#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright 2012 Dag Wieers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: debug short_description: Print statements during execution description: - 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 only_if directive. In order to see the debug message, you need to run ansible in verbose mode (using the C(-v) option). version_added: "0.8" options: msg: description: - The customized message that is printed. If omitted, prints a generic message. required: false default: "Hello world!" fail: description: - A boolean that indicates whether the debug module should fail or not. required: false default: "no" choices: [ "yes", "no" ] author: Dag Wieers ''' EXAMPLES = ''' # Example that prints the loopback address and gateway for each host - action: debug msg="System $inventory_hostname has uuid $ansible_product_uuid" - action: debug msg="System $inventory_hostname lacks a gateway" fail=yes only_if: "is_unset('${ansible_default_ipv4.gateway}')" - action: debug msg="System $inventory_hostname has gateway ${ansible_default_ipv4.gateway}" only_if: "is_set('${ansible_default_ipv4.gateway}')" '''