramiko connection plugin to not record new host
-# keys encountered.  Increases performance on new host additions.  Setting works independently of the
+# keys encountered. Increases performance on new host additions. Setting works independently of the
 # host key checking setting above.
 #record_host_keys=False
 
 # by default, Ansible requests a pseudo-terminal for commands executed under sudo. Uncomment this
 # line to disable this behaviour.
-#pty=False
+#pty = False
 
 # paramiko will default to looking for SSH keys initially when trying to
-# authenticate to remote devices.  This is a problem for some network devices
+# authenticate to remote devices. This is a problem for some network devices
-# that close the connection after a key failure.  Uncomment this line to
+# that close the connection after a key failure. Uncomment this line to
 # disable the Paramiko look for keys function
 #look_for_keys = False
 
 # When using persistent connections with Paramiko, the connection runs in a
-# background process.  If the host doesn't already have a valid SSH key, by
+# background process. If the host doesn't already have a valid SSH key, by
-# default Ansible will prompt to add the host key.  This will cause connections
+# default Ansible will prompt to add the host key. This will cause connections
-# running in background processes to fail.  Uncomment this line to have
+# running in background processes to fail. Uncomment this line to have
 # Paramiko automatically add host keys.
 #host_key_auto_add = True
 
-[ssh_connection]
 
+[ssh_connection]
 # ssh arguments to use
 # Leaving off ControlPersist will result in poor performance, so use
 # paramiko on older platforms rather than removing it, -C controls compression use
@@ -414,13 +416,13 @@
 #   * smart = try sftp, scp, and piped, in that order [default]
 #transfer_method = smart
 
-# if False, sftp will not use batch mode to transfer files. This may cause some
+# If False, sftp will not use batch mode to transfer files. This may cause some
 # types of file transfer failures impossible to catch however, and should
 # only be disabled if your sftp version has problems with batch mode
 #sftp_batch_mode = False
 
-# The -tt argument is passed to ssh when pipelining is not enabled because sudo 
+# The -tt argument is passed to ssh when pipelining is not enabled because sudo
-# requires a tty by default. 
+# requires a tty by default.
 #usetty = True
 
 # Number of times to retry an SSH connection to a host, in case of UNREACHABLE.
@@ -428,9 +430,9 @@
 # so after the first attempt there is 1s wait, then 2s, 4s etc. up to 30s (max).
 #retries = 3
 
-[persistent_connection]
 
-# Configures the persistent connection timeout value in seconds.  This value is
+[persistent_connection]
+# Configures the persistent connection timeout value in seconds. This value is
 # how long the persistent connection will remain idle before it is destroyed.
 # If the connection doesn't receive a request before the timeout value
 # expires, the connection is shutdown. The default value is 30 seconds.
@@ -442,29 +444,28 @@
 # The default value is 30 second.
 #command_timeout = 30
 
-[accelerate]
-#accelerate_port = 5099
-#accelerate_timeout = 30
-#accelerate_connect_timeout = 5.0
 
-# The daemon timeout is measured in minutes. This time is measured
+## Become Plugins ##
-# from the last activity to the accelerate daemon.
+
-#accelerate_daemon_timeout = 30
+# Settings for become plugins go under a section named '[[plugin_name]_become_plugin]'
+# To view available become plugins, run ansible-doc -t become -l
+# Te view available options for a specific plugin, run ansible-doc -t become [plugin_name]
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/plugins/become.html
+
+[sudo_become_plugin]
+#flags = -H -S -n
+#user = root
 
-# If set to yes, accelerate_multi_key will allow multiple
-# private keys to be uploaded to it, though each user must
-# have access to the system via SSH to add a new key. The default
-# is "no".
-#accelerate_multi_key = yes
 
 [selinux]
 # file systems that require special treatment when dealing with security context
 # the default behaviour that copies the existing context or uses the user default
 # needs to be changed to use the file system dependent context.
-#special_context_filesystems=nfs,vboxsf,fuse,ramfs,9p,vfat
+#special_context_filesystems=fuse,nfs,vboxsf,ramfs,9p,vfat
+
+# Set this to True to allow libvirt_lxc connections to work without SELinux.
+#libvirt_lxc_noseclabel = False
 
-# Set this to yes to allow libvirt_lxc connections to work without SELinux.
-#libvirt_lxc_noseclabel = yes
 
 [colors]
 #highlight = white
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@
 
 [diff]
 # Always print diff when running ( same as always running with -D/--diff )
-# always = no
+#always = False
 
 # Set how many context lines to show in diff
-# context = 3
+#context = 3